Tech+Music - FYI, and request for future article suggestions

I'd like to thank all of you who are reading Tech+Music for making this a very successful launch. There were more impressions in the first week of August (>42,000) than in the last three weeks combined - the growth from issue to issue is exponential.
 
I particularly appreciate those who signed up on issuu.com because that provides data on which articles generate the most interest. The Loop Construction one was extremely popular, which implies that more articles along the lines of getting the most out of existing SONAR features would be welcome. Also, the articles on the 30th anniversary freebies always do well.
 
Anyway, I just wanted to say thank you! If you have suggestions for material you'd like to see covered in future issues, please feel free to chime in.

Thank you. 
I'll sign up on issuu.com in order to give a more accurate representation of the numbers.
The info in T+M is much appreciated.

Very glad to hear it's getting such good response. It is very well done. All the best.
 
 

Though it may not appeal to many users, I would really appreciate an article on "creating your first song in Sonar."
 
As I'm new to recording, I'm just lost.  Just an article on creating a song that has a few tracks - midi, audio, and VSTi, adding an effect or two, then mixing it down to a final product.

husker
Though it may not appeal to many users, I would really appreciate an article on "creating your first song in Sonar."
 
As I'm new to recording, I'm just lost.  Just an article on creating a song that has a few tracks - midi, audio, and VSTi, adding an effect or two, then mixing it down to a final product.

I also think this is a GREAT idea 

husker
Though it may not appeal to many users, I would really appreciate an article on "creating your first song in Sonar."
 
As I'm new to recording, I'm just lost.  Just an article on creating a song that has a few tracks - midi, audio, and VSTi, adding an effect or two, then mixing it down to a final product.

I agree with Zargg - great idea! The next issue is already pretty much set, but I'll get on it.

Thanks...

Resonant Serpent
Tips and tricks for the Piano Roll. Including what changed from old to new.
 
Be all/end all on Drum Map construction, and how to use them. A focus on using them for orchestral libraries.
 
How to use comping reliably, and how to streamline a workflow.
 
Demystify the theme editor. Have a graph showing what panels affect which part of the interface. Also, a basics lesson on how to color/change items with an image editor.

 
These are all really good ideas. However, I don't think I know enough about the Theme Editor to demystify it :) I'll see if the person who designed it might be able to help.

Anderton

Resonant Serpent
Tips and tricks for the Piano Roll. Including what changed from old to new.
 
Be all/end all on Drum Map construction, and how to use them. A focus on using them for orchestral libraries.
 
How to use comping reliably, and how to streamline a workflow.
 
Demystify the theme editor. Have a graph showing what panels affect which part of the interface. Also, a basics lesson on how to color/change items with an image editor.

 
These are all really good ideas. However, I don't think I know enough about the Theme Editor to demystify it :) I'll see if the person who designed it might be able to help.

Using the theme editor has been hit or miss with me. I don't feel like the part names are intuitive enough. An image of the interface with lines drawn to part names would help. Maybe I need to spend more time with it. I know zilch about editing images in any program. I'll spend some more time with it. I was happy that the vu tick marks for the meters, and the meter colors could be adjusted.
 
Thanks again for the magazine.

Craig . . . I signed up for issuu.com, just so I could download the Tech + Music articles, which I really like to read . . . and I like to download them for future reference . . . however, their email spam bothers me, as I have no use for anything else they're trying to sell me. This last month when I went to download the latest Tech + Music, I ran into problems logging in, and accessing the download . . . so I decided to unsubscribe. Too bad, now I will just have to read it and move on . . . not my preferred way of doing things, and it's makes me long for the simplicity of the old eZine, where you could get it from Cakewalk directly, and save to your desktop without the extra fuss and spamage.
 
So, I guess my "request for future article suggestions" would be a downloadable PDF from the Cakewalk site.
 
Okay, that's my complaining . . . as far as actual useful suggestions, what about some more information regarding keyboard / mouse shortcuts for inputting midi data in the PRV. I have a basic workflow for doing this, but I keep thinking there must be a better way, since my method seems very clumsy, and  is based on older ways of thinking about older Sonar PRV features . . . I've been using Sonar for a very long time, and I know there have been new PRV features added along the way . . . I just don't thing I'm doing it the most efficient way that the new recent software features provide . . . and could really use a refresher course.
 
I follow the forum, and read the online Sonar manual . . . but I seem to have old and bad habits for PRV editing.

I've subscribed to ISSUU, it wasn't too painful, LOL
I'd like to possibly have demystified, (perhaps not worthy of a full e-zine article), but at least some of the settings in preference/configuration file and /or audio.ini file, seems like taboo to me to touch anything there unless your a rocket scientist programmer, as per help "typically only need to make any changes if you are instructed to do so by Cakewalk Technical Support", yet its there and available to make some changes? Perhaps what circumstances would tweaking any of these settings be required or beneficial, or simply in response to this comment/request any users tweaks and why. The only one Ive been aware of is apparently, threadschedulingmodel, to change to 2 for multi-core processors, so pretty much all CPU's these days, but not even certain about that.
Anyway just something Ive wondered about. 
 
Cheers 

Zargg

noynekker
Craig . . . I signed up for issuu.com, just so I could download the Tech + Music articles, which I really like to read . . . and I like to download them for future reference . . . however, their email spam bothers me, as I have no use for anything else they're trying to sell me. This last month when I went to download the latest Tech + Music, I ran into problems logging in, and accessing the download . . . so I decided to unsubscribe. Too bad, now I will just have to read it and move on . . . not my preferred way of doing things, and it's makes me long for the simplicity of the old eZine, where you could get it from Cakewalk directly, and save to your desktop without the extra fuss and spamage.
 

Not necessarily so  When you open the Tech + Music link, there is an arrow on the top left corner of the screen to download the eZine from. I have done this the last times, instead of from issuu.
All the best.

I have the download button, top left . . . clicking it does absolutely nothing, what browser does this work in ?
I am using MS Edge, and I tried MS Explorer, it's a no go.

Hey everyone...there are too many great suggestions here to address each one individually! These comments are extremely helpful. One recurring theme is a desire for more workflow-related articles - not just descriptions of how things work but how to use those features optimally. That info alone is worth its weight in gold, as are the most specific suggestions. Thanks!!
 

Zargg

noynekker
Craig . . . I signed up for issuu.com, just so I could download the Tech + Music articles, which I really like to read . . . and I like to download them for future reference . . . however, their email spam bothers me, as I have no use for anything else they're trying to sell me. This last month when I went to download the latest Tech + Music, I ran into problems logging in, and accessing the download . . . so I decided to unsubscribe. Too bad, now I will just have to read it and move on . . . not my preferred way of doing things, and it's makes me long for the simplicity of the old eZine, where you could get it from Cakewalk directly, and save to your desktop without the extra fuss and spamage.
 

Not necessarily so  When you open the Tech + Music link, there is an arrow on the top left corner of the screen to download the eZine from. I have done this the last times, instead of from issuu.
All the best.
 
 

 
Same here...

One thing I think would be great to see are some interviews inside and outside Cakewalk.

Some considerations:
- Engineers in Mastering and Mixing studios who have gone In-the-box, such as Andrew Scheps.
- Plug-in developers from various different brands, such as Waves
- Critics / Reviewers (maybe ask questions of how they go about reviewing products like Sonar)
- Expert users (perhaps even chosen from this forum)
- Cakewalk bakers (anonymous or not)

These don't all have to apply directly to Sonar or other Cakewalk products, but can allow readers to see how the industry itself is evolving, and what things people expect to come or want out of their DAW or studio work.