I'm glad this is getting a good response and that people like it. I've noticed that the FX Chain-based "Tip of the Week" projects seem to get a good reception. For further study, I'd recommend reverse-engineering the 30 Sonitus-based FX Chains that were in the June release.

Anderton
Week 152: Build a “Virtual Room Mics” FX Chain
 

 

 
Question, how do I justify/center the knob images?

Week 153: SONAR's “Secret Weapon” Convolution
 
Applying convolution to sounds can do a whole lot of interesting things, and yes, SONAR has the ReMatrix Solo convolution reverb. But there’s another “secret weapon” that can do all kinds of weird, wacky, and sometimes wonderful convolution tricks: The Cabinet IR module in TH3 Cakewalk Edition. It even makes a fine pseudo-vocoder for drums.
 
The Cabinet IR doesn’t allow for very long impulse responses, so it’s more like a truly unusual EQ. But it offers several “accidental” features that are extremely useful. So insert TH3 in an audio track, drag the Cabinet IR from TH3’s components browser into the main window, and let’s go.
 
IMPORTING IMPULSE RESPONSES
 
TH3 comes with useful amp samples, but why be normal? Grab some weird WAVs and see what happens. Any .IR or WAV file will work (REX need not apply); click on Import New IR, create a new destination group, then navigate to the file you want to load. Note that you can also import multiple files—just click on the first one in a folder, then shift-click on the last file in the folder. The SONAR Audio Library has a lot of one-shots, so you can load up a ton of ‘em to find out what works. (To delete the duds, you can delete the impulses one at a time via TH3, or go to the folder location with the imported IRs at C:\Users\[your user name]\AppData\Roaming\Overloud\TH3\IR, and then delete the ones you don’t want.
 
TWO PRACTICAL EXAMPLES
 
Here’s how to do a pseudo “drumcoder,” i.e., modulating a chord with drums. Drag the file LNL_DrumLp91_100 from SONAR’s audio library (Loops > Loopmasters > RNB Hip Hop > Late Night Logic) into a track, and loop it. For an impulse, if you downloaded my Chord Library when it was available, the chords are excellent for this application. Otherwise, load the file dth_chord_bigdub (One Shots > Sample Magic > Deep Tech-House) into the Cabinet IR.
 

 
Choose High accuracy for the Cabinet IR module. In general, High accuracy will give the most nuanced filtering but that doesn’t mean it’s always the best for a given application; sometimes lower accuracy will produce an effect with less of a sense of pitch, but which is ultimately more useful. The Balance A-B control varies the prominence of the “vocoder” effect. Kewl!!
 
Here’s another example. Load dth_kick_deepfat from the same folder. This is a kick one-shot, and as you vary the balance, you’ll be able to really accent the kick in a loop with an otherwise not very deep kick.
 
But wait!! There’s more! The Balance A-B control has a MIDI Learn option, so you can do some expressive tweaking and add rhythmic variety to EDM-type loops. Have fun!

Hey Zargg - try the "drumcoding" trick with a parallel bass signal. It's pretty cool :)

Week 154: Re-Discovering SONAR's Audio Waveform Editor
 
When SONAR first replaced the Pro Audio series back in 1879, some people were dismayed that the dedicated audio-editing window had been removed. With all audio placed in the clips pane, it seemed that if you wanted a single track to fill the screen, it was necessary to do lots of zooming and resizing - or at least get into Screensets.
 
Not so! Actually, there's a little-known trick that takes care of this. To turn SONAR into, essentially, a waveform editor:
 
1. Select the one track that you want to have appear in the “waveform editor.”
2. Turn off Auto-Zoom (Shift+Z toggles this) if it’s on.
3. Right-click on the track number (or any empty space in the title bar).
4. Choose “Show Selected Tracks.” All other tracks will be hidden, and the selected track will take over the entire clips pane. You can create even more space by hiding the Inspector (type I) and Browser (type B). Now you have a fine environment for audio editing - see below.
 

 
And yes, you can zoom in so far you can cut, copy, and paste individual samples (I once used this to repair digital clicks on a master that the artist didn’t think could be salvaged).
 
5. When you’re done with your editing, choose Tracks > Show All Tracks and Buses (or type Shift+H) and all the other tracks will re-appear. Done! 

Wow that's cool!

Great tip guys!
 
Thank you.

You all never cease to amaze me - I should say teach me 

Good stuff.  Thank you Craig and company.

Another great tip. 
 
Thanks to Craig and the users.

Sorry, I couldn't resist. It was a tribute to the days of steam-powered sequencers.

John

Anderton
Sorry, I couldn't resist. It was a tribute to the days of steam-powered sequencers.

It wasn't 1879 Craig. It was 1910. I was there!

Young whippersnapper!  lol
 
Thanks Craig!

What? Steam powered? and Ive been using unruly oxen all this time.

konradh
 
Note: Zooming on a clip in X1 is very painful because you lose your place so easily.

Open the keyboard shortcuts in preferences and search for "view." There is a command to "return to previous view" or similar (forget the exact wording), and bind that to something. Using that you can easily drill into a track, edit, then hit that key to return to what you were seeing before the zoom.