Cakewalk® Announces Music Creator 6 Touch now available on Steam

BOSTON, May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Cakewalk, the world's leading developer of easy to use products for music creation and recording, today announced the availability of Music Creator 6 Touch on Steam (store.steampowered.com), a leading platform for the delivery and management of PC, Mac, and Linux games and digital entertainment.

Music Creator 6 Touch makes it easy to create original music with no musical experience required. Music Creator has all the tools, loops, instruments, and FX needed to create, edit, and mix music, transforming any Windows 7 or 8 computer into a music studio. Musicians can share music with the world by burning a CD or using SoundCloud to post music on Facebook and Twitter.

Music Creator 6 Touch was previously available as a download from Cakewalk's store (store.cakewalk.com), and now it makes its debut on Steam (store.steampowered.com). Created by Valve, makers of best-selling game franchises like Portal and Counter-Strike, Steam has more than 50 million users around the world and offers more than 2,000 titles.

"Cakewalk Music Creator 6 Touch comes to Steam adopting and exploiting the kinds of features folks expect of the platform like automatic updates, cloud saves, and easy installation," says Valve's Nathaniel Blue. "Cakewalk has long been a leader in the music creation space, and we hope folks find it to be an even better experience on Steam."

"We are thrilled to be the first major music software title to appear on Steam and we look forward to reaching a new generation of customers who have a passion for creating music," said Cakewalk President, Michael Hoover.

In addition to being available on Steam, Music Creator 6 Touch also adds touch support for Intel-inspired Ultrabooks and other Windows 8 touch enabled devices. Using the same multi-touch gestures consumers have grown accustomed to on their smartphone, musicians can interact directly with Music Creator 6 Touch on their computer screen for a groundbreaking experience.

Availability and pricing:

Music Creator 6 Touch is available for $49.99/39.99 pounds Sterling/euro 49.99 on the Cakewalk Store (store.cakewalk.com) and Steam (store.steampowered.com). Visit www.cakewalk.com/musiccreator for more information.

About Cakewalk, Inc.

Cakewalk, Inc. is the world's leading developer of powerful, yet easy to use products for music creation and recording. We invite you to learn more about our company and products by visiting www.cakewalk.com.

Cakewalk is a registered trademark and the Cakewalk logo and Music Creator, are trademarks of Cakewalk, Inc.

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SOURCE Cakewalk, Inc.