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*[http://www.soundonsound.com/index.php?section=%2F&url=%2Fsearch&Keyword=SONAR SOS SONAR Articles]  SONAR articles and tips published by Sound On Sound magazine.
*[http://www.soundonsound.com/index.php?section=%2F&url=%2Fsearch&Keyword=SONAR SOS SONAR Articles]  SONAR articles and tips published by Sound On Sound magazine.
*[http://www.musictechmag.co.uk/mtm/search?keywords=SONAR&x=0&y=0 MusicTech SONAR Articles]  SONAR articles and tips published by Music Tech Magazine.
*[http://www.musictechmag.co.uk/mtm/search?keywords=SONAR&x=0&y=0 MusicTech SONAR Articles]  SONAR articles and tips published by Music Tech Magazine.
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*[http://www.thirdtake.com Third Take] a home recording blog with lots of Sonar material
==Free Plug-Ins==
==Free Plug-Ins==

Current revision as of 05:11, 11 October 2007

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


Contents

Sonar Sites

General Music Sites

  • DigiFreq Scott R. Garrigus' music technology news, reviews, tips, techniques, and SONAR books.
  • TweakHeadz
  • KVR Audio Softsynth database, news, reviews, tutorials, forums, and more.
  • Harmony-Central News, reviews, articles, forums, and more.
  • Sonarama Music-hosting, interviews, tutorials, reviews.
  • SonarRadio Web-based radio "station" for Cakewalk users to share their music.


Sonar Forums

General Music Forums


Music Magazines


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 SONAR menu layouts displayed for VST synth and effect plugins wrapped with the Cakewalk VST-DX adaptor. Freeware
  • Cakewalk Audio Finder Tool 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
  • DAW Paging An article written by Sonar user Richard Sincovec regarding virtual memory / pagefile paper for digital audio workstations.




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