Cakewalk has announced Sonar V-Studio 700, a music-production solution that combines Roland''s hardware with Cakewalk''s Sonar Producer digital audio workstation.

Sonar V-Studio 700 includes Sonar 8 Producer with the full version of Rapture, the VS-700C V-Studio Console, the VS-700R V-Studio I/O, the Integrated Roland Fantom VS hardware synthesizer, and direct control of Edirol video hardware, such as the DV-7 line of nonlinear video editors and other hardware with V-Link support. The system ships with all of the aforementioned hardware and software, along with cables and a user guide.

According to the manufacturer, Sonar V-Studio 700 will be available in February, 2009 for approximately $4,000. Cakewalk will offer current Sonar 8 Producer customers a $200 rebate on Sonar V-Studio 700. For more information, please visit sonarvstudio.com.