bladetragic

I will say this, it can be a time consuming process for someone not used to creating that type of music and Sonar is NOT a dubstep friendly program from my brief experience.  There is a LOT of automation involved (assuming you're creating your own sounds and not using samples) and that is one of Sonar's weaker areas.  The broken copy/paste synth automation bug alone will be a pain in the a## and causes more work than necessary. 

Also, the weird way Sonar reads out values on the automation envelopes is an issue since dupstep relies heavily on automating LFO's to sync w/ different note lengths based on the bpm.  Sometimes it will give you the proper readouts like 1/8, 1/16, etc.  Other times it will just give a percentage value.  In the case of creating dubstep you will definitely prefer the former.  Someone w/ more knowledge may know a solution for that one, but I haven't figured out the rhyme or reason to it yet. 

So, what is the best daw for dubstep?

"So, what is the best daw for dubstep? " lol

To make your life easier, suggest checking out this plug:

http://illformed.org/plugins/glitch/

It makes super crazy mashups of music really easy. Write a nice dubstep line and then use this vst to control the manipulation of the song you're doing and it should sound awesome with some tweaking.

HIGHLY suggest checking it out. It's free. It'll save you 20 hours of cut and paste mash-up time.

twaddle


I'm not sure what is and what isn't dub step but some of what I hear that claims to be is wonderful and some is a pile of old whatsits
but this is great if only for the Dancing  
It doesn't really kick in until about 2 minutes in.

Steve

And everyone MUST MUST MUST watch this video. It's amazingly amazing. MUST WATCH!!!!

Chregg


"So, what is the best daw for dubstep? " lol

This is a valid question.  If you want to make dubstep as in the original post, then what is the best daw for dubstep friendly production?

Sonar X1 is the best, its got a built dubstep button!

On serious note I'm not a massive fan myself, but like ProjectM I appreciate the production side, as its not as easy to create as it sounds.

stoutlyric

Chregg


"So, what is the best daw for dubstep? " lol

This is a valid question.  If you want to make dubstep as in the original post, then what is the best daw for dubstep friendly production?

I think it's a valid question. I have no experience with other DAWs, but my guess is the SONAR is NOT the most user friendly for creating dubstep type mixes. Doesn't mean it can't be done, but I'm sure programs like FL and Abelton are more suitable for a faster workflow.

I would guess you would use some of the effects in the native instrument komplete package if you have those. The finger in particular would probably provide a lot of unique effects. I'd play bass along to a lot of dubstep tunes and search for them on youtube to find them. I always start with playing bass to the ideas in my head and come up with backing ideas to my guitar parts and work off that to find a nice mix of parts to comp with and maybe record. Bass is the base so start there and move from that point.

Just really curious here: why would a dubstep group or artist be asking someone else to create his/their music? I am sure you will do a very fine job, but it seems odd that an award-winning dubstep artist would ask someone unfamiliar with the style to create the music. I would think the artist would compose it. There must be a really interesting story behind this. At any rate, best of luck and I am sure it will be great.

Yes Konradh long story (but good) and I really enjoy working with this song so were making a 4th mix based on dubstep techniques...

- Shawn-