Cakewalk® Announces SONAR™ X1 Production Suite™ Now Shipping!

—Powerful & Affordable Professional Production Solution Combining SONAR™ X1 Producer, SONAR X1 Producer Expanded, PC4K S-Type Expander / Gate ProChannel Module, and Z3TA+ 2 Waveshaping Synthesizer now Shipping Worldwide—

Boston, MA, (November 10, 2011) —Cakewalk, the world's leading developer of powerful and easy to use products for music creation and recording, announces the SONAR X1 Production Suite is now shipping and available the world over from Roland distribution partners.

The SONAR X1 Production Suite is the most powerful and affordable professional music production suite available on the Windows platform.

SONAR X1 Production Suite includes:

• SONAR X1 Producer precisely suited for today’s music production with its unparalleled user interface design providing the very best in a clean and modern creation environment.

• SONAR X1 Producer Expanded providing additional functionality that includes modular ProChannel capability, Softube’s Saturation Knob ProChannel module, revolutionary FX Chains 2.0, one-click SoundCloud integration, and Music XML support.

• PC4K S-Type Expander / Gate ProChannel Module expertly crafted, providing legendary large format console Expander / Gate functionality.

• Z3TA+2 the next generation waveshaping synthesizer.

Pricing and Availability

Cakewalk SONAR X1 Production Suite has an estimated street price of $499.00 U.S, and is available exclusively at select music and sound retailers worldwide. For more information, visit www.Cakewalk.com or call 888-CAKEWALK.

For SONAR X1 Production Suite 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

• Roland US (United States)

For a complete list of SONAR X1 Distributors worldwide visit: http://www.cakewalk.com/Dealers/global.aspx

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.