I made some inquiries on Cakewalk's forum. Home Studio DOES include TTS-1. The comparison chart is wrong. Cakewalk was alerted about the comparison chart April, 2017 but has not updated the chart yet (October, 2017).

Cakewalk is preparing to update Home Studio "soon" and the comparison chart will be corrected then.

http://forum.cakewalk.com/Home-Studio-Confusion-m3585535.aspx#3667411

http://forum.cakewalk.com/Home-Studio-Updates-m3609374.aspx#3668332

http://forum.cakewalk.com/Sonar-Home-Studio-importing-video-m3655250.aspx#3667630

For what it's worth; the main difference I've found between Home Studio ($49) and Artist ($99) is Home Studio has a limit on the number of audio and MIDI tracks allowed while Artist does not. Home Studio track limitations are 64 audio tracks and 128 MIDI tracks. There are other differences I'm sure but with incorrect comparison charts and documentation I can't discover what they are.

Both programs are available as 32 or 64 bit. That means all the accessories come in both 32 and 64 bits. That means Studio Instruments (drums, bass, strings and electric pianos) and TTS-1 are available as 32 and 64 bit virtual instruments.

Home Studio is on my really want to buy list when I can find a spare $50. That said, I really hope Cakewalk can get their product feature web pages and documentation act together. It's most difficult to spend hard earned money on a product and have faith in the product when such glaring errors remain uncorrected.

Hope this is useful.


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