Making Music With Sonar
From Sonar
Information on making music with Cakewalk's Sonar DAW software.
Contents |
General
Recording
Miking
Vocals
Acoustic Instruments
Electric Instruments
Softsynths / Software Samplers
Hardware Synths
Room treatment
Mixing
After I compiled the Compendium of Mastering Articles and Compendium of Tape Saturation Plugins, I was asked to start a Compendium of Mixing Articles. Now that this is a wiki, they will quickly get out of sync, but that means there will be good stuff both places.
General Articles
• SONAR FAQ — there's no better place to start than our very own FAQ
• SONAR wiki by Scott Sadowsky — the latest place to share tips, advice and other information relevant to Sonar users.
• CakewalkNet Tutorials & Tips — An up to date compendium of internet links
• Tips and Tricks on Getting the Best Mix by Bob Katz — First, read all the articles on this web page!
• The Computer Music Guide to Basic Mixing — The secret to professional sounding mixing is to try, try and try again. But before you get going, make sure you stay on the right track with the Computer Music guide...
• Charles Dye's Hard Disk Life or DigiZine's Mixing Revealed by Charles Dye — not a singular skill at all, but a culmination of a number of individual techniques. Techniques that each on their own didn't make for great mixes, but when added together created huge, dynamic, and powerful ones. Techniques that breathed life into the mix, gave it emotion, and made the artist sound like a star
