Tips Techniques and Tutorials for Sonar

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Here you'll find tips, techniques and tutorials for using SONAR, many made by users and hard to find elsewhere.

Contents 1 SONAR Tweaks 2 Bussing Tutorial 3 Drum Map Tutorial 4 Nudge Tutorial

SONAR Tweaks

Here is a growing compilation of customized settings you can make to SONAR. Many of these involve editing the .INI files to modify certain behaviors of SONAR.

Bussing Tutorial

This is an introduction to why and how to create and use busses in SONAR by Geoff Francis. It aims to illustrate a simple example of how bussing works in SONAR.

Drum Map Tutorial

Sonar forum member Blades has been kind enough to create a killer video tutorial on using drum maps in Sonar, and it's received rave reviews from other forum members.

The video is available here. The thread discussing it is here. Kudos to our friend Blades!

Nudge Tutorial

SONAR's nudge feature can rapidly speed up the process of manipulating MIDI and audio data. The Nudge Tutorial explains what can be done with the nudge shortcut keys.

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Home Page * Getting Started * Workflow * Tips, Techniques and Tutorials * Errors and Workarounds * Making Music * Composing, Arranging & Songwriting * Optimizing Your DAW * Recording Gear * Included Components * Third-Party Effects * Third-Party Virtual Instruments * Computer Systems and Components * Free Downloads * External SONAR resources

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