Sonar: Insider

by Craig Anderton

Overview

If you're a Sonar user, this is the book you have been waiting for! Regardless of your level of experience, these tips and techniques - from one of the world's leading authorities on Sonar and musical technology - will improve your music making, streamline your work flow, and put you in control of the power this program offers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780857125279
Publisher:	Music Sales Corporation
Publication date:	08/01/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	13 MB
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Table of Contents

	Author's Preface	7
	Foreword	9
	Spot	10
	Navigation and User Interface	11
	Terms of Engagement	11
	Clips Pane View Options	12
	Tracks Pane View Options	13
	Audio Scaling	14
	Resizing Multiple Track Heights Simultaneously	15
	Docking Toolbars	15
	Track Selection vs. Track Focus	16
	The Now Line "Bug"	16
	Groups and Editing Group Properties	17
	The Master Bus Fader	19
	Customizing Colors	20
	Changing Wallpaper	21
	Changing Themes	21
	The Art of Drag-and-Drop Clips	22
	Traditional Drag-and-Drop Options	22
	Constraining Clip Vertical Movement	23
	Moving Envelopes Along with Clips	23
	Fast Marker Navigation	24
	Floating Windows	26
	The Track Manager	27
	Track Sorting	28
	Fast Track Property Changes	28
	The Zoom Tool	30
	Scissors vs. Split Tool	30
	Simulated "Folder" Tracks	30
	Layouts	31
	The Power of Templates	33
	Metering Tweaks	33
	Making the Big Time Even Bigger	35
	Midi	37
	Midi Plug-Ins	37
	Cakewalk Plug-Ins	38
	The Sonar Drum Machine	41
	The Synchron 32 Midi Plug-In	42
	MidiFo Plug-Ins	43
	The Virtual Midi Guitar	45
	Secrets of the Piano Roll	47
	Bouncing Clips	49
	Loops and Loop Recordings	51
	Perfecting Groove Clips	51
	Tweaking Groove Clip Sliders	52
	Editing Groove Clip Slice Markers	54
	The Multitrack Loop Explorer	55
	Having Clips Follow Pitch	57
	Establish the Project Pitch	57
	Define a Groove Clip's Pitch Parameters	57
	Insert Pitch Changes Into the Tune	58
	Adding Fades at Loop Beginnings and Ends	59
	Eliminating Groove Clip Distortion	59
	A Fine Point About Processing Groove Clips	60
	Retrograde Groove Clips	62
	A Deranged Timbre-Shifting Application	62
	Slicing with Sonar	63
	Crossfade Loops for Pads	65
	Turning Multitrack Drum Libraries Into Loops	66
	Loop Recording a la Sonar	68
	Changing the Loop Playback Default	69
	Plug-Ins	71
	Save CPU Power by "Freezing" Plug-Ins	71
	Creating a Premix	71
	Freezing and Unfreezing the Plug-Ins	72
	Load More Plug-Ins	73
	Don't Forget About Freebies	74
	Making the Most of VST Adapter	75
	How VST-DX Adapter Operates	75
	Synching VST Effects to Tempo	76
	About Multiple Outputs and Arming Parameters	77
	Assignable Fx Controls	79
	Installing "Legacy" Plug-Ins	80
	Virtual Instrument Tips
	Cyclone DXi, the Groove Soft Synth	80
	Exploiting Edirol VSC Automation	82
	Edirol VSC Multiple Outputs	83
	Sonar's Groove Module: Arturia Storm	84
	Beefier DreamStation Sounds	85
	Signal Processing Plug-In Tips	87
	Wahwah of the Disco Gods	88
	Re-Amping with Sonar	90
	The SpectraFX	92
	Emulating Room Ambiences with Short Delays	94
	Parallel Effects	96
	Copying Effects Between Tracks	96
	Using the FX2 Tape Sim	96
	Sonar's Noise Generator	97
	Cakewalk's Amp Sim Effect	98
	Using the Fxpansion Vocoder With Sonar	98
	Sonitus: fx Multiband as Loudness Maximizer	99
	Timeworks CompressorX as Loudness Maximizer	100
	Better Vocals Through Pitch Shifting	101
	DSP	103
	The art of the Crossfade	103
	Removing Clicks When Connecting Clips	104
	The Magic of Bounce to Clip	106
	Selecting Clips You Want to Bounce	106
	Bouncing All Clips in a Track	106
	Applying Audio Effects	107
	To Dither or not to Dither?	108
	Sonar's Vocal Harmony Generator	110
	Time for a Tune Up	112
	Automation	115
	Automation Basics	115
	DX and VST Processor Automation	116
	Recording Real-Time Automation Moves with Effects	116
	Recording Effects Automation Envelopes in Non-Real Time	117
	Hiding and Managing Automation Envelopes	118
	Soft Synth Automation: The Fine Print	119
	Automating with Controller Movements	119
	Automating with Envelopes	119
	Differences with DXi and VSTi Instrument Automation	120
	Typical Automation Results	120
	"Cross-Controlling" Instruments	123
	Re-Discovering Snapshot Automation	123
	Control Surfaces	127
	Remote Control Using Midi Key Bindings	127
	Basic Remote Control Using Controllers	129
	Total Control	130
	Typical Control Surface Installation	131
	Assigning Function Buttons	132
	Mixing with Controllers	133
	Changing Overall Envelope Levels	133
	Rewire	135
	Rewire Basics	135
	Computer Requirements	136
	Recommended Drivers	136
	Sharing Midi I/O	137
	ReWire Setup	137
	Setting Up the Rewire Client	137
	Setting Up Sonar	138
	Inserting a ReWire Device Into Sonar	138
	Program-Specific Comments	140
	Reason	140
	Live	141
	Applications	141
	Testing ReWire	141
	Sonar's Multi-Timbral Synth Rack	142
	Recording Reason Controller Tweaks in Real Time	144
	Using Multiple Outputs with ReWire	145
	Playing REX Files in Sonar	147
	Backup and Documentation	149
	The Universal Backup	149
	Exporting Tracks as Audio	151
	Virtual Instruments	152
	Midi	152
	Sonar's Bundle Format	152
	Space Issues	153
	The Joy of Sysex	154
	Documentation	156
	The Sonar Notepad	156
	The Track Notepad	157
	Managing and Saving Plug-In Data	158
	Automatic Saving	159
	Mastering and Sample/Loop Editing	161
	Waveform Editing	163
	Setting Up the Right View	163
	Learn the Keyboard Equivalents	164
	Defining Regions	165
	Precision Timing	166
	Exporting Files	169
	Successful Rendering to Wav	169
	Free MP3 Exporting	171
	Exporting Wav Files and Groove Clips by Drag and Drop	172
	Troubleshooting and Optimizing	175
	Sonar Anti-Freeze	175
	Mysteries of the Aud.ini File	176
	Bigger Graphics Cache	176
	Where to Cache Your Data Stash	177
	The Cakewalk.ini File: Audio Widget Customization	178
	File Naming Issues	180
	Restarting Your Engines	180
	Midi Recording Problems	180
	Improve Midi Timing With Slower Computers	181
	Safe Mode	182
	Solving the Halion Preset Problem	183
	Bonus Tips	185
	About the Author	191