K-mar
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I need a mentor
I have a school project where i'm gonna write songs and record them on sonar professional over the next few months. I need a mentor to teach me how sonar works. If you are interested, i will need your real name. Three of our conversations will be printed out so I can prove that I actually have a mentor. Reply soon if you're interested. Thanks in advance!
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bapu
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Re: I need a mentor
2015/11/29 11:38:43
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What's the back-end? 
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bitflipper
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Re: I need a mentor
2015/11/29 12:09:16
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Ed's just the guy. But he'll want a percentage. Just half of your "A" should do it. Offer him a "C" and a stick-on gold star.
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Re: I need a mentor
2015/11/29 12:11:44
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Seriously, though, what's your objective? Do you want to learn SONAR well enough to create a project, or just want to know how records are made with a computer?
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bapu
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Re: I need a mentor
2015/11/29 12:12:27
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I was actually thinking Dave (bitflipper) would be an excellent mentor.
I'll just tell you to turn up the bass.
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bapu
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Re: I need a mentor
2015/11/29 12:12:52
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bitflipper
Seriously, though, what's your objective? Do you want to learn SONAR well enough to create a project, or just want to know how records are made with a computer?
See what I mean?
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Re: I need a mentor
2015/11/29 13:31:13
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You can also use "Flat Reading Mode" in the upper right of the forum page to print out forum threads, so can easily take advantage of multiple people contributing. You could fly that one by your instructor as well, or give him or her a guilt trip... "Am I limited to only one mentor? What if I choose the wrong one???  " It would definitely help to know the scope of your project. If you can and decide to use the forum, a nice descriptive post title with a detailed question in the body will get a lot of feedback for you (and easily printed or even linked).
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K-mar
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Re: I need a mentor
2015/11/30 20:38:32
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My objective is really to know how to use SONAR well enough to make songs for my project. I'll handle the writing process by myself, but i need someone to teach me how SONAR works.
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Re: I need a mentor
2015/12/01 10:30:04
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You need to decide very quickly whether you want to work with Audio, Midi or both.
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K-mar
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Re: I need a mentor
2015/12/01 14:09:49
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I definitely want to use Midi (I have a keyboard for that), but I don't know if I'm also going to sing and record that. I think I might use both.
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Re: I need a mentor
2015/12/01 14:23:18
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A lot of the processing and effects you'll probably want to use on synths/samplers are the ones used for working with audio, because while the synths are triggered by MIDI instructions telling them what to play they output to audio tracks. Things like compression, eq, delay, reverb etc. are applied to audio rather than MIDI.
So if I were you I'd anticipate using both MIDI and audio even if you don't need to record audio.
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bitflipper
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Re: I need a mentor
2015/12/01 14:28:13
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Next question: do you want a mentor or a tutor? The difference is the former is someone you can turn to for advice or to get you out of a jam. There are a few thousand of them on this forum, all willing to help.
A tutor, OTOH, is a private instructor who walks you through everything from the basic concepts on through advanced techniques. You'll have a harder time enlisting the latter because it's a major commitment. I believe that's why you haven't had a lot of responses to your thread: folks are afraid that's what you're looking for.
If you're starting at zero, you may not be ready yet for a mentor. What have you accomplished so far on your own?
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Re: I need a mentor
2015/12/01 17:05:31
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IF you want a tutor maybe you should start with Karl's SWA videos and a month or two subscription to Groove3. Keni is a good helper too. He puts out albums that sound pretty darn good using Sonar and what came with it. He has also been involved with some pretty high powered music people. I like him and he is easy going. He helps me along. Keeps me from getting in the weeds.
Good luck with it.
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Re: I need a mentor
2015/12/01 23:54:07
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K-mar
I have a school project where i'm gonna write songs and record them on sonar professional over the next few months. I need a mentor to teach me how sonar works. If you are interested, i will need your real name. Three of our conversations will be printed out so I can prove that I actually have a mentor. Reply soon if you're interested. Thanks in advance!
I can help you, I've been using Sonar for 25 years. www.jerrygerber.com/teaching.htm Jerry
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bapu
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Re: I need a mentor
2015/12/02 11:21:16
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K-mar
I have a school project where i'm gonna write songs and record them on sonar professional over the next few months. I need a mentor to teach me how sonar works. If you are interested, i will need your real name. Three of our conversations will be printed out so I can prove that I actually have a mentor. Reply soon if you're interested. Thanks in advance!
I can help you, I've been using Sonar for 25 years.
www.jerrygerber.com/teaching.htm
Jerry
But does that really qualify you to help move his furniture from one apartment across town if that is ALSO the help he needs? 
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batsbrew
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Re: I need a mentor
2015/12/02 13:24:28
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when you ask the question wrong to begin with,
you get f'd up answers!!
tons of tutorials on the web
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Re: I need a mentor
2015/12/04 08:52:58
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+1 for Karl's videos. I have a couple and they are very well done.
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K-mar
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Re: I need a mentor
2015/12/04 17:00:01
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I need a mentor (according to bitflipper's definition). I can watch tutorial videos to learn how to use sonar, but I'll still ask for advice if needed. I already made one song with sonar. It doesn't have any effects, but it's pretty good.
post edited by K-mar - 2015/12/04 17:13:46
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Re: I need a mentor
2015/12/04 18:12:40
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that's the way we all started....
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bitflipper
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Re: I need a mentor
2015/12/05 10:29:12
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K-mar
I need a mentor (according to bitflipper's definition). I can watch tutorial videos to learn how to use sonar, but I'll still ask for advice if needed. I already made one song with sonar. It doesn't have any effects, but it's pretty good.
Then you've come to the right place, K-mar. We're a helpful bunch here. Keep in mind that the more specific the question, the better the answers will be.
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bapu
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Re: I need a mentor
2015/12/05 11:04:45
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bitflipper
Keep in mind that the more specific the question, the sooner bapu will run away.
what bit was actually thinking
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K-mar
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Re: I need a mentor
2015/12/11 17:59:01
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Thank you, everyone! However, for my project, I still need one of you to be the official mentor. I would love it if Bitflipper would do it.
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bitflipper
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Re: I need a mentor
2015/12/11 19:45:14
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All else is in doubt, so this is the truth I cling to. My Stuff
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K-mar
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Re: I need a mentor
2015/12/14 20:41:23
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Thank you so much! I'm gonna need your real name, phone number, email address and area of expertise though (also your credit card number, your blood type and your first-born son).
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K-mar
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Re: I need a mentor
2015/12/15 14:42:21
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I talked to my teacher. Forget the phone number. Do you want to communicate through this forum or email?
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batsbrew
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Re: I need a mentor
2015/12/15 15:09:10
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(((bit's first lesson: "snatch the pebble from my hand" ))))
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bapu
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Re: I need a mentor
2015/12/17 18:34:18
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bits second lesson: "buy me <insert plug name here> so I can really mentor you".
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