Simeon,
Would you care to elaborate on how you got the MIDI controller set up. I'm having no luck whatsoever. How do you configure the VST2 as a synth?
Thanks in advance. The automatic harmony doesn't track my song well so I think it will be quite easy just to play the chords.
Thom

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Simeon,
Would you care to elaborate on how you got the MIDI controller set up. I'm having no luck whatsoever. How do you configure the VST2 as a synth?
Thanks in advance. The automatic harmony doesn't track my song well so I think it will be quite easy just to play the chords.
Thom

You have to open Sonar's Plugin Manager and find the Nectar 2 entry.
In the Plugin properties you need to select configure as a Synth.  This will allow the MIDI input to be exposed.
You might need to do a rescan in order for things to work.
Now in you vocal track insert Nectar 2 in the Effects Bin
You also need to create a new MIDI track and if the scan was successful you should now see NEctar 3 as a MIDI output source just like you would if you had a softsynth in the project.  This is where the harmonies are generated from your keyboard.
 
Here is a short rough video that might help as well.
Enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/wa.h?v=tu9r6VxS7g8&hd=1
 
 

Hello Forum
 
I just purchased Nectar 2 Production Suite.
 
How do I open it in Sonar X2 Producer?
 
Thanks
Kree

add Nectar 2 plugin to the FX bin on a track and then open the plugin and start playing?
 
just a guess I don't own Nectar 2 yet.

I'm not seeing it listed in my Audio Effects

go to plugin manager and see if it is listed anywhere.  should see it in plugin manager as effects VST 32 or 64 depending on what you have installed.
 
in FX bin you should be able to see the plugins listed the same and select Nectar 2.
 
I don't have X2 Pro installed only X3 Pro right now (I didn't install X1d Pro on the new system) so I cannot look.  X3 Pro changed a lot of plugin maintenance.
 
sorry trying to help - maybe posting in the main Sonar forum would get you help quicker.

I have a question for any of the Nectar 2 users in the forum.

Regarding the new harmony feature, is it possible with Nectar 2 to route the main audio line to one track, and route the harmonies to a separate track? Like can you achieve having a lead vocal track, and based on the harmony feature getting its source from the lead vocal,, also achieve a separate harmony track?

Or maybe said another way, can the harmony output from Nectar 2 strip out the main/lead source part of the audio so that you can capture just the harmony parts in a separate track? For mixing I'm used to working with a main/lead track or tracks and having separate tracks for background vocals etc.

Just clone your vocal track...apply the harmonies...and mute the main vocal on Nectar 2 on that track. I'm sure there are other ways to do it too.

yorolpal, thanks but that didn't quite answer my question.
 
For any of the Nectar 2 users out there, do you know if you can record / play back a track with just the harmony parts?  If the main part is muted out, does that mute out the harmony parts as well, or can you capture the harmony parts separately on their own output / track?
 
 

What I suggested does exactly that. You end up with one track with your main vocal and one track with just the harmonies. Again, I'm sure there are other ways to skin that cat but I haven't had the time to put N2 through its paces yet.