Dimension Pro is the critically-acclaimed synthesizer that combines real instruments with advanced synthesis, giving you endless sound possibilities. The immense two DVD sound library that ships with Dimension Pro makes it the ideal go-to instrument for musicians, while its deep editing and sound generation capabilities have a natural appeal to sound designers. Endless Possibilities Dimension Pro offers an abundance of vital, usable sounds that range from pristine realistic acoustic instruments, thumping basses and cutting leads, to complex, evolving atmospheres. This wide tonal range can be attributed to both advanced sample mapping and a powerful sound-sculpting engine with analog sound generation that lets you mutate and recompose any sound you might imagine. Preset addicts With over 1,500 production-ready presets, you can access the perfect sound for almost any project. Dimension features a powerful pairing of sample-playback and advanced synthesis technologies, capable of covering every aspect of contemporary music. 7 GB Library Dimension's library includes tons of thumping bass, grand piano, searing electric guitar, kickin' drum kits, a full orchestral suite, instruments from around the world, and more. The library also explores the worlds of techno, trance, and electronica, providing a comprehensive collection of synth leads, electronic basses, lush pads, and gripping atmospheres. Garritan Pocket Orchestra Cakewalk and Garritan have joined together to offer sound programs based on the critically-acclaimed Garritan Personal Orchestra. The Garritan Pocket Orchestra, included in Dimension Pro, contains samples of all the major instruments in a symphony orchestra--strings, brass, woodwinds, and percussion. You can hear an example of Dimension Pro's Garritan Pocket Orchestra in the Dimension Web player's "Dimension Songs" category. Electronica Collection Nico Herz of BigTone helped to create Dimension Pro's breathtaking electronica palette. His experience and mastery have yielded an exciting array of synth basses, bold leads, thick stacks, pads, simulations, and amazing effects. You can listen to some of his examples in the Dimension Web player's "Arps", "Synth Basses", "Leads", and "Pads" categories. Sound Designers Dimension Pro's deep editing and sound generation capabilities hold infinite potential for the chronically creative. Sound designers will love the hands-on control Dimension Pro offers, making it the perfect instrument for cinema, television, video game, and commercial sound design. Advanced Synthesis Capabilities Waveguide generators and wavetable oscillators for analog-style sounds; each program provides 20 graphical Envelope Generators, and 20 tempo-syncing LFOs, each with 21 shapes. Express Yourself Get into nuances of sounds with multiple velocity and keyboard switching and crossfading; advanced sample playback techniques such as multi-looping, sample switching, and legato on Continuous Controllers; enhanced acoustic simulation via physical modeling. Map MIDI controllers to all Dimension Pro functions with MIDI Control Matrix. Mix quickly and intuitively between different elements of your sound program using the Vector Mixer. Multi-stage Effects Per Part Insert and send effects include bit reducer/decimator, 16 filter types, five drive modes, three stackable parametric EQs, six delay types, three chorus types, LFO filters, autopan; room simulation; and modulation for the finishing touch. |
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comprehensive, well worth itFeb 13, 2008
i run this plug in off of sony acid 6 pro, it doesent appear to be a stand alone program so its going to relay on other program. but the program plug in is very nice. there an engine where you can plug in a sound and it maps it to the keyboard controler. with the large library of sounds plus the engine make it unlimited expandability and functionaly. its not overly fancy but it get the dirty work done.
its not perfect but for what it cost and what its does, its a plus. the interfece on the on screen plug in are a little bit covoluted but i suppose over time i'll figure out all the small things.
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 My Favorite Synth in Home StudioDec 06, 2007
I started with Dimension LE bundled with Cakewalk Home Studio 6 XL, but upgraded to Pro when they ran an upgrade deal. The more I use Dimension, the more I like it... it's now the primary synth in my virtual rack. Free upgrade sound packs and a software update are available on the Cakewalk web site, be sure to download. The grand piano is particularly striking, as are all the string patches in the Garritan Pocket Orchestra; very realistic sounding.
The manual is pretty weak in terms of describing how to create new sounds beyond the presets (there are whole books available on that topic), however the synth is capable of quite an array of sounds and includes a large number of built-in effects that can be chained together. The envelope generation editors allow envelopes to be applied to just about every facet of the sound module; thus using the included analog waveform samples (saw, square, etc.) you can actually make some pretty interesting analog synth-style sounds; check out some of the presets to see how this is done.
So right in the box you get a very nice sampler synth, that also can be programmed like an analog synth using raw waveform samples and the effects/oscillators, capable of stacking up to four samples at once each with separate envelopes and useful effects, that is even capable of firing MIDI sequences/loops as well, with MIDI controller/note mapping any of the settings in the patch... this is pretty much a "work horse" synth.
As a result I find I reach for Dimension as my first choice when adding a virutal synth. It's simply a great, versatile, all-round synth with a huge library of presets (counting the free downloads something like 8 _Gig_ of samples!) and an amazing amount of control to find that perfect sound. The user interface is indeed a bit daunting, so I would probably recommend getting one of the books available on Amazon if you want to dig deeper than the presets (of which counting the free addons must be around 2000 or so presets).
It may not be the perfect sampler synth, or the perfect analog-sound synth, or the perfect loop player... but it does a very decent job of all three of those with a high degree of controllability for the musician, so it's quite a nice "1-stop shop" once you get to know it.
 Dimension, Pro for "Still in Progress"Apr 02, 2007
CakeWalk/Sonar is my all time favorite software. As a software engineer I have admired this company for so long. In any other program I can probably find a bug within the first half hour of using it. Cakewalk, on the contrary can be used right out of he box, release after release. It is exceptionally tested and debugged before it reaches de user. Dimension Pro, however is not in the same boat, yet. It needs to mature out of some irritating features. For example: a series of notes for the String patch plays like a nice Glissando in all my synths. In Dimension, it sounds like a stair case with sharp attacks. The Ahh patch individually sounds nice and actually human, in the whole sequence, though, it sounds out of pitch. Also, when a Patch is loaded, Cakewalk does not capture the patch information in the assigned track. But the most irritating omission is the lack of examples or exercises in the user's guide, a multilingual manual with about 100 pages per language. Not enough space to scratch the surface. For the time being, I find that the TTS-1 synth that comes with Sonar Producer 6.00 is a more robust product. But If I had the opportunity to return it, probably I would not, just because knowing Cakewalk, I am confident that eventually they will refine it to the level of the superb SONAR.
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Great PresetsMar 11, 2007
I bought this along with Sonar PE and love it. The piano sounds are amazing. You seriously can't tell they're not real when played back. The other sound are cool also, except - guitars. But when are guitars ever good on a synth?
Great buy.
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