Release date: Monday, December 22, 2008

Cakewalk® Releases Free Trial Version of SONAR™ 8

Boston, MA (December 22, 2008)—Cakewalk, the world's leading developer of powerful and easy to use products for music creation and recording, today announces availability of a free demonstration version of its industry-leading SONAR 8 DAW.

The trial version of SONAR 8 in both 32- and 64-bit versions is available in five localized languages. Users can test-drive the SONAR 8 demo for up to 15 days, create and save their projects, then register on-line to earn another free 15 trial days. Once the trial version expires, users will be able to save their projects and purchase the full version of SONAR 8 if they choose, at which time they will be able to re-access their projects.

SONAR 8 is the technology-leading digital audio workstation (DAW) and gives users everything they need for recording, composing, editing, mixing, and mastering. Featuring the best collection of virtual instruments, mixing, and mastering effects found in any DAW, SONAR 8 provides the freedom to work with any audio interface or control surface, and the most complete delivery capability for collaboration with users of other DAWs.

Availability

The free demonstration version of SONAR 8 is available now and can be found at http://www.cakewalk.com/Products/SONAR/default.asp

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.

Cakewalk is a registered trademark and the Cakewalk logo, SONAR, and Music Creator are trademarks of Cakewalk, Inc. V-Studio is a trademark of Roland Corporation. Other trademarks mentioned are held by their respective owners. All specifications and appearances are subject to change without notice.