Howdy Folks
 
I’ve just uploaded a series of videos entitled Mixing a Country Song. There’s more than four and a half hours of content, which probably makes it one of the most in depth videos of It’s kind there is. And of course it’s all in SONAR Platinum.  However, it was not my intention to make a mixing tutorial, Lord knows there’s enough of them out there. The intention was purely to show potential clients what I have to offer. However it became an in-depth mixing video nevertheless. 
 
I thought I’d post it here so any SONAR users (or is that Cakewalk by BandLab?) who are maybe new to mixing in this DAW could maybe pick up some tips on how to set up a mix. I give detailed instructions on my routing, showing how I use Aux tracks and busses. And this for me is the killer feature of SONAR when it comes to mixing. Since the disastrous news hit back in November I have been looking into other DAWs and I really like Studio One. However I am finding it much slower and more difficult to mix in than SONAR. This could partly be due to me having my workflow down through years of experience in SONAR but the fact that Aux tracks and Busses are not differentiated like they are in SONAR makes the final automation and mixdown stage more cumbersome, as I like to finish my mixes in the Buss section. You can see all of this in the videos.
 
The reason I chose a country song for these videos is simply because you can find dozens, if not hundreds, of mix videos for Pop, Rock, RnB, EDM, etc. out there so what would be the point of duplicating the work of more talented guys than I. Whereas I can count on less than the fingers of one hand those out there for this genre.
 
You also get to see how I use my Mackie Control, XT and C4 to help me in the process. There are plenty of plugins in use including some of the included SONAR plugins. Like I say, I don’t profess to be the world's greatest mix engineer but I do hope there is enough in these videos for you that is enjoyable and you get something useful out of them.
 
SONAR still rocks. We all know this.
 
Check it out here
https://www.youtube.com/w...R2DVX-LSGrn0NZq2v4fOVe
 
The Twangmeister

I will check it out. I had a student doing a country song about a month ago and have to admit I have little experience mixing it. Thanks

Awesome - thanks!

New to Mixing and new to Cakewalk by BandLab so this post is a win - win for me.  I'm looking forward to learning.  Thank you for sharing your time, knowledge and experience.

Thank you for sharing this. I've watched about 40 minutes so far and really enjoy it. I'm not making any judgements on your technique, just enjoying the chance to follow the thought process and methods. I just finished building a Fender Tweed Deluxe for my brother today and was testing it with a Tele. I'm in the mood for country. 

Thanks zoffmeister.

Have you tried Cakewalk by Bandlab yet?
I've found it far less buggy and it crashes far less. And I love the replace track template feature.

Hi
Thanks for the comments so far. As far as judging my technique, feel free. Maybe you'll even spot the odd mistake. Maybe I mis-spoke the odd time  or maybe I tweaked a plugin without noticing the FX Bin was turned off. 😀
 
As far as downloading Cakewalk by BangLab, no I haven't yet  Will it be worth it? 

Oops. I guess my autocorrect thought BangLab was more likely than BandLab 😁
 

zoffmeister
As far as downloading Cakewalk by BangLab, no I haven't yet  Will it be worth it? 

If having your favourite DAW you've come to love over the years run faster with less bugs, then heck yeah. Just leave your original Sonar installation alone (i.e. don't uninstall it) and everything should run even better than before.

There's minimal setup involved.
If you give it a shot, and you need help for whatever reason, they'll be a bunch of us ready to help out here in the forum.
I recommend loading a session that has given you problems to compare against what you experienced previously.

There's a number here that have noticed improved stability. Sonar is not fully compatible with some windows updates, but Noel added coding to a recent build of the new Cakewalk for that, so I think that's the main reason why I'm having a much better experience.

Nice work man. Great to see Cakewalk finally getting some serious youtube instructional time from yourself and others. Bandlab has changed the game once and for all I suspect.