Larry Wilson
Jumped from Sonar Producer 3 to X1. Overhwelmed. Was helped greatly by SD3 tutorial at CW site. Don't mind spending a few bucks and some time to stop floundering. The "X1 Explained" tutorial by Eli K. looks interesting for $50. Also see the 3 volume tutorial that sells for about 100 bucks? Is it worth it? I have the X1 users manual and consult it often but it a visual step-by-step might help. Any advice?
Hi Larry,
Thanks for asking about the videos. While I of course can't objectively tell you if they will be useful to you, I can tell you that I have had lots of great feedback on both these and the Sonar X1 Tips and Tricks videos. I don't have the X1 Explained video descriptions handy, but here are the descriptions of the Tips and Tricks videos. Maybe you will find them useful.
Sonar X1 Tips and Tricks
Eli Krantzberg
Video Descriptions
March, 2011
Track View Tips - Explore ways to work creatively and efficiently with workflow techniques available directly in the Track View Window.
01. Fun With MIDI Parameters - Explore some ways of using MIDI track transpose, timing, and velocity parameters to generate some funky rhythmic variations of bass or drum parts.
02. Input Echo and MIDI Layering - Learn how the input echo function is used for layering sounds, and how preset input configurations are created and used for multiple MIDI controllers to trigger multiple instruments independently.
03. The Arpeggiator - Explore the arpeggiator’s parameters and see how it is used to generate preset patterns and to arpeggiate held chords in a variety of shapes.
04. Fun With Folders - Explore some ways of using track folders to create and edit composite clips, nested looping, and stutter style edits.
05. Clip Selection Groups - See how clip selection groups let you treat and edit multiple clips as a single unit. They’re great for editing multi track recordings, as well as creative slicing and dicing.
06.Nudge - Learn how to set and use the three user definable nudge values. And see an example of how they can be used to reorganize sliced drum loops to create rhythmic variety and fills.
07. Keyboard Editing - Learn how to use the numeric keypad for mouse free control over zooming and scrolling, establishing selections, and fading and cropping clip boundaries.
08. Reverse and Snap Offset - Learn how to create and sync up a reverse cymbal swell using a standard soft synth along with the Bounce To Track, Reverse, and Snap Offset functions.
Time Correction Techniques - Learn some of the various ways note positions, duration, and velocities can be made to conform either to the grid or to other clips.
09. Groove Quantize - Duration - See how the groove quantize functions are used to conform the note durations of one clip to another.
10. Groove Quantize - Velocity - Explore the Groove Quantize velocity features, how to save a groove quantize template, and how to create velocity ramps using the Scale Velocity feature.
11. Fit Improvisation - Learn two ways to have Sonar create a tempo map and conform to freely played performances.
12. Length And Fit To Time - Explore how these two processes are used to alter either the timing or the tempo of both audio and MIDI clips.
Audio Snap - Learn how to manipulate and edit Audio Snap transient markers across individual as well as multiple clips.
13. Working With Audio Snap - Learn how to manipulate Audio Snap transient markers manually, and some different ways to apply the timing from one audio track to another.
14. Quantizing Multi Tracked Drums - Learn the step-by-step workflow used to correct the timing of live multi tracked drums while maintaining the phase relationships between the tracks.
15. Snapping MIDI Notes To Audio Transients - See how to use Audio Snap to snap MIDI notes to peaks in an audio file.
16. Reconstructive Surgery With Audio Snap - See how the split beats into clips function can be used to completely rebuild a drum loop from the ground up.
MATRIX VIEW - Look at some of the various ways of using and controlling the matrix for real time triggering of cells ands clips 17. The Matrix: Overview and Setup - Learn how to set up and navigate the Matrix view.
18. The Matrix: Mouse And QWERTY Control - See how the various triggering modes work as cells are triggered using both the mouse and the QWERTY keyboard.
19. The Matrix: MIDI Learn And Recording - Learn how to set up a MIDI controller to trigger Matrix cells, and record the process in real time.
V-Vocal - Learn some novel ways to use and abuse this powerful vocal correction tool.
20. V-Vocal Overview - Explore the interface and various ways of calling up and using V-Vocal.
21. V-Vocal In Action - Learn how to use V-Vocal for traditional pitch, time, formant, and “T-Pain Effect” manipulation.
22. F-Fattening With V-Vocal - Explore some unconventional ways of using duplicate V-Vocal tracks to establish a doubling and thickening effect.
Mix Trix - Explore some of Sonar's excellent plug-ins and learn some creative techniques that will enhance and optimize your mixing strategies.
23. You Send Me - Learn how to use traditional send and bussing techniques to create a thickened vocal sound with the Sonitus Modulator plug-in.
24. Lost In Space - See how a reverb return can be sculpted using a compressor with it’s side chain input set to react to a send coming from the source track feeding the reverb bus.
25. The Chain Gang - Learn how route the send of a drum track to the side chain input of the Sonitus Gate plug-in, as it is used to chop up a sustained pad based on the rhythm of the drums.
26. Delay We Were - Learn how to use and route the Delay module in the VX-64 Vocal Strip plug-in for some creative vocal sound design.
27. Ex Squeeze Me - Learn how to route the drum outputs to a bus and set up parallel, or New York style, compression.
28. Control Groups - Explore some useful real world examples of how absolute, relative, and custom control groups help make mixing go more smoothly.
29. FX Chains - Explore Sonar X1’s new FX Chain feature and how it lets you load, save, and manage multiple audio plug-ins as a single preset.
30. LP 64 Multi Band Compressor - Join me in exploring the LP 64 Multi Band Compressor interface, and see how it is used to process a final stereo mix.