Release date: Tuesday, May 3, 2005

Cakewalk® Announces the Project5™ MUSIC.INSPIRED™ Tour

Boston, MA — Cakewalk, developer of the world's best-selling music and sound software for Windows, today announced the Project5 MUSIC.INSPIRED retail clinic tour.

The Project5 MUSIC.INSPIRED Tour will be hosted by Cakewalk product specialists who will demonstrate how Project5 is simply, everything you need to create and perform today's music. 

Project5 Version 2 delivers the solid real-time performance, stability, and ease of use of traditional hardware music workstations—with the additional power, flexibility, and portability of PC software.  Attendees will be able to see first hand how Project5 Version 2 has been streamlined to put the features you need most—and larger than life sounds—easily in view and right at your fingertips.

The Project5 MUSIC.INSPIRED Tour is of special interest to Reason™ and Pro Tools® users. These customers will learn how Project5’s ReWire Host and Client capabilities extend Reason and Pro Tools with benefits including audio recording and editing (Reason), advanced MIDI editing (Reason and Pro Tools), and open, native synth host capabilities, giving them the freedom to use hundreds of DirectX and VST plug-ins and instruments.

Key Enhancements to Project5 Version 2:

• Streamlined user interface
• Dimension™ multimode sampling synthesizer
• Responsive audio engine optimized for real-time use
• GrooveMatrix™ multipad pattern triggering
• Per-track arpeggiator
• Integrated multitrack audio recording and editing
• ReWire host and client
• Open host environment
• Loop reconstruction tools
• Alias Factor™ bit decimator and resonant filter
• PSYN II subtractive synthesizer

The Project5 MUSIC.INSPIRED Tour will be staged at key music retailers around the nation starting May 23, 2005. Special promotions will be available for Project5 Version 2 purchases the day of the event. For more information visit the Cakewalk web site www.cakewalk.com; or call 888-CAKEWALK (617-423-9004 outside U.S.).

About Cakewalk, Inc.
Cakewalk, Inc. is the world's leading developer of powerful, yet easy to use products for music creation and recording:

• Award-winning Digital Audio Workstations and Sequencers
• Integrated Music Hardware and Software Solutions
• Powered Stereo Monitors
• High-quality Digital Audio and MIDI Interfaces
• MIDI Keyboard Controllers
• Innovative Virtual Instruments and Effects
• Entry-level Consumer Products

Millions of musicians around the world choose Cakewalk products to produce audio for the professional music, film, broadcast, and video game industries. These customers include Grammy® and Emmy®-winning producers, composers, sound designers and engineers. We invite you to learn more about our company and products by visiting www.cakewalk.com.

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