To edit or write midi data we need to bring up the staff view screen. Hold the ‘ALT’ key and press ‘7’ You should now see this screen. Look at the interface at the top of the new screen. You can enter notes by highlighting the pencil option and clicking on the staff. You can […]
Category: Using Sonar
Shortcuts
Shortcuts can save an awful time and help eliminate reliance on the mouse, especially when in the middle of recording. When Recording: Press ‘R’ to start ‘Space Bar’ to stop When listening: ‘Space Bar’ to play ‘Space Bar’ to stop Menu Shortcuts: To view ‘Synth Rack’ – Hold ‘Alt’ key and press ‘8′ To view […]
Overwrite track when recording.
Overwrite track when recording. When recording you may have noticed that re-recording your 1st take the 2nd take just layers itself over the previous take. We can change this. – ‘Transport’ – ‘Record Options’ The default option as you can see is ‘Sound on Sound’ Change the option to ‘Overwrite’ Unfortunately you will have to […]
How to add Vst Instrument
How to Add ‘Vst’ Instrument – ‘Insert’ – ‘Soft Synth’ As you can see there is now a list of instruments now available. I will now add ‘Cakewalk TTS-1’ To set up Synth please read ‘Synth Setup’ – in Vst Instruments section To set up Midi please read ‘Midi and Vst Instrument Setup’ – in […]
Setting up the sound card
Go to – ‘Options’ – ‘Audio’ Choose your preferred sound card from the drop down menu. Now we choose which kind of driver you need. If you are sure your sound card supports ‘ASIO’ then choose that option. If it doesn’t then try ‘WDM’ If you experience problems then choose ‘MME’ Make sure you click […]