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  • SI bass on sonar X3 Help (p.2)
2014/05/24 12:13:38
Cactus Music
You are really going to want to get a MIDI/ usb keyboard controller. It is dredfully painfull to enter notes manually. In a way you have to know a lot more about music notation to get good results.
 
Another option is Google " Badge, MIDI" and you will most likely find a midi file for the song. Use that to work up your own version. Always "open" these files, do not import them. Insert the TTS-1 and assign all the tracks to it. Later you can insert other synths and mess around. Great way to learn Sonar too.
2014/05/25 13:51:48
handyman
agree about midi controller went ahead and ordered a alesis Q25 to get me started .thanks for the suggestion about the badge midi file will check it out
2014/05/25 13:53:03
handyman
maybe a dumb question but whats a TTS-1?
 
2014/05/25 14:06:35
handyman
ok. know what TTS-1 is duh lol 
 
2014/05/25 15:03:43
Cactus Music
http://www.midiworld.com/files/917/
 
http://download.efmidi.com/midi-18535-download-cream-badge_2.html
 
Not the greatest versions, second one sounded better on my office computer using WMP ( mswavetable synth)  but just an example. Took me less than a minute.
Most peoples first reaction is Wow, that sounds terrible. Mostly it's because of the really dreadfull attempt at guitars and lead vocals using the infomous "sax" patch. You can do wonders with these lame attempts at music. I look for a well done drum track , these two sound like junk from band in a box. Oh well, but just to get the hang of the game:
 
Open the file into Sonar.
Insert TTS-1
Go to "tracks" and assign all outputs to the TTS-1
Delete any blank tracks to tidy up, look for little dots on empty tracks that might not start until further along first.
The tracks might be correctly labled as to what they are.
Solo each track and lable if needed.
Mute all the bad guitar and at least turn them way down until you have the bass and drum parts in focus.
Now start adding your own real instruments.
re do the drum track
Add keyboard etc.
Main thing is it might give you a good template of the arrangement, tempo and even one well played track.
 
 
http://www.hotfiles.co.za/midi/dire/     
 
I was trying to find an example of some tracks that have better drum tracks. This version of Sultans is more to my likings.
2014/05/25 16:12:31
Steve Jag
Am I right in thinking SI instruments don't work on a x64 implemented system?
Could that be the problem?
2014/05/25 21:11:06
dubdisciple
Si instruments work just fine on x64 systems
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