Marketing [Cakewalk] 
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Good News? Post it Here.
Got some good, SONAR related news? Post it here. We want to hear how our products are helping you succeed.
Looking forward to your replies.
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RE: Good News? Post it Here.
2008/05/14 15:06:29
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I'm a huge fan of Sonar. I run my studio - Skullsessions Studios - out of my home. Sonar has been my choice of format for many years now. I'm able to pump out some pretty hefty sounds, and the local artists are really digging what the software is capable of. More than a year ago, one of my clients, LONESTAR PORNSTAR, got national distribution with BCD Group out of The Woodlands, TX. Things have gone pretty well for them, having moved already more than 2,000 copies of the CD prior to any distribution deal. I have no idea how many copies they've moved to date, but it must be doing well because they've already signed on for distribution of their second album, which we are currently tracking. And then, just last week, I received word that another one of my clients, SATURATE, is signing with BCD as well for distribution. The band has already moved more than 1,000 copies of their first CD on their own. And, they've re-entered the studio to add a track to the album before distribution begins later this year. I stay very busy due to the fact that none of these ProTools equipped studios in Houston can touch what I'm doing with Sonar. This all adds up to one pretty cool wave of success that I'm happy to be surfing...and more great things are on the horizon!!
HOOK: Skullsessions.com / Darwins God Album "Without a doubt I would have far greater listening and aural skills than most of the forum members here. Not all but many I am sure....I have done more listening than most people." - Jeff Evans on how awesome Jeff Evans is.
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RE: Good News? Post it Here.
2008/05/14 15:47:11
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one of my instrumentals i made in sonar (all i use is sonar, dimension pro, rapture, and the native instruments komplete4 package), won best song of 2007 over at http://www.acidplanet.com ! thank you cakewalk. you rule. and i have a comedy-rap album called "Jewish Dave & Friends" available at www.cdbaby.com/jewishdave and I also 2 more comedy rap albums coming out this year, D-Mize & Dee. Rockz - "6 Years Later" and Fa-Cock-Ta - "Loxstar" as well as a "real" rap album with a rapper named Skydro which will be called "Success Stories." check out my music over at www.acidplanet.com (search for me) or at www.myspace.com/davidrosen. Thanks everyone.
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RE: Good News? Post it Here.
2008/05/14 16:40:01
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My minimalist - electronica- ambient CD, "Lamplighter", which was written in Project 5 and mixed in Sonar 7 Producer, has been picked up by Lakeshore Records, a division of Lakeshore Entertainment, and was released yesterday (May 13th). It's available at Amazon.com and on iTunes, as well as other places you can buy CDs... just search "AgincourtDB Lamplighter" :-) Honestly, without Cakewalk and all the help, guidance and support I've gotten on these forums, it never would have happened.
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RE: Good News? Post it Here.
2008/05/14 17:30:45
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I've been using Cakewalk products for a long time and have had some success with recordings made with the software. In 2004, I released a CD called, Shades of Dave. The song, These Are The Good Times from this CD was licensed for an independent feature film called Larry's Home Video which premiered in the Fall of 2007. Last year, I released a 5-song EP called Cats and Cars and Presidents. The song, This Old Car from this EP was played nationally on the the Car Talk show on National Public Radio. Couldn't have done it without Cake!
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Marketing [Cakewalk]
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RE: Good News? Post it Here.
2008/05/14 23:03:07
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ORIGINAL: agincourtdb
My minimalist - electronica- ambient CD, "Lamplighter", which was written in Project 5 and mixed in Sonar 7 Producer, has been picked up by Lakeshore Records, a division of Lakeshore Entertainment, and was released yesterday (May 13th). It's available at Amazon.com and on iTunes, as well as other places you can buy CDs... just search "AgincourtDB Lamplighter" :-)
Honestly, without Cakewalk and all the help, guidance and support I've gotten on these forums, it never would have happened.
That's great News, Bill at Lakeshore is a SONAR user BTW
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RE: Good News? Post it Here.
2008/05/14 23:35:50
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ORIGINAL: Marketing [Cakewalk]
ORIGINAL: agincourtdb
My minimalist - electronica- ambient CD, "Lamplighter", which was written in Project 5 and mixed in Sonar 7 Producer, has been picked up by Lakeshore Records, a division of Lakeshore Entertainment, and was released yesterday (May 13th). It's available at Amazon.com and on iTunes, as well as other places you can buy CDs... just search "AgincourtDB Lamplighter" :-)
Honestly, without Cakewalk and all the help, guidance and support I've gotten on these forums, it never would have happened.
That's great News, Bill at Lakeshore is a SONAR user BTW
So what you're saying is that I could have just sent .cwp files and audio folders and not sat here for a couple days bouncing out audio, then?  P.S. Cakewalk got three namechecks in the liner notes, btw. 
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RE: Good News? Post it Here.
2008/05/15 03:43:28
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I'm currently using SONAR to write music for the new season of the Discovery Channel series Survivorman, which will begin airing in the US later this year, with international syndication to follow.
I also used SONAR for the currently airing season of Survivorman, and all my other broadcast projects.
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2008/05/15 10:03:16
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The portability of a Sonar project is another reason Sonar's a fantastic tool.
I planned to record guitar at my home mini-studio but something came up and I could not. In a panic, I called Steven Bell of Top of the Hill Music, a short 9 miles away in Duvall. From the forum, I knew Steven was using Sonar. He had a slot open. I was all ready to burn a bun file of my 60 track project and head over, but after talking to Steven, who said simply to put the audio folder and the project file on disk, and we'd be ready to go, I made it to his studio.
Set up was a breeze. By the time the guitarist had his pedal board unpacked, Steven had loaded my project into his workstation and we were talking tracks and levels. The fact that we were both using the same version of Sonar made it increadibly easy to take the project to his studio.
When we were done, it was even easier to bring it home. Steven simply burned the new guitar tracks and the .cwp file on a cd for me. I loaded them in at home and was up and running in minutes.
Thanks to Sonar and Top of the Hill Music!
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RE: Good News? Post it Here.
2008/05/15 10:06:51
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I stay very busy due to the fact that none of these ProTools equipped studios in Houston can touch what I'm doing with Sonar. I'd look to see you expand on this and tell where SONAR gives you an edge in relation to this other platform.
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RE: Good News? Post it Here.
2008/05/15 12:55:33
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I love that show. ORIGINAL: JoZoB
I'm currently using SONAR to write music for the new season of the Discovery Channel series Survivorman, which will begin airing in the US later this year, with international syndication to follow.
I also used SONAR for the currently airing season of Survivorman, and all my other broadcast projects.
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RE: Good News? Post it Here.
2008/05/16 08:53:47
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ORIGINAL: Mod Bod
I stay very busy due to the fact that none of these ProTools equipped studios in Houston can touch what I'm doing with Sonar. I'd look to see you expand on this and tell where SONAR gives you an edge in relation to this other platform.
You know, Mod Bod...that's a hard question to answer well. I think what I mean is - simpy put - I'm proving to a lot of people aound here that you don't HAVE TO use ProTools to be a serious contender. Most of us on this forum understand that. But some....many people still feel that anything but ProTools is going to be less than professional. There is still a significant stigma attached to Cakewalk/Sonar. Though I see that being less and less the case, I still notice Sonar intentionally being left off of the list when people talk about, review, or suggest "professional" recording platforms. I would beg to differ. I'm doing it with Sonar, and it is not rare for clients of the very established studios in Houston to come to my place and RAVE about how much better things sound....about how much more comfortable they are at my place.....about how they've never had so much fun in the studio. Now...I do realize that some of that is my atmosphere, my mics, my room, etc. But the most important part of that TO ME is the fact that we are doing it with Sonar.....and no one seems to care. To me, that's an ultimate compliment to the Cakewalk crew. After all....all we engineers/producers really want is a program that allows us to focus on the artist's performance without getting in the way. Sonar does that for me and my clients.
HOOK: Skullsessions.com / Darwins God Album "Without a doubt I would have far greater listening and aural skills than most of the forum members here. Not all but many I am sure....I have done more listening than most people." - Jeff Evans on how awesome Jeff Evans is.
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RE: Good News? Post it Here.
2008/05/16 14:04:15
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Yesterday, after a pro engineer came over and saw I used Sonar, he said the words "I like Sonar". It threw me back because I ALWAYS have to explain why I don't use Pro Tools, and what Sonar is, and all of its features, etc.
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RE: Good News? Post it Here.
2008/05/16 15:55:24
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I recently managed to convert a Cubaser to Sonar. He's been a very happy lad after that. And I unintentionally managed to get a Logic man to sell his Mac and Logic software and purchased a pretty mean computer with Sonar and MOTU interface. I asked him why because I didn't understand it (because quite seriously, I think Logic 8 is actually very good!). He said something along the lines of:
- For one, Logic doesn't have ACT and now, you and I can swap files more easily.
Now THAT'S a first for me!
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RE: Good News? Post it Here.
2008/05/16 17:12:21
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Cool thread. Sometimes it seems like most people post to a forum because they are having issues or to complain--so good news is a refreshing change.
My good news is a little unconventional. At my day job I am the IT administrator, and our management decided that they wanted to add a video service to our "menu" and our multi-media guy knew nothing about A/V so, I was able to take my years of Sonar experience and apply it to designing and setting up a nice little A/V studio. It was cool to be able to use my skills to help someone else.
Sonar will always be my favorite. I always defend it against PT.
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RE: Good News? Post it Here.
2008/05/16 17:29:32
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ORIGINAL: razor
Cool thread. Sometimes it seems like most people post to a forum because they are having issues or to complain--so good news is a refreshing change. Totally. I wanted to announce my news (and did, over at 'the other place') but since it would have been against the rules (I didn't want to be accused of 'advertising', lol) I didn't do it here on the Cake forums until they put up this thread. :-)
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RE: Good News? Post it Here.
2008/05/16 17:58:24
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It's a fun show to work on, with its diverse requirements for music. Les Stroud, AKA Survivorman, is a true gentleman, and a talented musician himself. ORIGINAL: R!Soc
I love that show.
ORIGINAL: JoZoB
I'm currently using SONAR to write music for the new season of the Discovery Channel series Survivorman
post edited by JoZoB - 2008/05/16 18:36:08
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RE: Good News? Post it Here.
2008/05/16 21:18:21
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Survivorman is my idol! I'll keep an extra ear open for the music from now on!
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RE: Good News? Post it Here.
2008/05/16 22:01:57
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ORIGINAL: JoZoB
I'm currently using SONAR to write music for the new season of the Discovery Channel series Survivorman, which will begin airing in the US later this year, with international syndication to follow.
I also used SONAR for the currently airing season of Survivorman, and all my other broadcast projects.
That IS a great success story! Congrats on the cool job(s)!
HOOK: Skullsessions.com / Darwins God Album "Without a doubt I would have far greater listening and aural skills than most of the forum members here. Not all but many I am sure....I have done more listening than most people." - Jeff Evans on how awesome Jeff Evans is.
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RE: Good News? Post it Here.
2008/05/16 22:32:46
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I use Sonar7pe to produce a lot of backing tracks for me (guitar) and our Pastor (synthesizer) to play along with at our church. It has allowed the two of us and a couple of singers to sound as full as a complete band, and throwing together tracks has been a breeze.
...Not to mention our Praise and Worship CD is about done using Sonar exclusively. Great for comping vocal tracks, mixing, etc, etc...
I like "save as" to be able to use common tracks to create a variety of mixes.
Pretty much, the people that come to my home studio (and I"ve been recording for over 30 years) are totally impressed at what one can do with Sonar and the speed which it can be done.
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2008/05/17 08:10:07
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I Recently was asked to "Help" one of my clients who was still learning how to use Sonar 7. He was a little concerned as he hadn't done any serious work and this was his first paying client in the studio and was worried that he had been having some random Errors in Sonar a few days prior to this session. I have also been a little less than pleased with the Stability of Sonar 7 of late so I was expecting a difficult recording Session. We worked Flat out tracking for 9 Hours straight and Sonar 7.03 never so much as skipped a beat and everybody left that evening impressed with the Worklfow and usability of Sonar in a High pressure tracking session with difficult clients.
We are so quick to point out the Shortcomings and problems with Sonar but never praise when Praise is due.
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RE: Good News? Post it Here.
2008/05/21 14:50:00
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ORIGINAL: JoZoB
I'm currently using SONAR to write music for the new season of the Discovery Channel series Survivorman, which will begin airing in the US later this year, with international syndication to follow.
I also used SONAR for the currently airing season of Survivorman, and all my other broadcast projects.
hehe...you made it into the Newsletter
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RE: Good News? Post it Here.
2008/05/21 19:53:10
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EDIT: I received the Cakewalk Newsletter today, and I am indeed mentioned in it. While some advance notification would have been nice , Thanks to Cakewalk for the publicity. The amount of unique visitors to my website has gone from ~10 per day to 300+ in the last 24 hours. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ I did? I honestly don't know what you're referring to... but it sounds cool
BTW, Thanks to everyone for the kind words and comments. ORIGINAL: torhan
hehe...you made it into the Newsletter
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Dave King
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RE: Good News? Post it Here.
2008/05/21 22:35:14
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hehe...you made it into the Newsletter Newsletter?
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RE: Good News? Post it Here.
2008/05/21 23:45:41
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This is a refreshing thread! I use Sonar 7, Dimension Pro, Rapture, Z3ta, and P5 to score a majority of my projects (Sonar is the main DAW but I also use other VSTi's). I recently did two demo songs for the Project 5 website and 2 demo songs for the Moog expansion for Rapture. I've been a very happy user of Cakewalk products since Pro Audio 9. I've done my share of ****ing of course :) But this thread is nice to see. I recently created all of the music and sound effects for two Nintendo DS titles and several animated projects. I've personally never used Pro tools but I don't feel I'm missing anything whatsoever!
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2008/05/22 23:06:39
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Hey Guys, Just released a new reggae album "Roots Like A Lion" by the Chicago band called Gizzae. I co-produced this album with one of the band's members. Some recording was done on ADAT and then was all moved to Sonar for mixing/pre-mastering. The music is not your standard reggae and has quite a bit of jazz and R&B flavor. The album sounds incredible both mix-wise and song-wise. The album's not available for free but if you like good music you couldn't go wrong. You can check them out at: http://www.gizzae.com. Thanks,
Best, Guitardood Reverb Nation: http://www.reverbnation.com/ChuckFletcher "Life is like a box of chocolates. You know, eventually you're going to get the one filled with alien-like nasty tasting goo and have to spit it out and say YUCK"
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RE: Good News? Post it Here.
2008/05/23 12:48:33
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DAWPRO Studios provides multiple audio industry services. DAWPRO Drum Tracks is advertised all over the web in context related and search engine placement ads. We specialize in providing great sounding acoustic custom drum tracks via the Internet to musicians and project studios all around the world. Recording, mixing, and mastering services are also available at DAWPRO Studios and one of our recent client projects entitled "Oasis of Peace" has already in just a few months sold over 4000 copies worldwide. We have Pro Tools, Nuendo, and Reaper in our studio... for client compatability, but all of our work is done in the latest version of SONAR! More and more we are finding our clients are also SONAR users. SONAR Rocks!
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2008/05/25 04:56:35
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thanks for this excellent software and you can not beat the price
i recently got a distribution deal and great comments on my sound from well known producers
when they asked what i used i said sonar 7 and one even switched to sonar after inspecting it
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RE: Good News? Post it Here.
2008/05/29 15:00:45
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2008/06/12 18:38:08
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I recently finished the music and sound effects for SpaceChimps for the Nintendo DS. It's a movie tie-in for an animated feature film coming out this summer. Did it all in Sonar!
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