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Cakewalk Kinetic

Produce your own beats: With Cakewalk Kinetic, you're the Dance and Hip Hop producer. Simply put, Kinetic represents the fastest and easiest way to create electronic music. Even if you have no musical background, it's a snap to get started making tracks. And that's not all, your grooves are going to be huge because Kinetic features the best instrument sounds ever available on a PC.

Whether you have dance club aspirations or need beats to back your rhymes, Kinetic has all the juice you need.

The best sounds
Kinetic features 100%-genuine Roland® sounds from their genre-defining groove boxes and synthesizers. The Roland name is synonymous with the cutting edge tones of Hip Hop, Dance, and Electronica. These instruments have been used by chart-toppers and underground legends for over 20 years. It would take thousands of dollars of hardware to create these sounds, but now they can instantly be yours—all you need is Kinetic and your PC.

The easiest way to make music
Kinetic doesn't just sound good; it makes musical creativity accessible to anyone, regardless of musical experience. Just select the instrument and style of music you want, and you are given hundreds of professionally recorded music patterns and loops to make music. To add your own flavor to the mix you, can modify these patterns or create your own. Then just point and click to trigger different instruments and you're composing your own song.

 
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Features

  • Compose music and create beats with an easy point and click interface
  • Choose from over 400 instrument patches, featuring genuine Roland sounds (101, 606, 808, 909, more)
  • Add audio loops to your mix for even more rhythmic variety
  • Get started with hundreds of professionally recorded music patterns and ACID™-format loops in popular styles
  • Quickly access patterns and sounds by instrument type and music genre through Kinetic's innovative content browser
  • Use the included patterns or create your own
  • Tweak your sounds with professional studio effects
  • Connect Kinetic to other recording programs like Music Creator™, Home Studio™, or SONAR™ to expand your capabilities
  • Export WAV files of your mix to burn on CD or MP3s* to share on the web
    *MP3 encoder is available as a 30-day trial version

Rock right out of the box
Immediately start making music — just hit play and click these buttons to trigger 64 sections of music with up to 16 instruments each. Load up other demo songs for even more fun…then, when you're ready, explore the other music making features that Kinetic has to offer.

You're the mixmaster
Take full control of your mix — bring individual instruments up and down, go with the flow, move the sounds from left to right, mute and solo parts for dramatic effects.

Get your groove on
Kinetic features the actual genre-defining sounds of legendary Roland groove boxes and synths. With Kinetic, these instruments are easier than ever to use-simply select the instrument type you want (drums, bass, leads, etc.) and then select from an assortment of instrument patches. You can play these sounds live with a MIDI keyboard or instrument, or trigger them live with music patterns using your mouse.

Take it deeper
Enhance your sonic landscape by expanding the Roland instruments—you get access to all the important parameters that shape your tone, right at your fingertips.

Unstoppable beats and grooves
Play your instruments by choosing from hundreds of professionally recorded music patterns. You can mix and match patterns and also use the included audio loops to create an infinite variety of fresh musical combinations. Kinetic helps you find the right pattern fast by intuitively grouping them by instrument and music genre.

Express yourself
You can add your own flavour to the mix by modifying existing patterns or by composing original patterns using the Pattern Editor or Piano Roll views.

Freak it like a pro

Kinetic includes all the effects you need to get that pro sound. Add reverb, delay, EQ, filter sweeps, and more.

Compose songs—live as you play
Making songs has never been easier. Just hit record and Kinetic will automatically record as you trigger different sections, change the mix, and tweak your sounds. You can also point and click to arrange songs with your mouse.

Get connected
Add audio recording to your experience by connecting Kinetic to Cakewalk Music Creator, Cakewalk Home Studio, SONAR or any other recording software that supports Rewire. And connect with your friends and the music community by exporting WAV files of your mix to burn CDs, or MP3s* to share on the web.

*Kinetic includes a 30-day trial MP3 encoder

Sound Examples
The following sound examples were created in Kinetic using stock instrument patches.

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Kinetic Groove Synth
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Kinetic Groove Synth
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Sequence Buttons


Faders
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Pattern Chooser

Step Editor
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Effects
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Song Arranger
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Cakewalk Kinetic Walk Thru 

Welcome to Kinetic

To learn more about a highlighted view, just click on it, or simply scroll down the page.
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Pick A Groove
The Groove Picker is where music creation begins. Begin by clicking on one of the groove buttons to select what groove you want to hear or work on. Clicking A, B, C, or D displays a different set of 16 grooves, allowing you to create up to 64 Grooves in a session.

The Groove Picker also has its own transport (the Play, Rewind, and Jog buttons), which is separate from the Song Arranger's transport. This allows you to audition and tweak individual grooves to perfection before arranging them into a song.

 

 

 


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Mix It Up
Once you've selected a groove, the next step is to mix it so that you hear only the parts you want to hear. Kinetic's Part Mixer is a 16 channel mixer, one channel for each instrument in your song. Mixer settings can can change, depending on what groove you have selected. For example, in groove A1, you may wish to hear only the drums, so you would solo that drums channel.

The Part Mixer is also the method by which you can select which part you wish to edit. The selected part becomes highlighted in blue. Once a part is selected, you can adjust settings in the Part Editor below, and modify its current pattern or instrument.

 
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Choose Your Parts
While mixing your different grooves, you may discover that you'd like to modify some of the patterns, or change the timbres of the instruments in your project.

The Part Editor is where you define the character of each of your 16 parts. A part is comprised of one pattern and one instrument. Therefore you are presented with two browsers: one for Patterns and one for Patches. You can keep things simple and just use the browsers, but Kinetic also lets you take things to a deeper level if you really like to dig in.

 
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Use the Part Editor's sidebar to access a deeper level of control so you can tailor your patterns and sounds to perfection.
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Pattern Editor

 

Follow Your Own Drummer
Kinetic's Pattern Editor displays an editable piano-roll style interface. You can paint in your own notes, drum rhythms, even draw in automation changes like volume and pan.

If you have a MIDI controller, you can record your rhythms and melodies directly into the Pattern Editor in real-time or step-time.

Step Editor

 

Pattern Editor

 

Define Your Voice
Kinetic's Patch Editor lets you tweak the individual nuances of your sound. The silver knobs control the most important characteristics of the synth sound, but if you want even more control, click on the small synth icon to launch the instrument in a separate window.

Just below the synth controls is the audio effects bin. This is where you can apply different studio effects (such as chorus, reverb, echo) to your instruments, to create a truly custom and professional sound.

 
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Arrange Your Song
Kinetic makes song arranging easier than ever. When you are ready to begin arranging your grooves, simply select a groove with the Paint tool, then click and drag in the arrangement view.

Grooves are clearly identified in the Song Arranger, so you can tell at a glance what's happening in your project.

Song Arranger

Click on the Song Arranger to hear the full song
 

System Requirements

  • Windows 2000, XP
  • 800 MHz processor
  • 256 MB RAM
  • 180 MB free hard disk space
  • 800 X 600, 16-bit color
  • CD-ROM drive (for installation)
  • Windows-compatible sound card*
  • Windows-compatible MIDI interface**

    *Required for audio playback
    **Required to connect to external MIDI devices

    Note: Kinetic does not support Windows 95/98/ME/NT

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