Thought this needed it’s own place: Workthrough on how to enable Sonar’s EQ. If not already on view you’ll need to edit your display in track view, Look in following image, Click white triangle on ‘Display’ to bring up menu, Add a tick next to ‘Eq’ You should now be able to see an extended […]
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Free Cakewalk VST Plugins
Been a while since I last posted but I’ve been reading a lot lately. Whilst I was reading my computer music magazine I came across this cool bit of news. Cakewalk are now offering their classic synth and effects vst plugins for download. First up: Cakewalk SFZ+ Professional “rgc:audio’s revolutionary SoundFont player sample-playback engine, packed […]
Working with Intervals (part 2) Major 2nd
Continued form part 1… In the previous article I stated that in order to understand intervals and their importance we need to listen to them. In order to create a better feeling for the sound we also need to correlate that with playing. Below are pictures and tab describing how to play the major 2nd […]
Sonar Tips and Tricks: Envelopes
Within Sonar there are some very cool little tricks which go unseen at first. One of these is the ‘Envelope’ feature. With the Envelope we can control the parameters of a track such as the ‘Volume’ and ‘Pan’. There are more parameters but we’ll stick with just these two to start with. To add an […]
Sonar Effects Tips and Tricks: Envelope and Automation
Want complete control of your VST effects in Sonar? Being musical doesn’t just come down to be able to play cool riffs or spiky licks, it comes down to using every tool available to you. One very cool tool is the ability to control a tracks effects bin by using envelopes. :::Here’s how::: Start a […]