Cakewalk has released a trial version of the 32-bit version of SONAR 6 Producer Edition. It is fully functional for 30 days, but must be registered within the initial 15-day grace period. It includes trial versions of the Sonitus effect suite, Cakewalk MFX suite, and PSYN II; these plug-ins are locked to the SONAR 6 trial version. It has limited content and the following plug-ins are not included:

• Vintage Channel VC-64
• Session Drummer 2
• Lexicon Pantheon reverb
• SpectraFX
• Roland GrooveSynth
• RXP REX Player groove box
• Perfect Space Convolution Reverb
• Pentagon I
• Alien Connections ReValver SE
• Cakewalk TTS-1
• Cyclone
• Dreamstation DXi2