Hey Charles,

LOL! No problem, man. Of course, you know you are now obligated to buy my next book when it comes out.  Just kidding! 


Thanks!
Scott

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Hi guys, so yeah just to clarify - just griping about a small detail in my Favorite DAW!  No negativity intended, but I do need to affirm that I'm just being factual.

The fact that lanes play together, by default, seems like a fundamentally wrong approach.  It's ONE track, and the takes are your "building blocks"...the lanes are to facilitate organization.

The tool you guys describe definitely adds some functionality (and thanks for pointing it out - I'll flag this as solved...) but it still lacks basic things like crossfading.  I suppose this could be accounted for by splitting the clips and physically dragging the pieces to a new track to create the comp, then using all the manipulation tools, but this defeats the purpose of lanes... you could simply use folders then.

The Sonar approach could be vastly improved if the Isolate tool was changed to an "active clip selector tool".  It's seriously so lightning-fast in Reaper and Cubase to just split, click, split, click, ... then go back and adjust the split points.

Thanks for the responses!

Regarding lane playback... just click the Solo button of the lane you want to play. All other lanes will be muted automatically.

Scott

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* Author of the Cakewalk Sonar and Sony Sound Forge Power book series: http://garrigus.com/?PowerBooks
* Author of the Cakewalk Sonar ProAudioTutor video tutorial series: http://garrigus.com/?ProAudioTutor
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Also, the split, click method mentioned is possible in SONAR. With the Smart tool, just hold Alt and click to split the clip. Data to the left of split is automatically selected. Assuming that's the part you want to keep, just press Ctrl + 1 to isolate that audio and mute the same audio in all other lanes.

Scott

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* Author of the Cakewalk Sonar and Sony Sound Forge Power book series: http://garrigus.com/?PowerBooks
* Author of the Cakewalk Sonar ProAudioTutor video tutorial series: http://garrigus.com/?ProAudioTutor
* Publisher of the DigiFreq free music technology newsletter: http://digifreq.com/?DigiFreq
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The tool you guys describe definitely adds some functionality (and thanks for pointing it out - I'll flag this as solved...) but it still lacks basic things like crossfading.  I suppose this could be accounted for by splitting the clips and physically dragging the pieces to a new track to create the comp, then using all the manipulation tools, but this defeats the purpose of lanes... you could simply use folders then.

Bit more user error here you'll be pleased to know. Select the clips you want to fade comp together and then choose "Fade clips..." from the TV-->Clips menu. That will  allow you to set up crossfades and fill gaps (as long as the clip hasn't been trimmed).

You'll be pleasantly surprised to learn there's not much Sonar can't do and plenty of knowledgeable folks here to tell you how if you can't find it in the manual or other learning resources such as Scott's book or some of the tuition videos available such as that linked in my sig. (How's that for a shameless plug?)

Sylvan

 
  
 
Hey Scott, I am sorry, I totally blew it! Ha ha ha. I had just watched the Console Emulator video from Craig so his name was in my mind. But yes of course, The most excellent SONAR Power books are definately by you... Man, I feel lame now. Makes me look like I am not an experienced fan boy. I will regain my status soon... Ha ha.
I corrected my "typo".

People often get us confused. I suspect it's because we get dumped into the same "people who talk about Sonar a lot" folder

Great thread & I'm a fan of both SWA's complete X-2(own it) and Scott G...I wore his X-1 Power book out recording my old bands last CD over the year it took to get done! Karl your voice over was great. I cracked up every time you sang tho. No disrespect man. I learned a lot!! I used to get pops editing audio, but no more cuz I no the trick! Thanks Karl!! Vic P.S. Waiting for the next Garrigus Encyclopedia to be released? :-)

Karl your voice over was great. I cracked up every time you sang tho. No disrespect man. I learned a lot!! I used to get pops editing audio, but no more cuz I no the trick! Thanks Karl!!

LOL....you're not the only thing to crack up. Mirrors, glass, pottery, you name it my singing's cracked it......

Thanks for the kind words as well, glad to have helped.......

DaddyV

Great thread & I'm a fan of both SWA's complete X-2(own it) and Scott G...I wore his X-1 Power book out recording my old bands last CD over the year it took to get done! Karl your voice over was great. I cracked up every time you sang tho. No disrespect man. I learned a lot!! I used to get pops editing audio, but no more cuz I no the trick! Thanks Karl!! Vic P.S. Waiting for the next Garrigus Encyclopedia to be released? :-)

Hey Vic,


Thanks very much! Yep, SONAR X2 Power! is in the works as we speak. Right now it's looking like an end of February release. May be sooner... stay tuned to DigiFreq and the Power Books site: http://www.garrigus.com/powerbooks.asp


Scott

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* Author of the Cakewalk Sonar and Sony Sound Forge Power book series: http://garrigus.com/?PowerBooks
* Author of the Cakewalk Sonar ProAudioTutor video tutorial series: http://garrigus.com/?ProAudioTutor
* Publisher of the DigiFreq free music technology newsletter: http://digifreq.com/?DigiFreq
* Publisher of the NewTechReview free consumer technology newsletter: http://newtechreview.com/?NewTechReview

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