# Cakewalk (sequencer) > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Cakewalk_(sequencer) > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Cakewalk_(sequencer).md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cakewalk_(sequencer) > Source revision: 1352092839 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Music sequencer software This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. Please help improve this article by citing more sources. Find sources: "Cakewalk" sequencer – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (September 2011) Cakewalk Version 5.0 for MS-DOS Developer Twelve Tone Systems Release 1987; 39 years ago (1987) Stable release 9.03 Operating system Windows, MS-DOS Type Host/Music sequencer License Proprietary Website cakewalk.com **Cakewalk** is a [sequencer](/source/Music_sequencer) first developed by Twelve Tone Systems (the company later known as [Cakewalk, Inc.](/source/Cakewalk_(company))). Originally for [MS-DOS](/source/MS-DOS), starting with version Cakewalk 1.0 in 1987,[1] and, beginning in 1991, for [Windows 3.0](/source/Windows_3.0). Until version 4.0 it required an [MPU-401](/source/MPU-401) [MIDI](/source/MIDI) interface card operating in intelligent mode, while 4.0 and later versions relied on the dumb [UART](/source/Universal_asynchronous_receiver%2Ftransmitter) mode only. Cakewalk was delivered in two versions, Cakewalk Pro and Cakewalk Express. The latter was a lite version limited to 25 tracks and 1 MIDI output port. The Express version was sometimes bundled with hardware such as a sound card. Cakewalk was a purely MIDI based [sequencer](/source/Music_sequencer): Although it could trigger [WAV](/source/WAV) files at certain points, more comprehensive audio support was not incorporated until the advent of Cakewalk Pro Audio when true support for digitized audio was added. Cakewalk Professional 1.0 for MS-DOS ## Features The last version of the product featured a [piano roll](/source/Piano_roll) editor, support for limited [music notation](/source/Music_notation) and a built-in [scripting language](/source/Scripting_language) called **CAL** (Cakewalk Application Language).[2] Cakewalk was a predecessor of [SONAR](/source/Cakewalk_Sonar) which had nearly all of the same features, including support for CAL, and was the only major DAW on the market supporting a scripting language. Cakewalk had [piano roll](/source/Piano_roll) and CAL support since the Windows 16-bit Version 3.01. - Cakewalk 3.01 showing limited WAV file support. - Cakewalk 3.01 showing Piano Roll, Staff and CAL windows. ## See also - [Cakewalk (company)](/source/Cakewalk_(company)) - [List of music software](/source/List_of_music_software) - [Cakewalk Sonar](/source/Cakewalk_Sonar) - [Cakewalk by BandLab](/source/Cakewalk_by_BandLab) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Interview with founder and CEO Greg Hendershott, 20 years on](http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/11/12/interview-cakewalk-founder-greg-hendershott-20-years-on/), 12 November 2007, at *Create Digital Music* blog. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Cakewalk DevXchange](http://www.cakewalk.com/DevXchange/CAL.asp) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20090707221235/http://www.cakewalk.com/DevXchange/CAL.asp) 2009-07-07 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) - CAL ## Further reading - "Cakewalk Pro Audio V6". *Future Music*. No. 60. [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0967-0378](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0967-0378). [OCLC](/source/OCLC_(identifier)) [1032779031](https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/1032779031). ## External links - [Official website](https://www.bandlab.com/products/cakewalk) - [Cakewalk Forum - independent forums for Cakewalk users](http://www.cakewalkforum.com) - [Sound On Sound review of Cakewalk Pro Audio 6](https://web.archive.org/web/20150608204334/http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/1997_articles/aug97/cakewalk6.html) (archive.org) - [Sound On Sound review of Cakewalk Pro Audio 7](https://web.archive.org/web/20150607011849/http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/sep98/articles/cakewalk_v7.html) (archive.org) v t e Digital audio workstations Free and Open-Source Ardour BespokeSynth LMMS MusE Qtractor Rosegarden Proprietary Ableton Live ACID Pro Adobe Audition Anvil Studio BandLab Bitwig Studio Cakewalk by BandLab Cubase Digital Performer FL Studio FL Studio Mobile GarageBand Harrison Mixbus Logic Pro MAGIX Samplitude Making Waves Mixcraft MuLab MultitrackStudio n-Track Studio Pro Tools Reason Renoise SAWStudio Steinberg Nuendo Steinberg WaveLab Studio One Tracktion Z-Maestro Zynewave Podium Authority control databases: National Czech Republic This multimedia software-related article is a stub. 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