Anathema Weather Systems 2012 Rapidshare. • Pros Stellar new vocal comping and built-in Melodyne pitch correction. Improved skylight interface is easy to customize. Truly robust instrument plug-in bundle.

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Stock ProChannel effects sound excellent and are built into every mixer channel. Windows 8.1 touch support works well. No USB dongle required.

Install Libusb Compat Ubuntu Desktop there. • Cons Needs better notation editing. Some disparate elements of the user interface remain. Skylight UI really needs a 1080p screen to come into its own.

Addictive Drums plug-in isn't mapped to General MIDI keys. Still no Mac version.

• Bottom Line Cakewalk SONAR X3 Producer continues to deliver oodles of power for not that much money, and aside from some persistent UI quirks, this latest version is the best one yet. Cakewalk's SONAR X3 Producer ($499 direct) for the PC brings some welcome new features, as well as a second round of refinements to the Skylight interface first seen in SONAR X1. Some users may prefer, but SONAR X3 Producer is a solid value, especially thanks to the latest version's bundled virtual instruments. There are still a few rough edges to steer around, and we still favor the industry-standard Avid Pro Tools for its robust mixing, audio editing, and scoring facilities. But SONAR X3 is a powerful digital audio workstation that's easy to recommend. Setup and Configuration As before, SONAR X3 Producer remains the top of the line SONAR version; there's also SONAR X3 Studio ($199) and the base SONAR X3 ($99). All three versions of SONAR X3 feature the same unlimited audio, MIDI, and instrument tracks, as well as the same 64-bit double-precision and support for 192kHz recording, which is great.