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	==System Utilities==		==System Utilities==
		+	[http://www.glarysoft.com/quick-startup/ Quick Startup]: Allows you to decide which programs automatically run at Windows startup. Good for optimizing your system for DAW use. '''Freeware'''
		+	[http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/Autoruns.html Autoruns]: Allows you to decide which programs automatically run at Windows startup. Good for optimizing your system for DAW use. Extremely powerful, and therefore dangerous in the wrong hands. '''Freeware'''
		+	[http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/PsTools.html PsTools]: A suite of command-line utilities that allows you to kill processes and programs like nothing else in this world.  Easy to use in a batch file to eliminate all those things that still start up on your DAW even when you disable them. '''Freeware'''
		+	[http://www.techspot.com/tweaks/winxp_services/index.shtml TechSpot Guide to Windows Services]: A useful list of Windows services, what they do, and what happens if you deactivate them.
-		+	[http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=951 PCI Latency Tool]: Allows you to tweak your system's PCI latencies, which can tremendously improve audio performance. '''Freeware'''

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Revision as of 19:11, 14 September 2006

External Resources for Cakewalk's Sonar DAW software.

Contents 1 Sonar Sites 2 General Music Sites 3 Sonar Forums 4 General Music Forums 5 Music Magazines 6 Guides / Tutorials 7 Free Plug-Ins 8 Paid Plug-Ins 9 Free Synths / Samplers 10 Paid Synths / Samplers 11 Sonar Utilities 12 Sound Utilities 13 System Utilities

Sonar Sites

Cakewalk, the makers of Sonar [1]

CakewalkNet, a site dedicated to Sonar [2]

General Music Sites

TweakHeadz

Sonar Forums

The official Cakewalk Sonar Producer and Studio forum

General Music Forums

KVR Audio

GearSlutz

Computer Music / Future Music Forums

Music Magazines

Mix Magazine: "Professional Audio and Music Production".

Sound on Sound: "The World's Best Music Recording Magazine".

Guides / Tutorials

Free Plug-Ins

Paid Plug-Ins

Free Synths / Samplers

Paid Synths / Samplers

Sonar Utilities

Sonar Utils: Provides access to several Sonar features that are currently either less convenient or actually otherwise very difficult to access. Freeware

SubSonar: Allows users to organize the menu layouts displayed for VST synth and effect plugins wrapped with the Cakewalk VST-DX adaptor. Freeware

Sound Utilities

ASIO Latency Test Utility from CEntrances: Measures the true round-trip latency of your computer audio setup, from input to output via an ASIO driver. Free with registration at site.

Stereo Mixer DirectX Plug-in from Pacific Soundcraft: Takes the left and right channels of a stereo input signal and allows them to be panned separately to the stereo output signal. Allows nixing to mono/checking the mono-compatibility of a signal. Freeware

System Utilities

Quick Startup: Allows you to decide which programs automatically run at Windows startup. Good for optimizing your system for DAW use. Freeware

Autoruns: Allows you to decide which programs automatically run at Windows startup. Good for optimizing your system for DAW use. Extremely powerful, and therefore dangerous in the wrong hands. Freeware

PsTools: A suite of command-line utilities that allows you to kill processes and programs like nothing else in this world. Easy to use in a batch file to eliminate all those things that still start up on your DAW even when you disable them. Freeware

TechSpot Guide to Windows Services: A useful list of Windows services, what they do, and what happens if you deactivate them.

PCI Latency Tool: Allows you to tweak your system's PCI latencies, which can tremendously improve audio performance. Freeware

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