Right on cue:
 
http://blog.cakewalk.com/...ictive-drums-producer/

dubdisciple

Beepster

dubdisciple
Beepster, the ARA integration in Sonar is quite impressive imo.  Just drag an audio file on to a midi track and it is converted.  First time I did it was by accident and was blown away.  I accidentally dropped an audio recording on to the lounge lizard piano and next thing I know it converted it and it sounded so good i layered it with the original audio track.

Wow. Freaky. How about time warping audio? Can it speed up/slow down audio clips like Audiosnap?

The version of melodyne that comes with Sonar is great but to really warp things, an upgrade to assistant or editor is needed.

I only played with the Essential version for a few days before I began watching Melodyne's videos and took advantage of the upgrade offer. Now I cannot distinguish what features were in Essential (I did more learning with the Editor version). I think dubdisciple may be 100% accurate with this statement (they do have nice info on their website). Since X3 users got the $100 version and a deal to upgrade to the $400 (polyphonic) version for $150, I did pounce on that one.
 
One of these days I want to "stress test" Melodyne's Editor and see if I can run it on a completed song to see how accurately it pulls out all notes :)
 
 

i need to check on why I did not get the offer

The offer came twice... first was when you registered Essential... then they also emailed the address you registered with (with like a 10 days window to claim it).
 
I have contacted their support already on a question about the Editor version and they responded quick, so if you cannot find it I would recommend sending them an email.

SONAR X3 QUICKTIP: DRUM REPLACEMENT WITH ARA INTEGRATION AND ADDICTIVE DRUMS (PRODUCER)
 

Excellent.

Hey Beepster, yes indeed, metal is what I mostly do. I work in several studios around town, plus my own. I have to do whatever the clients want, but when I actually have the luxury of working on my own stuff, it is always metal.

I've used AD for a few years now... and I've layered AD over drums on a few tracks.  Old school involved chopping up sections to get hits on the beat, then looping that bar or section... AD often sounded better than recorded drums, so I switched to elec drums.  Now I record those in midi and tweak the AD kit to my liking.

Sylvan
Hey Beepster, yes indeed, metal is what I mostly do. I work in several studios around town, plus my own. I have to do whatever the clients want, but when I actually have the luxury of working on my own stuff, it is always metal.

Cool, man. Exactly where I'm trying end up in my career. Lots to learn still though. Cheers.
 
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Sylvan
Hey Beepster, yes indeed, metal is what I mostly do. I work in several studios around town, plus my own. I have to do whatever the clients want, but when I actually have the luxury of working on my own stuff, it is always metal.

Heellllll yes, I am glad to see that we have some serious metal heads on here :)