Cakewalk is a Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) first developed by Twelve Tone Systems, Inc. (the company later known as Cakewalk, Inc.). Originally for DOS, starting with version Cakewalk 1.0 in 1987,[1] and, beginning in 1991, for Windows 3.0. Cakewalk, until version 4.0 required an MPU-401MIDI interface card operating in intelligent mode, while 4.0 and later versions relied on the dumb UART mode only. Cakewalk was delivered in two versions, Cakewalk Pro and Cakewalk Express.
The latter was a lite version limited to 25 tracks and 1 MIDI output port. The Express version was sometimes bundled with hardware such as a sound card. Cakewalk was a purely MIDI based sequencer: Although it could trigger WAV files at certain points, more comprehensive audio support was not incorporated until the advent of Cakewalk Pro Audio when true support for digitized audio was added.
Cakewalk Windows 10 Compatibility Last updated on 3/18/2016. Music Creator 7, Rapture Pro and Z3TA+ 2 are compatible with Windows 10. Please keep in mind that third-party plug-ins, audio interface drivers and control surfaces may not have been updated for Windows 10. Consult the manufacturers for details. Nov 29, 2017 Cakewalk's Pro Audio is one of them. Pro Audio has combined MIDI sequencing with multitrack digital audio for several years now, and version 9.0 brings users even closer to living the dream of the virtual studio. NUMBER 9.Pro Audio is an integrated MIDI and multitrack audio recording, editing, and mixing application.
Cakewalk Professional 1.0 for DOS
Features[edit]
The last version of the product featured a piano roll editor, support for limited music notation and a built-in scripting language called CAL (Cakewalk Application Language).[2] Cakewalk was a predecessor of SONAR which had nearly all of the same features, including support for CAL, and was the only major DAW on the market supporting a scripting language.
Cakewalk had piano roll and CAL support since the Windows 16-bit Version 3.01.
Cakewalk 3.01 showing limited WAV file support.
Cakewalk 3.01 showing Piano Roll, Staff and CAL windows.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
^Interview with founder and CEO Greg Hendershott, 20 years on, 12 November 2007, at Create Digital Music blog.
^Cakewalk DevXchange - CAL
Further reading[edit]
'Cakewalk Pro Audio V6'. Future Music. No. 60. ISSN0967-0378. OCLC1032779031.
External links[edit]
Sound On Sound review of Cakewalk Pro Audio 6 (archive.org)
Sound On Sound review of Cakewalk Pro Audio 7 (archive.org)
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