Release date: Monday, November 1, 2010

Cakewalk® Announces Buy SONAR™ 8.5 Get SONAR X1 FREE* Promotion

Boston, MA (November 1, 2010) — Cakewalk, the world's leading developer of powerful and easy to use products for music creation and recording, today announces the Buy SONAR 8.5 Get SONAR X1 Free* Promotion.

What is SONAR X1?
Imagine the power and maturity of an industry standard DAW combined with the cutting edge creative tools essential for today's music - all wrapped up in one of the most modern and thoughtfully designed user interfaces available.

Modern design + Intelligent layout + Refined workflow = Focus on your music

Check out the reimagined SONAR here.

*Promotion Details
Effective November 1st running through December 31, 2010

• Buy SONAR 8.5 Producer get SONAR X1 Producer FREE
• Buy SONAR 8.5 Studio get SONAR X1 Studio FREE
• Buy SONAR Home Studio 7XL get SONAR X1 Essential FREE
• Buy SONAR Home Studio 7 get SONAR X1 Essential for $49

Detailed information on all available upgrade paths can be found here.

For SONAR X1 localized pricing and availability visit:

• Cakewalk (The Americas except Brazil and Canada)
• Roland Australia
• Roland Brazil
• Roland Canada
• Roland Central Europe (Belgium, France, Netherlands, and Luxembourg)
• Roland East Europe
• Roland Germany (Austria)
• Roland Switzerland
• Roland Iberia (Portugal, Spain)
• Roland Italy
• Roland Scandinavia (Denmark, Norway, Finland, Sweden, Russia, and Iceland)
• Roland Music LLC (Russia)
• Roland UK

For a complete list of SONAR X1 distributors worldwide visit: http://www.cakewalk.com/Dealers/International.asp.

SONAR X1 Shipping December 8, 2010

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.