Specifications

SONAR PRODUCER is the flagship Digital Audio
Workstation software from Cakewalk.
It includes a multitude of effects and is capable of
professional-quality mixing, mastering, and delivery.
Installing the REAC driver allows SONAR PRODUCER
to record up to 40 channels of audio over a gigibit
ethernet port.
▲Photo 1: The EDIROL FA-66 Firewire audio interface
allows you to monitor audio from the REAC network.
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Producing live recordings
Many users need to record live material
that is quickly turned around into CDs
or uploaded to the Internet. Not long
ago, recording at a live event commonly
involved using a room or truck full of
recording equipment. The configuration
required using transformer-based splitters
to split the audio cables leading from the
multi-box stations by the stage in order
to send the audio signals to the recording
point. At that point, thick multi-core lines
would be run to the record position, all of
which involved a high cost in installations
and a lot of manual labor in portable
setups.
REAC offers the solution to produce live
recordings easily and inexpensively.
Onboard Stereo Recording
The RSS V-Mixer has a built-in USB stereo
recorder/player. Using a USB memory
drive, linear WAV files can be recorded
or played back. Effortlessly capture a
live stereo mix from the MAINs or from
an AUX bus. When completed, pull the
memory drive out and simply plug it into
a CD duplicator or compress/upload to a
website.
Live Multi-channel Recording
If you want to go beyond stereo recording
and production built into the V-Mixer or
if you are using an RSS Digital Snake, the
V-Mixing System has two options for multi-
channel recording and production.
The SONAR REAC Recording System, when
used in conjunction with the RSS V-Mixing
System or RSS Digital Snakes, provides
the a comprehensive live recording,
mixing, editing, mastering and delivery
solution. Simply connect a REAC split from
your system to the gigabit network port
on an appropriately configured PC. The
REAC driver enables users to record 40
channels from their Digital Snake/V-Mixing
System directly into SONAR. Record 40
independent tracks of individual channels
or sound sources. Edit that captured audio,
mix down, and you have a final product
ready for distribution. SONAR helps you
distribute your recording with a full suite
of tools for mastering to CD or direct
delivery to your web site.
The SONAR REAC Recording System
includes:
SONAR Producer
REAC Driver Kit
EDIROL FA-66 Monitoring Device
SONAR Templates
Users Guides
The SONAR V-Studio 700 REAC Edition is
the ultimate recording solution for use with
REAC systems. Like the above configuration
the SONAR V-Studio also consists of SONAR
Producer, but additionally the software
is intelligently matched with state-of-the-
art hardware that meets Roland's high
standards of quality and reliability. It
includes the VS-700C V-STUDIO Console
multifunction control surface and VS-700R
V-STUDIO I/O audio interface.
Taken as a whole, SONAR V-STUDIO
700 offers the tactile feel of working
in a traditional studio, but in a way that
takes advantage of everything modern
technology has to offer. Striving to create
the ideal music production environment,
Cakewalk and Roland have built the
ultimate DAW Digital Audio Workstation
integrated with high-end tools.
Used in conjunction with the RSS V-Mixing
System or RSS Digital Snakes the REAC
Edition of the SONAR V-STUDIO 700
provides the most comprehensive live
recording, editing, mixing, mastering and
delivery solution available. REAC driver
technology enables users to record up to
40 channels of audio from an RSS V-Mixing
System or RSS Digital Snake directly into a
PC using a single Ethernet cable.
Cakewalk and Roland selected only the
very best components in designing SONAR
V-STUDIO 700. At the heart of the system
is SONAR Producer, the leading DAW in
the market today. SONAR Producer gives
you everything you need for recording,
composing, editing, mixing, mastering, and
delivery. Cakewalk's flagship instruments,
Dimension Pro (included in SONAR
Producer) and Rapture, are also part of the
software package.
The software is intelligently matched
with state-of-the-art hardware that
meets Roland's high standards of quality
and reliability. It includes the VS-700C
V-STUDIO Console multifunction control
surface and VS-700R V-STUDIO I/O audio
interface which has an integrated Roland
Fantom VS hardware synthesizer based on
the world-renowned Fantom synthesizer.
The system represents the best that
software and hardware have to offer with
amazing control, integration, and sound
quality.
Recording the Live Event
The advantages of REAC also extend to live recording. One REAC cable
enables recording of up to 40 channels. Simply plug a CAT5e cable into a
computer installed with Cakewalk SONAR PRODUCER and capture the live
feed.
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