Sonar Resources
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Sonar Sites
- Cakewalk, the makers of SONAR.
- Official Sonar Main Support by Cakewalk.
- SONAR 6 Owners Page Cakewalk's SONAR 6 Owner's Page.
- SONAR 5 Owners Page Cakewalk's SONAR 5 Owner's Page.
- SONAR 4 Owners Page Cakewalk's SONAR 4 Owner's Page.
- SONAR 3 Owners Page Cakewalk's SONAR 3 Owner's Page.
- SONAR 2 Owners Page Cakewalk's SONAR 2 Owner's Page.
- SONAR 1 Owners Page Cakewalk's SONAR 1 Owner's Page.
- SONAR LE Owners Page Cakewalk's SONAR LE Owner's Page.
- Cakewalk Tips Pages Tips for various Cakewalk products including SONAR.
- SONAR Books Books written about SONAR.
- CakewalkNet, a site dedicated to SONAR.
- Sonar Forum FAQ SONAR FAQ compiled by Rousseau. Contributions made by numerous others on the Cakewalk SONAR Forum.
- Cakewalk's FTP Server Instrument Definition Files (.ins) and other downloads.
- Music of Eric von Bayer Several CAL (Cakewalk Application Language) files and also some instrument definitions.
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
- The official Cakewalk SONAR Producer and Studio forum
- Cakewalk Forum at DigiFreq.
General Music Forums
Music Magazines
- Mix Magazine: "Professional Audio and Music Production".
- Sound on Sound: "The World's Best Music Recording Magazine".
- Electronic Musician: Electronic Musician Magazine - Covers home recording technologies and techniques.
Guides / Tutorials
- Sonar Master Class
- SOS SONAR Articles SONAR articles and tips published by Sound On Sound magazine.
- MusicTech SONAR Articles SONAR articles and tips published by Music Tech Magazine.
- Third Take a home recording blog with lots of Sonar material
Free Plug-Ins
- DigiFreq Downloads: Free Music Software Downloads
Paid Plug-Ins
- Antares
- GRM Tools
- Kjaerhus
- MusicLab Midi and audio plugins. RealGuitar, Rhythm'n'Chords, SlicyDrummer and Fill-in Drummer.
- Native Instruments
- Roland
- Saffire
- Universal Audio
- Voxengo
- Wave Arts
- Waves
- midi-plugins.de Midi plugins. Delete Doubles, Humanize, Rhythmic Controller, Split Poly and more.
- Midi Plugin Listing Site Large list of links to MFX and VST midi plugins.
Free Synths / Samplers
- DigiFreq Downloads: Free Music Software Downloads
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.
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
