Cakewalk SONAR : Plug-Ins and PC Music Recording, Arrangement, and Mixing

by Petelin, Roman; Petelin, Yury

• ISBN13: 9781931769174
• ISBN10: 1931769176
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-10-01
• Publisher: Independent Pub Group

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
Preparing Sonar for Work	p. 9
Selecting and Setting up MIDI Devices	p. 10
The Audio Option Window--Setting up Digital Audio I/O Channels	p. 19
Setting the Project Options	p. 29
The Global Options Window--Setting up the Global Options	p. 35
Selecting Colors for the Interface Elements	p. 45
SoundFonts--Loading SoundFont Banks	p. 46
Key Bindings--Assigning Hotkeys	p. 50
Initialization File--Configuring the Initialization File	p. 52
Time Ruler Format--Selecting a Time Display Format	p. 54
Drum Map Manager--Editing the Drum Map	p. 55
Working with Control Surfaces	p. 56
Getting Started	p. 59
Forms for Representing Musical Information in SONAR	p. 59
Loading a Project File	p. 70
Saving a Project File	p. 72
Playing a Song	p. 73
Connecting the MIDI Keyboard	p. 73
Recording a MIDI Track	p. 80
Connecting the Microphone	p. 85
Recording the Sound from a Microphone	p. 91
The Toolbars of the Application's Main Window	p. 99
Standard--Working with Files and Editing	p. 101
Transport and Transport (Large)--Recording/Playback Control	p. 110
Position--Moving along a Song	p. 113
Select--Selecting Song Fragments	p. 113
Loop--Loop Control	p. 114
Record--Selecting a Recording Mode	p. 115
Tempo--Changing the Tempo	p. 120
Markers--Editing Markers	p. 121
Sync--Selecting a Synchronizing Signal Source	p. 123
Metronome--Controlling the Metronome	p. 124
Views--Accessing the Major Windows	p. 125
Playback State--Changing Track States	p. 126
Automation--Automation Control	p. 126
Control Surfaces--Selecting a System of Exchanging Data with External Devices	p. 128
The Status Bar	p. 131
The Track Window	p. 133
Elements of the Track Window	p. 133
The Track Section	p. 140
The Clip Section	p. 161
The Bus Attribute Section	p. 182
Signal Level Meters	p. 185
Automation	p. 186
Grouping and Remote Control of the Track and Bus Parameters	p. 192
Some Operations with Tracks and Buses	p. 195
Effectively Using the Keyboard	p. 198
The Event List Window	p. 199
Structure of the Event List Window	p. 200
MIDI Events	p. 201
Special Events	p. 206
Notation Events	p. 212
Editing Events	p. 214
Printing the Event List	p. 223
The Piano Roll Window	p. 225
Tools	p. 226
Key Imprints Section	p. 228
MIDI Event Parameter Graphic Editing Section	p. 229
The MultiTrack Mode of the Piano Roll Window	p. 233
Working with Rhythmic Patterns	p. 236
Working with the Drum Map	p. 243
The Main Menu	p. 249
The File Menu	p. 250
The Edit Menu	p. 265
The Process Menu	p. 279
The View Menu	p. 299
The Insert Menu	p. 305
The Transport Menu	p. 310
The Go Menu	p. 312
The Track Menu	p. 313
The Tools Menu. Adding New Commands	p. 316
The Options Menu	p. 322
The Window Menu	p. 322
The Help Menu	p. 323
The Staff and Lyrics Windows	p. 325
Staff Window Tools	p. 325
Printing Notes, Lyrics, and the Event List	p. 351
The Studioware (Panel) Window	p. 355
Control Panel of the Virtual Mixer	p. 356
Toolbar of the StudioWare Window	p. 357
Custom Panel Creation	p. 358
Saving the Panel Configuration	p. 362
Standard StudioWare Panels	p. 363
MIDI Effects	p. 367
MIDI Arpeggiator	p. 368
Chord Analyzer	p. 373
Echo Delay--Repeating Notes Multiple Times	p. 375
Midi Event Filter	p. 377
Quantize	p. 378
Session Drummer--Percussion Part Formation	p. 379
Transposition	p. 386
Velocity--Volume Level Correction	p. 391
Musiclab Plug-Ins	p. 393
The Purpose of Rhythm'n'Chords 2 Pro	p. 394
Main Elements of the Rhythm'n'Chords 2 Pro Main Window	p. 397
The Plug-In Main Menu	p. 407
Chord Sequence Recording	p. 413
How to Create a Rhythmic Pattern	p. 415
Sound Tuning	p. 418
Converting a Part into a MIDI Track	p. 420
Details of Chord Sequence Creation	p. 422
Creating a Rhythmic Pattern	p. 439
Sound Control	p. 456
Playing Manually through a Plug-In	p. 463
Using a Plug-In with the Sequencer in Play Mode	p. 470
Using Rhythmic Patterns to Create Guitar Parts	p. 471
Working with the Rhythm Library Tab and the Rhythm Track	p. 472
Working with Looper	p. 481
The MusicLab Fixed Length Plug-In	p. 487
The MusicLab VeloMaster Plug-In	p. 488
The MusicLab SlicyDrummer Plug-In	p. 497
The Loop Construction Window	p. 501
Built-In Functions for Audio Data Processing and DX Plug-Ins	p. 509
The Audio Submenu Commands	p. 509
The Audio Effects Submenu--DX Plug-Ins	p. 523
DXi's--Virtual Instruments	p. 569
Alien Connections ReValver SE--a MIDI Controlled Processor for Guitar Effects	p. 570
Audio Simulation DreamStation DXi--a Pseudo-Analog Synthesizer	p. 581
LiveUpdate LiveSynth Pro SE--a Sampler Working with SoundFont 2.0 Banks	p. 587
Edirol Virtual Sound Canvas DXi (VSC DXi)--the GM2/GS Virtual Synthesizer	p. 590
An Introduction to the FXpansion Audio DR-008 DXi2--an Advanced Rhythm Production Workstation	p. 593
The Cyclone DXi--a Groove Sampler	p. 609
The Console Window	p. 613
The MIDI Track Module	p. 615
The Audio Track Module	p. 617
The Aux Bus Module	p. 618
The Main Bus Module	p. 619
Working in the Console Window	p. 621
Sysx View--A System Message Bank Editor	p. 625
System Message Structure	p. 625
Editing System Messages	p. 627
Some Guidelines for Using Sysx	p. 631
Using Sysx for Working with the Effect Processor of Synthesizers Supporting the XG standard	p. 633
The Cakewalk Generic Surface Plug-In	p. 639
The Cakewalk Application Language (CAL)	p. 647
CAL's Functions	p. 648
Sample CAL Programs Delivered with SONAR	p. 673
Integrating CAL and StudioWare	p. 689
If You Want to Develop a Plug-In	p. 692
Index	p. 693
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