news here:

https://www.soundonsound.com/news/sonar-now-free-renamed-cakewalk-bandlab

link here: https://cakewalk.bandlab.com/

Seems to require registration of a bandlab account

Key Features:

• Fully redesigned audio engine and 64-bit architecture
• New Avid Audio Engine – Delivers multiple times the processing power of Pro Tools 10 on the same hardware configurations.
• 64-bit architecture – Exponentially increases the number of simultaneous virtual instruments and the performance to handle the most sophisticated sessions.
• Offline bounce – Delivers mixes up to 150 times faster than real time.
• Low-latency input buffer – Ensures ultra-low latency record monitoring without sacrificing plug-in performance.
• Dynamic host processing – Maximizes plug-in count by reallocating processing resources as needed.
• Expanded metering
• Extended standards support – Features a broad range of built-in metering standards, from peak and average to VU and PPM, to maintain adherence to regional broadcast requirements.
• Gain reduction – Shows gain reduction for all dynamics plug-ins on each channel.
• Direct HD video workflows
• Built-in Avid Video Engine – Enables audio post professionals to play and edit a wide range of HD video formats includingAvid DNxHD, directly in the Pro Tools timeline without transcoding, using the same core engine as in Media Composer.
• Video interface support – Enables monitoring of DNxHD and QuickTime media through Avid Nitris DX, Avid Mojo DX, and other video interfaces.

Availability & Pricing

• Pro Tools 11 and Pro Tools HD 11 is expected to be available later in Q2 2013.
• Pro Tools 11 software (full version) – $699 USD
• Pro Tools 10 to 11 upgrade – $299 USD
• Pro Tools 9 to 11 upgrade – $399 USD
• Pro Tools Express to Pro Tools 11 cross grade – $499 USD
• Pro Tools HD 10 to 11 upgrade – $599 USD
• Pro Tools HD 9 to 11 upgrade – $999 USD

• Acustica Audio Nebula 3.6 (Effects Sampling Plug-in) http://soundbytesmag.net/acusticaaudionebula/

• Embertone Friedlander Violin (Solo Violin Sample Library for Kontakt Player) http://soundbytesmag.net/embertonefriedlanderviolin/

• Parallax-Audio VirtualSoundStage (Stereofield Placement Plug-In Based on a concert hall display) http://soundbytesmag.net/parallax-audio-virtualsoundstage/

New features in WaveLab 8:

• Up to 8 monitor sets management
• EBU R-128-compliant meters, with a graph, true peak and loudness data normalizing support
• Plug-in management in a single window
• iZotope MBIT+ dithering plug-in
• Voxengo CurveEQ, Brickwall Limiter and Tube Compressor plug-ins
• Master transport panel for easier navigation in the project
• New SuperClip concept for combining multiple clips
• Master plug-in section for storing plug-in chains
• New audio editing tools: loudness management in audio parts, track lock, trim and split options, auto replay, new commands, etc.
• Metadata support
• Waveform zoom with 16-bit floating point resolution
• Batch processing

New stuff:

• Automatic audio slicing and audio quantize
• MIDI out
• Convert recordings into REX loops for further creative possibilities
• New spectrum analyzer with visual EQ controls
• Group and parallel mix channels
• Workflow improvements
• Reason 7 makes it easier to import audio from users, music libraries and the web, with support for mp3, aac, wma and more.
• Enhanced Factory Sound Bank comes with new loops and drum kits.
• New Audiomatic Retro Transformer effect unit adds a “futuristic-vintage” sound

Prices:

• Reason 7 - $449
• Reason Essentials 2 - $129

Via: http://www.propellerheads.se/products/reason/new/

Features:

• Unlimited audio and MIDI tracks (depending on the device used)
• Over 70 virtual instrument sounds based on HALion Sonic
• Mixer with over 10 effect processors (insert and send effects)
• Over 300 MIDI and audio loops
• Virtual keyboard and virtual drum pads
• Sample Editor and Key Editor
• Export to Cubase, Dropbox, SoundCloud, AudioCopy and email
• Core Audio and Core MIDI compatible hardware supported
• Sequence other Core MIDI apps (MIDI recording only) and run Cubasis simultaneously via background audio
• Import audio from your iTunes music library or using iTunes file sharing, use AudioPaste or set up a Wi-Fi server in Cubasis
• Audio mixdown and MIDI export

iTunes page - https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/cubasis/id583976519

App page - http://www.steinberg.net/en/products/ios_apps/cubasis.html

It has ProRes, DNxHD support, has color correction, multicam, and CUDA is not required (you can work on AMD cards using OpenCL) etc

Also has PluralEye like algorithm build in making synch of different cameras or separate audio.

Information:

http://pro.magix.com/en/video-pro-x/overview.275.html

Available:

Price: $399

http://www.amazon.com/MAGIX-MID012608-Video-Pro-Download/dp/B007VGI7LU/

PreSonus is now shipping Studio One Free, a new entry-level version of its DAW for Mac and Windows. Intended for beginners who don't yet need the advanced features in Studio One Artist, Producer, and Professional, Presonus says that Studio One Free provides all of the recording and editing features needed for basic music production-and as its name implies, it's free.

To get Studio One Free, simply download the Studio One installer from the Studio One Web site, install it, and then choose to run it as Free when the activation dialog comes up. Once you have downloaded the application, you can use it immediately; no Internet connection or user account is required, no product key is involved, and Studio One Free will not time out.

This new version of Studio One has some of the features originally found in Studio One Artist, including the single-window work environment, the content browser with Search, powerful drag-and-drop functions, Control Link MIDI mapping, sidechain routing, automatic delay compensation, real-time audio timestretching and resampling, unlimited audio and Instrument (MIDI) tracks, unlimited effects channels, and unlimited channel inserts and sends. Use native key commands or choose key-command sets from Pro Tools, Cubase, or Logic-or use the included editor to create your own key commands

More info:

http://studioone.presonus.com/free/