Anderton
 
What I could do is a tutorial on how I create dance music in SONAR...but there's no guarantee it's the way anyone else would want to create dance music in SONAR.

 
In a nutshell Anderton ... YES PLEASE :D Thats what I am looking for. A kickstart point. From there I can then find my own way and am sure others will too .. much appreciated
 
How about this .. base it on using some samples from this free sample pack at samplemagic that all could download as part of this tutorial???

https://www.samplemagic.c...ntage-breaks-free-pack

aidanodr
How about this .. base it on using some samples from this free sample pack at samplemagic that all could download as part of this tutorial???

https://www.samplemagic.c...ntage-breaks-free-pack

That's a great idea! Now all I have to do is find the time to do the tutorial , but it is something I've wanted to do so that increases the odds of finding the time.

Anderton
 
That's a great idea! Now all I have to do is find the time to do the tutorial , but it is something I've wanted to do so that increases the odds of finding the time.

 
Nice one Anderton, much appreciated. I think it would be a great thing to focus on. How Sonar can easily replace Fruity Loops or Reason :D .. Show how Sonar can do the business in this EDM / sample type music making field.
 
Going beyond just dropping samples from packs and pressing play .. music by numbers. Looking at stuff like slicing sample pack drum loops, piano lines, bass lines. Pitch changing individual sliced parts, swapping around sliced parts to make new drum lines, keyboard lines, bass lines etc. Then also adding in "traditional" own vst lines.
 
Also using samplers like Dimension Pro, Cyclone maybe or 3rd party loop plugins like MOBIUS - http://www.circularlabs.com/
 
Use of Sonar step sequencer to be like usage in Reason Fruity loops ...

Loads there so no rush :D
 
Speaking of loops ( back to the 80s and early 90s ) .. Im on my MOBY trip at the moment, currently reading his self written biog called PORCELAIN. Well worth a read for ALL MUSICIANS. I recommend highly
 
https://www.amazon.com/Porcelain-Memoir-Moby/dp/1594206422
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

I like doing EDM in Sonar myself, but I agree with Sharke, I think that with a few added tools then makes Sonar a much better environment for EDM.  If your short of funds, stick with Sonar's tools, but if you a few dollars, and since you like FL Studio, you should catch their next summer sale and consider grabbing:
 
Slicex
Edison
These two tools along with Step Sequencer, you should have a bit of fun with.
 
 

Forkol,
 
I have FL Studio with Slicex and Edison already. In my case I want to do everything in Sonar.
 
To an extent the LOOP CONSTRUCTION view in Sonar does some of what Slicex does. Load a Sample Wav drum bass or keyboard line into an audio track, open the Loop Construction view for that audio file, click Loop On and off you go slicing using threshold etc. Once sliced to the way you want close the Loop Construction view, put the cursor at start of audio track and tab plus S ( Split ) along the track to break it into sample pieces for each note or drum hit. Right click each split sample piece and select Bounce to Clips. Now you can drag drop these sample pieces any where you like in any order and even drop them into a sampler plugin I think ..
 
Edison is an audio editor plugin - so I suppose in Sonar, as you already have the individual sample pieces broken up and in clips you can assign or patch an effect to each of the clips as you like.
 

Anderton

aidanodr
How about this .. base it on using some samples from this free sample pack at samplemagic that all could download as part of this tutorial???

https://www.samplemagic.c...ntage-breaks-free-pack

That's a great idea! Now all I have to do is find the time to do the tutorial , but it is something I've wanted to do so that increases the odds of finding the time.

Hi Anderton,
 
Just wondering .. any news on this tutorial??
 
Aidan