Sonar collab best practices

jkoseattle
Thanks. Unfortunately, the real problem is the fact that we have different instruments on our systems. File sharing is the easy part.

Define different instruments on your system. Are they virtual instruments or live instruments being recorded on tracks?

These would be virtual instruments. It will all be midi, no audio tracks, no live instruments at all.

Zargg

jkoseattle
These would be virtual instruments. It will all be midi, no audio tracks, no live instruments at all.

Then you would have to decide which type of sound you are going with during composition, and use the one with the best samples at the end. Perhaps use TTS-1 as standard synth while composing?
All the best.

 
This would seem a sensible route for a midi only project. Your original post referred to "hearing the same audio" which is what threw me.

Hi Jim,
I do compositions predominately in MIDI and when I've collaborated with others using Sonar, I always record my portion down to an audio track.  That way, if they can't get the exact settings I have (for some reason), they will have my bounced version in the project as reference.
Just a thought...
 
By the way, love the music man! 
Great stuff!

A good practice is to keep the bit rates the same. You run the risk of having acidental downsamples or upsamples at the final mix.

Thanks

Some times it is not a constant exchange over to another system.
 
Here I used 2x allen and heath r 16 desks tied together.(on one system)(was not stable, but if it was)..according to the manual I must use 96k settings for this to work to get 32 tracks of input ...on pc using firewire setup.
 
So sometimes it is hard to follow all the intel of what is best.
 
So, if so more issues with gear/software plug ins and or plug in instruments come into play...
 
yah pick a standard both have that works for both or all involved in the project of midi if only midi is being sent back and forth.
 
If the master maker, feels his instruments are justly serving the ideal idea, and the other partner does not have same instrument plugs...render to wave, but keep the midi track muted , and make a note or foot note to read into what is what...where is, and why put.
 
And then they can import knowing all is there, plus what you made stems of for from.
 
That way he or she, or other can pick it up, where you left off...midi or wave...(wave can now be made to midi, and midi to wave) so they say....I think doing it more so proper so all in conveyed as the conceptual idea be brought forth in or on all sides.
 
So that, wave to midi is less a mess, but is possible also, is to reduce the transients and harmonic content, as some one said on these forums helps.
 
 
So with all that..(and that is also alot to take into consideration now possible in mind...getting to know what is owned and what is being used, should be made standard on both sides....if not possible...most if not all other methods are here posted...?
 
Well no, fly over, go to, or bring in by bus of car or subway, plane or boat,...or ask ed to borrow the submarine ...and no nukes please...we need to keep the sheep silently grazing in peace!.
 
 
Cheers.