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Hi, has anyone used Cakewalk Home Studio or Cakewalk Home Studio XL? Does it have the track freezing feature that Sonar 4 Producer Edition has? I'm thinking about using Native Instruments Guitar Combos, but I've heard that it was very CPU intensive. I tried posting in the Cakewalk forum, but I...

Hi, I checked the Cakewalk website about whether Home Studio and Home Studio XL include the freeze function that is a big feature in Sonar 4.0 Producer Edition, but I couldn't find any info. I was told that Home Studio has the core features of Sonar, while being stripped down. Is this something...

What exactly is meant by gating the drums? I've seen this term frequently, yet each time I'm clueless as to what it means.

Hi, recently the M-Audio FireWire Solo has caught my eye. I asked a while back here about the MobilePre, but the FireWire connection has drawn me in. Has anyone had any experience with it or has anyone read any product feedback? The general consensus seems to be that USB units are either a hit...

Hi, I'm going off to college in the fall, and I'm going to bring a new laptop with me. I want to be able to record my guitar amp, a Roland Cube 60, while I'm there. I've been doing some research reading reviews on the Internet and doing some searches on this site, and I think that I might get...