Charlie,

You just showed me a few things that will make my drum arranging easier - thanks for the video!

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Charlie,

You just showed me a few things that will make my drum arranging easier - thanks for the video!

 
 
Thanks James,

I'm finding the PRV is really easy to create in.
some are finding the "Last note touched" to be a little confusing and are turning it off
but as you can see its potential in this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruAnAPR6-hQ
 
the one you just watched,it proves useful to make a virtual kit sound real.
 
Besides it gives me a chance to show off my 37 inch monitor...lol

>>> Besides it gives me a chance to show off my 37 inch monitor...lol

LOL (and that is sweet!)

I hadn't seen the "last note touched" piece before, but I completely get the power now. I have struggled with Toontracks electronic kit because it looks like an alien space**** and has not drum map for it. Using PRV instead of the sequencer, I can rough in something like a ride line and just move it around to find the proper note. This will be very helpful!

thanks again for taking the time to post...

Quality video mate, you make it look dead easy. Will have to try using the PRV more often.

That was great, Charlie - and very well made. Thanks.
 
Couple of questions, is this going to be pretty much the same procedure in Sonar 1 Essential?
 
You mentioned Session Drummer 3, I think. I assume I can just use the drum kits that can with Essential?
 
Don't be alarmed, but your voice is brilliant.  :)
 
Thanks again.

You can do all the stuff in the video on essential the only difference is essential does not contain session drummer 3, you can download session drummer 2 from the cakewalk store however.

_Angus_


That was great, Charlie - and very well made. Thanks.
 
Couple of questions, is this going to be pretty much the same procedure in Sonar 1 Essential?
 
You mentioned Session Drummer 3, I think. I assume I can just use the drum kits that can with Essential?
 
Don't be alarmed, but your voice is brilliant.  :)
 
Thanks again.

Angus,thanks for the props !
 
yes,even though you have sonar x1 or x2 essential,they both work relitively the same way with the exception of session drummer 3.
but you have cakewalk instruments.
these will work in the same fashion as session drummer 3 will.
 
there are a lot of things the step sequencer can do.
i just find(and its only my personal opinion) the PRV has everything right in front of you and if more people realized
how easy it was they would use it more often.
 
remember like in this video,you only need make smaller parts and & hold CNTRL/CLICK and drag to copy and make larger segmenets.
but "last note touched" is what really sets the feel and sound apart from a machine to humanizing it.
 
feel free to ask any more questions you have and even request something.
i might even be able to create something else in the neighborhood of what your trying to understand.
 
im working on 3 more vids as we speak,so if you want to subscribe to my you tube,you'll recieve notifications.
 
Charlie Roy

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remember like in this video,you only need make smaller parts and & hold CNTRL/CLICK and drag to copy and make larger segmenets.
but "last note touched" is what really sets the feel and sound apart from a machine to humanizing it.
 
feel free to ask any more questions you have and even request something.
i might even be able to create something else in the neighborhood of what your trying to understand.
 
im working on 3 more vids as we speak,so if you want to subscribe to my you tube,you'll recieve notifications.
 
Charlie Roy

Subscribed!  :)
 
I'm probably blind but I couldn't find last note touched when I fiddled around on X1 last night, and in truth I'm not quite clear what it does.
 
 That aside, thanks to your video I made some good progess. It would help me even more if I had a clearer understanding of how drums actually work - but I'm getting there.  :)
 
I've cobbled together some sort of drum beat, which at least is rhythmic, and tonight I'll try and put in some SI Bass guitar, and later some keyboards with a view to ending up with something I can try and play some actual guitar over. Next year, the Fillmore!  :)
 
Thanks again, I'll watch your channel with interest.

 

last note touched is in thedrop down menu(to the right of the Sonar x2 logo)

what it does is make the next note you create,the same as the note before.

see in sonar x1 when you wanted to change the size,duration,velocity of notes, you had to stop and change values.
in x2,last touched makes it so if i create a note 1/8 in size,and i make it 100 loud(velocity),than the next note i touch will be the same size,exc.

it gets interesting when you have more than one note with different parameters.
so rather than stoping and changing these parameters,you can just touch that note.
think of it as like "styles" in microsoft word.
rather than stopping to change a style for every title,imagine if you could just touch a letter with that style to change styles :)

head spinning yet?  :)

hopefully the next few vid's will clear a few more questions up.
i will also llok in to weather essentials comes with "last touched"
but im alsmost positive it does.

i'll keep you posted on the new vids angus,
untill then hang in and keep rockin bro.