Cakewalk Guitar Tracks 2 Now ShippingRedesigned Interface Provides More Intuitive Multitrack Tape Deck Controls for Recording, Mixing and Editing
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July 21, 2000Cakewalk, the leading provider of music and sound software for Windows, today announced Guitar Tracks 2, the latest edition of its popular eight-track digital audio recording and mixing software for Windows. Guitar Tracks works with any electric guitar, as well as with any other instrument or microphone connected to a standard Windows sound card. With Guitar Tracks 2, the user interface has been completely redesigned to provide guitar players with a more intuitive "portable studio" recording and mixing experience. So now any guitar player, singer, or songwriter that has used a portable tape deck or cassette-based multitrack recorder can be up and recording with Guitar Tracks in minutes. Beyond the redesigned recording and mixing console, Guitar Tracks 2 now integrates multitrack digital audio editing in a simplified, eight-track editing view for cutting, copying, and pasting audio sections quickly and efficiently. "We had tremendous success with the first release of Guitar Tracks," commented Michael Hoover, product manager for Cakewalk. "Our goal was to provide guitar players and songwriters with a simple, flexible tool for quickly recording, editing and mixing multiple tracks of digital audio on a PC. And with Guitar Tracks 2 we've taken this concept even further. Anyone who has ever recorded with a portable studio or multitrack tape deck will immediately know how to use Guitar Tracks."
New Feature Highlights for Guitar Tracks 2
· Redesigned eight-track recording and real-time mixing console, providing guitar players with a more intuitive recording and songwriting experience · Integrated audio editing view for performing multitrack audio edits like cut, copy, paste; also provides volume and pan envelopes, audio scrubbing, and other tools · Master panel for easy access to global track operations, including Record, Play, Fast-Forward, Rewind, Loop Record/Playback, and Auto-Punch Record · Mini-Track Overview display provides scrolling window of all audio tracks while the user is working with real-time mixing controls · Enhanced Playback/Record track meters · Track Bounce command for combining any of the eight available audio tracks to free up new space; provides user with an unlimited number of virtual audio tracks for recording and playback · WavePipe™ audio processing technology for responsive, no-latency audio playback and mixing on standard Windows sound cards · New library of over 100 drum patterns for use with the included Drag-and-Drop Drummer Lite™ utility · Trial version of the industry-leading Fraunhofer MP3 encoder for Internet delivery; also exports to RealSystem G2 and Windows Media formats For more information, visit their web site at www.cakewalk.com. | 
