SONAR: Master Class - Drum Production Episode I

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Re:SONAR: Master Class - Drum Production Episode I 2010/08/05 14:24:32 (permalink)
KUDOS! Cake (aka Seth & Brandon) - THANK YOU!
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Re:SONAR: Master Class - Drum Production Episode I 2010/08/05 20:22:09 (permalink)
Seth,

I have a couple of questions on the step sequencer....

1. I have a 6 beat pattern, each beat has 12 steps. I set this up to sequence a 6/8 shuffle groove session drummer track. Do I have the beat/steps resolution setup correctly?

2. How do I resize the step sequencer's grid view so that I can see ALL  the grids and not have to scroll forward and backward when inputting notes?

Thanks.

Vic
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Re:SONAR: Master Class - Drum Production Episode I 2010/08/06 07:50:17 (permalink)
Excellent videos!

I have a quick question related to early on in the first video, when "proper gain staging" was set-up.  The trim was set to '-6.2', which seemed to be a somewhat arbitrary number rather than basing it on level checking.

So my question is, is it possible to meter the input to a track (whether an audio track or a session drummer output track) as well as the output?

TIA :o)
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Re:SONAR: Master Class - Drum Production Episode I 2010/08/06 07:59:51 (permalink)
vicsant


Seth,

I have a couple of questions on the step sequencer....

1. I have a 6 beat pattern, each beat has 12 steps. I set this up to sequence a 6/8 shuffle groove session drummer track. Do I have the beat/steps resolution setup correctly?

2. How do I resize the step sequencer's grid view so that I can see ALL  the grids and not have to scroll forward and backward when inputting notes?

Thanks.

Vic


For 6/8 12 steps is ok, but you can use 6 also. 12 will simply give you twice the resolution of 6. Unfortunately there is no way to resize the Step Sequencer right now, but it sounds like a nice feature request!

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Re:SONAR: Master Class - Drum Production Episode I 2010/08/06 08:04:38 (permalink)
ston


Excellent videos!

I have a quick question related to early on in the first video, when "proper gain staging" was set-up.  The trim was set to '-6.2', which seemed to be a somewhat arbitrary number rather than basing it on level checking.

So my question is, is it possible to meter the input to a track (whether an audio track or a session drummer output track) as well as the output?

TIA :o)


Ston,

You can switch the Track Meter to show Input or Output level in the Meter Options. I don't think it's necessary to set a synth's input to a specific, exact level. It just needs to not clip, so -6 to -12 should do the trick in most cases.

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Re:SONAR: Master Class - Drum Production Episode I 2010/08/06 08:19:27 (permalink)
Cheers Seth :-)
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Re:SONAR: Master Class - Drum Production Episode I 2010/08/07 01:29:33 (permalink)
For 6/8 12 steps is ok, but you can use 6 also. 12 will simply give you twice the resolution of 6. Unfortunately there is no way to resize the Step Sequencer right now, but it sounds like a nice feature request!


Hi Seth, the reason I have my steps set to 12 is because of the shuffle groove nature of the pattern. I need to be able to input dotted eight notes. I believe 6 steps will not make this possible...or will it?

Thanks again.
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Re:SONAR: Master Class - Drum Production Episode I 2010/08/07 01:31:22 (permalink)
Unfortunately there is no way to resize the Step Sequencer right now, but it sounds like a nice feature request!


I hope this will be in S9?
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Re:SONAR: Master Class - Drum Production Episode I 2010/08/07 03:30:53 (permalink)
These videos are fantastic tutorials.....I've just learned a whole lot more and am very appreciative for them. Thanks CW & Seth!!! Please add more of these Master Class viceos!!  

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Re:SONAR: Master Class - Drum Production Episode I 2010/08/23 08:38:47 (permalink)
I agree with all that have complimented on the quality of the recent videos. I really liked the first Master Class vids. They really gave me a new perspective on Step Seq 3. Tried using previous versions and never really got any use out of it. These vids have me going back to see what I can do with this tool.

There was a lot of feaures that I knew was in Sonar, but until I saw these in use, I always wondered "Why?" Now I know. As someone earlier said, "my eyes are now opened."

Excellent job Cakewalk. And to ALL who made all these videos possibile - THANK YOU!~!

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Re:SONAR: Master Class - Drum Production Episode I 2010/08/23 12:22:06 (permalink)
These Master Class vids are absolutely awesome and are part of the reason I am so happy I bought into the whole Sonar experience! Thanks!

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Re:SONAR: Master Class - Drum Production Episode I 2010/08/24 09:58:20 (permalink)
Is it possible to get these in a form so we can download them (at an internet cafe, for example) and then copy them to our studio PCs at home?
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Re:SONAR: Master Class - Drum Production Episode I 2010/08/27 14:24:26 (permalink)
The Drum Master Class was a stroke of genius!
I have been slowly trying to ween myself off using my old Roland TR-707 for programming all my initial drums (then editing later in Sonar).  This video really helped open my eyes to ways I never thought of.   Using the track-layers function for slight modifications is so intuitive and I never even began to think of that!!!!
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Re:SONAR: Master Class - Drum Production Episode I 2010/08/28 14:13:42 (permalink)
YYYEEESSS!!!

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Re:SONAR: Master Class - Drum Production Episode I 2010/09/01 03:28:43 (permalink)
I'm lovin' the announcer's lingo too...

"You can bet these samples sound SUPER-TIGHT."
"Steven Slate is a MANIAC when it comes to multi-sampled drum kits."
"Up to and including 24 (semitones), which is two octaves for those of you keeping score at home."
"And that feature my friends is called the track template."
"OK, I'm not going to ask you to "watch paint dry" but I am going to go ahead and name my tracks."
"But editing someone else's MIDI track is NOT why I'm here."
"This is where the FUN begins."
"Nice. Now I've a got a little groove goin', but I'm not satisfied yet."
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Re:SONAR: Master Class - Drum Production Episode I 2010/09/01 23:28:49 (permalink)
Excellent video lessons, I certainly learned a lot!

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Re:SONAR: Master Class - Drum Production Episode I 2010/09/02 06:51:17 (permalink)
this was a very nice tutorial pretty straight forward and concise .I  learnt  lots  much more from watching than this than that SWA tutorial on sonar 8 that  i purchased .

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Re:SONAR: Master Class - Drum Production Episode I 2010/09/02 07:12:44 (permalink)
Watched the whole series and made me realise that I ought to upgrade from 7PE to 8.5 for StepSequencer2.0 and the VX64 perc strip(although most of that is do-able in Battery3).............kinda wishing I hadn't looked now.

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Re:SONAR: Master Class - Drum Production Episode I 2010/09/06 14:11:53 (permalink)
Great voice and flowing delivery!

Makes the vids a joy to follow!

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Re:SONAR: Master Class - Drum Production Episode I 2010/09/16 01:51:48 (permalink)
 
 
SOOO Good for newbies (like me eg.) to the full Sonar functions!!
 
I learned a huge amount on this 5 part series. Watched it straight thru. I agree with others that the download section would be nice on the Cakewalk site as well for easier access..
I never liked realplayer due to their little cookies and tracking they do, but if that's the only way then so be it.
 
Thanks again Seth & Cakewalk...I need it all..keep it up!
 
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