Editing Multi-Track Audio Drums for Timing using SONAR Platinum

I don't know why I got such a bad upload quality with YouTube this time, my apologies... I might do this again later with more effort and better quality. In case anyone wanted to see some different methods of editing real acoustic audio multi-Track drums to the grid using SONAR, I made a little video series on it.
 
Check it out if this interests you, if not, please pass it up. Thank you.
 
Video series here

This has been a very needed tutorial Charles. A lot of people are going to appreciate this. Nice job.
 
Here is Method 1

I've mentioned this once before but I recently had great luck quantizing everything together in Melodyne (meaning using it on all clips simultaneously, all set to "percussion" and all notes from all clips selected). I used the "auto grid" and the quantization slider to go to like 85 percent. Much, much better than I thought it would be.

In one case it helped me to first make the tempo constant.

MagicMike
Excellent videos thanks so much!
I've been messing with stretching transient markers across multi-track drums and whilst I'm able to correct timing issues, sometimes the phase relationships don't quite work out (especially on a multi mic'd kick drum).
I'll be using your techniques this weekend :-)

These methods if done correctly will absolutely keep all phase relationships.

Sylvan
I'm really into method three right now, it is the one I am currently using the most. I have shied away from any kind of stretching thus far as I cannot allow any artifacts to get through to my clients. I can experiment later when I have some down time with Melodyne, but with the three methods outlined in the videos, I already know there will not be any artifacts. I have Melodyne essential, is that sufficient?

I will report back my findings when I can play around with it. I often get a lot of blast beats with metal bands at my studio so I need to move quickly without artifacts. This is very important. With slicing and crossfading I know it will work. I am skeptical with any kind of stretching but will give or a spin later just to see.

I'm not entirely sure, you do need some kind of multi track ability, I think normally that only arrives with Studio but possibly ARA lets you do it with lighter versions? One project I loaded all WAVs in the standalone Melodyne Studio, for another, I stayed within Sonar.

It wasn't paid work, I just thought "if this is an easy fix and I don't need to repair lots of stuff I'll keep it, otherwise I'll stick with the original and call it a day". To my surprise, it worked really well. The time I did it in Sonar something went wrong the first try, I think I didn't have all notes selected or maybe some tracks weren't set to "percussion". After verifying I tried again and it worked great. Both times I chose the "auto" grid and didn't quantize to 100 percent.

Sylvan

MagicMike
Excellent videos thanks so much!
I've been messing with stretching transient markers across multi-track drums and whilst I'm able to correct timing issues, sometimes the phase relationships don't quite work out (especially on a multi mic'd kick drum).
I'll be using your techniques this weekend :-)

These methods if done correctly will absolutely keep all phase relationships.

Haven't looked at method 3 yet, but phase relationships have to be kept in my 13 mic drum setup.
Thanks.

Tbh I often align the snare mics with the hits on the overheads which is also "messing with the phase relationship" - I don't see any problem there as long as stuff doesn't go OUT of phase. When I tried, it didn't. I zoomed in on a few snares and toms and they were perfect.