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.

Extended information

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.

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, and the critically-acclaimed PSYN analog synthesizer. 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 and PSYN—you get access to all the important parameters that shape your tone, right at your fingertips.

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.

Technical specifications

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) and the critically-acclaimed PSYN analog synth
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.

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

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