Product Description

Designed for guitarists and singer-songwriters, Guitar Tracks Pro 4 is the recording solution takes your music from riff to hit. With Guitar Tracks Pro you get an amazing virtual guitar amp for inspired tones--without disturbing the neighbors. You also get an entire backing band of virtual instruments--always ready to accompany you. Plus: precise editing tools to comp the perfect solo or vocal track, a mixing console, effects arsenal, even burn CDs upload your music directly to the web--all for less than a few hours in the recording studio. Get it all in Guitar Tracks Pro 4.

New, with USB Option Details
Designed for guitarists and singer-songwriters, Guitar Tracks Pro USB is the recording solution takes your music from riff to hit easier than ever. With Guitar Tracks Pro USB you get the Cakewalk UA-1G USB audio interface, an amazing virtual guitar amp for inspired tones--without disturbing the neighbors. You also get an entire backing band of virtual instruments--ready to accompany you. Plus: precise editing tools to comp the perfect solo or vocal track, a mixing console, effects arsenal, even burn CDs upload your music directly to the web--all for less than a few hours in the recording studio.

Guitar Tracks Pro USB provides a complete recording solution with the included Cakewalk UA-1G USB audio interface. Compact and portable, the UA-1G has a special 1/4-inch guitar input with optimized settings for recording guitar. While high quality converters and super-low latency ensure you're getting the best sound possible.

Hardware Highlights
- Simple, user friendly design
- Stereo input and output at up to 24-bit/96kHz audio quality
- Excellent sound quality provided by high-end A/D and D/A converters
- Large input level knob for easy control while recording
- Multiple connection options:
-- 1/4" jack with Hi-Z option for recording electric guitar or bass
-- Electret condenser mic input for vocals and other instruments
-- RCA I/O
-- Optical S/PDIF I/O
-- Headphone output with direct monitoring
- Portable and USB powered, perfect for recording with your laptop at home or on the road--no AC adapter required
- Low-latency ASIO 2.0 and WDM drivers

Features
- NEW! Simple multitrack recorder interface streamlined to make it easier than ever to record, edit, and mix your music

- Record and playback up to 32 audio tracks at 24-bit/96 kHz quality

- NEW! Record and playback up to 64 virtual instrument tracks

- NEW! Track Templates help you set up to record

- Arrange and edit music with point and click ease

- Precise yet easy to use audio editing tools

- NEW! Cakewalk Publisher allows you to create custom music players and playlists that you can share online

- NEW! CD Burner to burn your finished tracks and mixes to CD

Console View
Virtual mixer lets you take control of your mix and get it just right with all the important tools and controls right there: mute, solo, pan, EQ, FX, and more.

Tab View
Create, edit, and print your own notation and tablature from any MIDI file or MIDI track. Download MIDI files to learn and play along. Double synth parts on guitar. Make tab for your rhythm guitarist, and more. Included fretboard view makes it easy to match notes to the guitar neck.

Virtual Guitar Amp
Great tone, right inside your PC--just plug in your guitar and go. Access authentic sounds from classic country to arena rock and everything in between; Native Instruments' Guitar Rig 3 LE has you covered.

NI Guitar Rig 3 LE
Included amps and cabinets:
- The Twang Reverb simulates the rich tube sound of the classic amps from decades ago. It's ideal for screaming blues leads and crunchy rhythm guitar sounds, as well as clean sounds laden with personality.

- The Lead 800 produces smooth, intense lead sounds that are razor sharp and offer plenty of flexibility.

- The Bass PRO is a bass amp delivering a gritty, growling sound that can really make a bass stand out in a mix. In addition to the unique tonal qualities, there's a graphic equalizer to allow the sound to be tailored more precisely.

Included effects:
- Time-based Effects: Studio Reverb, Delay Man

- Modulation Effects: Chorus/Flanger, Phaser Nine

- Distortion and Overdrive: Skreamer, Demon

- Filter Effects: Auto Filter, Real Wah, Graphic Equalizer

- Volume Effects: Volume Adjustment Pedal, Noise Gate, Stomp Compressor

Included tools:
- Tape Deck 1

- Tuner

- Metronome

- Tape Deck 2

Your Backing Band
No band? No problem. The included Cakewalk Studio Instruments (a $49 value) boasts top-quality electric bass, drums, piano, and strings--it's like having session players at your disposal 24/7. You can also add additional virtual instruments with support for VST and ReWire.

Drums Highlights
- Load multiple drum sound programs and play pre-recorded drum grooves in a variety of styles
- Includes patterns in a variety of styles: Rock, Pop, Hip Hop, Jazz, Blues, Funk, and more
- Drag patterns into your recording software to make variations
- Use your MIDI controller, computer keyboard, or mouse to play drums
- Drums pulse and cymbals crash in time with the music
- Use built-in compression and reverb to get edgy and realistic sounds
- Control tuning, panning, and volume for infinite variety
- Load and trigger multiple grooves for different sections of your song

Bass Highlights
- Load presets for multiple electric bass sounds from classic to modern
- Play essential bass lines in a variety of styles and easily transpose them to the key of your song
- Includes patterns in a variety of styles: Rock, Pop, Hip Hop, Jazz, Blues, Funk, and more
- You can also drag patterns into your recording software to make variations
- Get bass sounds ranging from aggressive to smooth with control over Bass, Mid, Treble, drive, and compression
- Select pick-ups and slide between notes for even more realistic sounds
- Use your MIDI controller, computer keyboard, or interactive fretboard to play
- Strings strum in time with the music
- Load and trigger multiple bass lines for different sections of your song

Electric Piano Highlights
- Load presets for multiple electric keyboard sounds from classic to modern
- Play pre-recorded keyboard chord changes and lines in a variety of styles and easily transpose them to the key of your song
- Includes patterns in a variety of styles: Rock, Pop, Hip Hop, Jazz, Blues, Funk, and more
- You can also drag patterns into your recording software to make variations
- Get awesome tones with special effects like drive, chorus, and tremolo
- Use your MIDI controller, computer keyboard, or click interactive keys to play keys play in time with the music
- Load and trigger multiple keyboard parts for different sections of your song

Strings Highlights
- Load presets for multiple string section sounds ranging from lush and ambient to orchestral and cinematic
- Play commonly used string section parts in a variety of styles--easily transpose them to the key of your song
- Includes patterns in a variety of styles: Rock, Pop, Hip Hop, Jazz, Blues, Funk, and more
- You can also drag patterns into your recording software to make variations
- Use your MIDI controller, computer keyboard, or click interactive keys to play
- Bass, cello, and violin are bowed in time to the music
- Control the nuances of your string sounds with control over attack, release, Chorus, and reverb for the string section, plus pan and tone for each individual instrument.
- Load and trigger multiple string section parts for different sections of your song

Studio-quality Effects
Get amazing sounds with 12 included studio-quality effects: Classic Phaser, Modfilter, Chorus/Flanger, Tempo Delay, Bit Decimator, Studioverb, HF Exciter, Compressor/Gate, Para-Q, and more. Guitar Tracks Pro effects include useful pre-configured presets for commonly used sounds. Use these effects on input to hear them as you record or add them later on in the mixing process. Use them on any track or bus (group of tracks) simultaneously. Add up to 24 effects per project and easily turn on/off the effects for quick A/B comparisons. Add additional effects with support for 3rd party VST plug-ins.

Get that radio-ready sound
Get more volume and punch from your final mix with this easy to use limiter/maximizer. Boost 11 gives you professional results with a simple to use interface.

The Boost 11 Peak Limiter provides transparent peak limiting and volume maximization without coloring the sound of the source material. Boost 11 employs a "look-ahead" limiter algorithm to prevent output clipping and PDR (Program Dependent Release) to minimize pumping (fluctuations of the volume) and maximize the loudness.

Technical Description

System requirements
Windows XP (32-bit) / Vista (32-bit)

Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 2.0 GHz or AMD Athlon(TM) XP 2800+ or higher

1 GB RAM

500 MB+ free hard disk space for core program

1024 X 768, 16-bit color

DVD-ROM, DVD+/-RW for installation / CD-R or CD-RW capability required for CD audio disc burning

Windows-compatible sound card

Windows-compatible MIDI interface*

*Required for Remote Control/Synchronization

Guitar Tracks Pro USB version: Includes the UA-1G Audio Interface.

Note: Guitar Tracks Pro 4 does not support Windows 95, 98, ME, 2000, NT, or XP x64 Professional Edition. QuickTime support requires QuickTime 7 or higher. Guitar Tracks Pro 4 is presented on DVD media. DVD-ROM, DVD+/-R or DVD+/-RW drive required for installation.

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