Sonar, and Sound Forge, are my Sound Design tools.  I use Sound Forge to get sounds off my DTR and may or may not do some effects.  Then it is imported into Sonar where I have the multitrack process and go from there.  (I always save my original sounds).
 
I come from an analog background, having two Tascam 8 track reels and using time code to tie the machines together.  Using Sonar is still so cool to me, and all the goodies available today are awesome.  I built my own switching centers to handle the audio and time codes for the 8 track reels and other custom applications to save some money back then.  Now, a click of the mouse on screen and I am good to go.  

All of this sound design is done with Sonar. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOWhNfXtNAc

Nice Mark.
 
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BenMMusTech
I'm doing a music concrete project/sound mapping/soundscape project for honours at the moment.  Sonar is a great tool for this sort of stuff.  It's by far the best program for editing audio and getting in there and splicing up samples.  I must admit though I am terribly lazy and my audio is all over different hard drives.  I will clean this up though one day.
 
Ben

Hi Ben ,
yeah , I got a ways to go w X3 as far as feeling comfortable editing all my audio in there only ….
 
admittedly , I much prefer the simplicity of 6 PE ….
 
thanks for sharing what you are doing,…
 

AT
I mostly use Sound Forge, but SONAR will work fine too as others have noted.
 
Alchemy is the easiest "effect" for SFX.
 
A hand held recorder is a great adjunct for your sound library -even a cheap one.  Hear something, capture it.
 
One of the things it is easy to do in SF is sllooowwww a sound down.  Everyday things or rhythmic parts both work.  A great way to take your field recording and turn it into a strange drone.  Backwards works, too, which is a click command in SONAR.
 
Convolution reverb is really great for treating sound.  There are "effects" impulse libraries that churn out interesting convolutions.  Then run it through again and again different impulses.
 
Basically, anything you can think of to mangle a sound.
 
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Hi AT, 
 
for manipulating audio I like and primarily use Samplitude as my audio editor
since I use SONAR for primarily for composing and mixing whatever I end up editing or recreating ends up back in SONAR
regarding Samp….I'm a couple of versions back …. at this point it might even be cheaper for me to pick up SF...
 
 
Alchemy ,  that sounds interesting …I might need to  put that one my short list ..
 
Transcribe ( Seventh String ) is a program that I love and use all the time .
 
this program not only has a very tight sound when you slow things down , it also contains a very precise lopping capability ….plus you can transpose the audio you are working with ……up …..down 
it is very easy to create in tune one shots and samples in Transcribe ….
thanks AT , nice rapping w you 
 
Kenny
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 

FCCfirstclass
Sonar, and Sound Forge, are my Sound Design tools.  I use Sound Forge to get sounds off my DTR and may or may not do some effects.  Then it is imported into Sonar where I have the multitrack process and go from there.  (I always save my original sounds).
 
I come from an analog background, having two Tascam 8 track reels and using time code to tie the machines together.  Using Sonar is still so cool to me, and all the goodies available today are awesome.  I built my own switching centers to handle the audio and time codes for the 8 track reels and other custom applications to save some money back then.  Now, a click of the mouse on screen and I am good to go.  

 it seems theres another +1 for Sound Forge …..at some point I might end up going there 
 
I'm like you , I like to work outside of SONAR when I'm looking to roll and twist my own sounds ..
I find it very easy to work in an object orientated sound environment where pitch and time can abide by the parameters I choose to explore ….Samp…lends itself very well to that ...
I always bring what ever I do outside of SONAR back into SONAR ….
like most folks ,  I got my little system of workflow that I'm comfortable with ...
thanks for participating and sharing .
 
 

markyzno
All of this sound design is done with Sonar. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOWhNfXtNAc

pretty nice video and sounds  
 
yep , that's pretty what I'm talking about …you have posted a great example …..
 
thats what I call a real ear opener 
 
thank you 
 
Kenny

here's a little tune that I composed to experiment a little bit with sound design  ….
I played every part on my guitar,  bass or midi guitar …the only stuff I didn't play was the drums and the cello
for those I used midi / loops and rendered them …..
my tune was done in SONAR 
  
Guitar  Synth Soundscape 
 
https://soundcloud.com/guitarist-kenny-wilson/guitar-synth-soundscape 
 
Kenny

Kenny, cant listen,
 
""
Sorry! We can't find that track.Did you try to access a private track, but were not logged in? Maybe the track has been removed."

I make a lot of my own library's but one thing I find very useful is midi library's, very simple, very easy to create
but very important. repetitive lines, especially drum lines.
I have a huge midi library for all my original songs and all original parts that can be re hashed and used in variable ways.
 
I know its not the same as an audio library, but almost just as important there are great features that can be said for midi library's.
my favorite thing...the size.

I use Sonar sometimes, for experimenting with layered sounds, for both pads and leads.  I also do this with a program called Forte, from Brainspawn.
 
And for building sampled sounds, I will usually use Konakt.  I just built an approximation from scratch, of the cash registers and coins from the beginning of the Pink Floyd song 'Money'.
 
Bob Bone
 

chuckebaby
Kenny, cant listen,
 
""
Sorry! We can't find that track.Did you try to access a private track, but were not logged in? Maybe the track has been removed."

chuckedbaby
 
I've had it happen to me where soundcloud will bring up the ole ooopps page 
the track is on soundcloud … just double checked….
 
Guitar  Synth Soundscape 
 
https://soundcloud.com/guitarist-kenny-wilson/guitar-synth-soundscape
 

chuckebaby
 
I make a lot of my own library's but one thing I find very useful is midi library's, very simple, very easy to create
but very important. repetitive lines, especially drum lines.
I have a huge midi library for all my original songs and all original parts that can be re hashed and used in variable ways.
 
I know its not the same as an audio library, but almost just as important there are great features that can be said for midi library's.
my favorite thing...the size.

Yes ,
I hear you on the midi libraries thing ….
I've been getting deeper and deeper into just tweaking things in midi ...
on this tune I nicked the cello midi part and changed all the notes and harmony in the piano roll and kept the phrasing ...
 

robert_e_bone
I use Sonar sometimes, for experimenting with layered sounds, for both pads and leads.  I also do this with a program called Forte, from Brainspawn.
 
And for building sampled sounds, I will usually use Konakt.  I just built an approximation from scratch, of the cash registers and coins from the beginning of the Pink Floyd song 'Money'.
 
Bob Bone
 

robert_e_bone,
 
one thing I have noticed about any music I've ever done in SONAR is there might be a couple of layers and snip its
that are happening at least in my mind lol …..a layer here here , a phrase there ...
 
I believe that it is certainly possible to create  sounds in SONAR  that are unique and totaly synergistic ….
it sure comes with enough tools to make that happen 
 
I wish I had Kontakt , this in part has lead me to staring this thread ...
Forte ….I got to check that one out ….
 
thanks guys , 
 
Kenny