SONAR Platinum Advanced
Chapter 1 : Programming
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0:41 Introduction
Welcome to Sonar Advanced!
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6:45 Creating Custom Drum Maps
Learn how to create and assign custom drum maps from scratch using the Drum Map Manager, the Piano Roll View’s Drum Pane, and the Map Properties windows.
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4:34 Working With Drum Maps & the Drum Pane
Explore unique workflows that are available when using drum maps in conjunction with the Piano Roll View’s drum pane; including re-ordering the display of the drum notes, editing scaling and offsetting note velocities, note duration editing, auditioning sequenced sounds remapped to other instruments in context, and playing sounds remapped to other instruments in real time.
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4:07 Groove Clips & Pitch Markers
See how pitch markers are used to allow pitched audio based groove clips to follow the chord changes in your project.
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6:41 Creating Groove Clips
Learn how to set and edit the necessary attributes for a groove clip using both the Groove Clip section of the Clip Properties Inspector, and Loop Construction View.
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3:22 Editing Slices in Loop Construction View
Explore some ways of spicing up an otherwise plain drum loop using the per slice gain, pan, and pitch envelopes in the Loop Construction View.
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4:18 Fit Improvisation
See how this function is used to have Sonar generate a tempo map that matches a freely recorded MIDI performance.
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4:10 Manual Tempo Mapping
See how the Set Measure/Beat at Now function is used to manually choose specific notes in a freely played performance to use as reference points in creating tempo events at specific beats or beat subdivisions.
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7:55 AudioSnap Transient Marker Editing
Transient marker detection is the basis for accurate AudioSnap functions. Learn how to select, move, stretch, create, copy, disable, delete, promote, and audition markers individually.
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5:08 The AudioSnap Palette
Learn how the features found on the AudiSnap palette are used to copy audio to MIDI, split beats into clips, set the project tempo map from a clip’s tempo map, force a clip to follow the project tempo, quantize AudioSnap transients, extract and apply the feel from one audio clip to another, and set the stretch algorithms used.
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7:42 AudioSnap in Action
Explore some common application using AudioSnap including, editing the clip’s tempo map, quantizing audio clips, syncing audio clips to the project tempo, quantizing one audio clip to another using the Pool, and snapping MIDI events to audio beats.
Chapter 2 : Production
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7:53 VocalSync
Discover VocalSync, the latest addition to Sonar’s Region FX. Hear how it is used to automatically align the timing of audio to a reference track in real time, and then see how to render it using high quality offline algorithms.
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7:12 ProChannel QuickStart
Discover Sonar’s secret weapon, ProChannel; a container that hosts a continually growing collection of audio processing modules. Learn how to view, lock, add, remove, reorder, bypass, and use, some of the more commonly accessed modules and controls.
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7:51 ReMatrix Solo Convolution Reverb
Discover ReMatrix Solo, the newest Pro Channel module, and see who this convolution reverb is used to create a dark sounding drum room ambiance, as well as a more traditional vocal space.
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4:36 Importing Impulse Responses
Learn how to import and manage custom third party impulse responses in ReMatrix Solo, and discover a couple of free download sites to get you started.
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5:20 TH2 Producer QuickStart
Learn about the basics of this guitar processing plug-in, including the header, sound, overview, module, smart, and footer panels, and how to control the signal flow using the three Splitter module modes, and the Mixer Pro module.
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8:44 TH2 Producer in Action
Hear the TH2 on a guitar part as you learn how to insert, replace, move, swap, delete, and copy modules; and how to map and edit the Smart Controls.
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6:08 FX Chain QuickStart
Learn how to save, load, and edit a series of audio effects plug-ins together as one unit in a container called an FX Chain.
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6:09 Customizing FX Chains
Explore ways of customizing FX Chains by assigning up to six knobs and six buttons to control either single or multiple parameters from the various plug-ins contained within the FX Chain, editing their ranges, setting default snap to values, and customizing various graphic elements in the user interface.
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5:15 Sidechain Processing
Learn how to re-route a track’s output signal so that it acts as the control source for either a noise gate or compressor plug-in placed on another track.
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5:58 Quantizing Multi Tracked Drums
Explore a few different strategies and techniques to correct the timing of multi tracked drums using AudioSnap.
Product Overview
Go deeper into SONAR Platinum with SONAR expert Eli Krantzberg! SONAR Platinum is Cakewalk's most complete SONAR package, and SONAR Platinum Advanced is the most complete tutorial series on it's unique and powerful features!
Eli takes you into the rhythm of SONAR Platinum by starting with creating custom Drum Maps and the Drum Pane, Groove Clips, Pitch Markers, as well as editing Slices in Loop Construction View.
From there you'll learn about Tempo Mapping, AudioSnap, and Transient editing. Next, Eli teaches you Advanced Production Techniques using VocalSync, ProChannel, ReMatrix Reverb and Impulse Responses, TH2 Producer, and how to get the most out of the SONAR Platinum FX Chains.
If you're a SONAR Platinum user, or just want to see what you're missing, "SONAR Platinum Advanced" shows you the way and then some... Watch it today!
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Reviews
Submitted 6 months ago
Excited about things I never use
I had no idea of some of these features or how easy they are to use. Now I am excited to try them all!
Ease of Use Quality of Videos Value of Training Access to Videos
Submitted 9 months ago
Great Insight
This cleared up some things I was confused about and gave me a few ideas.
I am a: Hobbyist, Musician, Producer, Audio Engineer, Cakewalk Sonar, Cubase
Ease of Use Quality of Videos Value of Training Access to Videos
Submitted 1 year ago
Nice Sonar Tutorial every video is helpful
Nice to see more of Sonar
I am a: Semi-Pro, Sound Designer, Cakewalk Sonar, Cubase
Ease of Use Quality of Videos Value of Training Access to Videos
Submitted 1 year ago
Excellent guide for understanding Sonar under the hood.
This guys knows Sonar well and helped me understand a lot more. Sonar has a lot to offer for sure but understanding how to get in and get stuff done can be difficult with just the Cakewalk help docs only I found.
I am a: Professional, Producer, Ableton Live, Pro Tools
Ease of Use Quality of Videos Value of Training Access to Videos
Submitted 2 years ago
somewhat helpful
Would have liked more in-depth instruction of Pro Channel.
I am a: Professional, Musician, Audio Engineer, Cakewalk Sonar
Ease of Use Quality of Videos Value of Training Access to Videos
Submitted 2 years ago
Comprehensive and Easy to Follow
Each part of the Tutorial was very clear and very informative. Lots of information even for a power Sonar user.
I am a: Hobbyist
Ease of Use Quality of Videos Value of Training Access to Videos
Submitted 2 years ago
Great!
Exactly covers the topics that are not self-explanatory. Funny it started with Drum-Maps, this was one of my first problems when I started out with Sonar. Overall an excellent class, please make more Sonar content!
I am a: Producer, Musician, Hobbyist
Ease of Use Quality of Videos Value of Training Access to Videos
Submitted 2 years ago
Learning a lot.
Just started, studying the videos. They describe things very well..
I am a: Semi-Pro
Ease of Use Quality of Videos Value of Training Access to Videos
Submitted 2 years ago
Very good for video, not very simple to understand
I bought last month Sonar advanced and I'm globally enjoyed by the choosen themes and the training but i just regret that the speaker speaks too fast for me. I'm not english or american and I have some difficulties to understand. It could be better if the trainer speaks slowly. I about only use images...
I am a: Producer, Hobbyist
Response from Customer Service:
Ease of Use Quality of Videos Value of Training Access to Videos
Submitted 2 years ago
Nice video
This was better than I thought it would be I was pleased with the information presented and the detail.
I am a: Professional, Musician
Ease of Use Quality of Videos Value of Training Access to Videos
Reviews
Submitted 6 months ago
Excited about things I never use
I had no idea of some of these features or how easy they are to use. Now I am excited to try them all!
Submitted 9 months ago
Great Insight
This cleared up some things I was confused about and gave me a few ideas.
I am a: Hobbyist, Musician, Producer, Audio Engineer, Cakewalk Sonar, Cubase
Submitted 1 year ago
Nice Sonar Tutorial every video is helpful
Nice to see more of Sonar
I am a: Semi-Pro, Sound Designer, Cakewalk Sonar, Cubase
Submitted 1 year ago
Excellent guide for understanding Sonar under the hood.
This guys knows Sonar well and helped me understand a lot more. Sonar has a lot to offer for sure but understanding how to get in and get stuff done can be difficult with just the Cakewalk help docs only I found.
I am a: Professional, Producer, Ableton Live, Pro Tools
Submitted 2 years ago
somewhat helpful
Would have liked more in-depth instruction of Pro Channel.
I am a: Professional, Musician, Audio Engineer, Cakewalk Sonar
Submitted 2 years ago
Comprehensive and Easy to Follow
Each part of the Tutorial was very clear and very informative. Lots of information even for a power Sonar user.
I am a: Hobbyist
Submitted 2 years ago
Great!
Exactly covers the topics that are not self-explanatory. Funny it started with Drum-Maps, this was one of my first problems when I started out with Sonar. Overall an excellent class, please make more Sonar content!
I am a: Producer, Musician, Hobbyist
Submitted 2 years ago
Learning a lot.
Just started, studying the videos. They describe things very well..
I am a: Semi-Pro
Submitted 2 years ago
Very good for video, not very simple to understand
I bought last month Sonar advanced and I'm globally enjoyed by the choosen themes and the training but i just regret that the speaker speaks too fast for me. I'm not english or american and I have some difficulties to understand. It could be better if the trainer speaks slowly. I about only use images...
I am a: Producer, Hobbyist
Response from Customer Service:
Submitted 2 years ago
Nice video
This was better than I thought it would be I was pleased with the information presented and the detail.
I am a: Professional, Musician
1. When did you start dabbling in music?
I started playing drums in high school at age fourteen. Like most kids my age around then, I was into progressive rock. Genesis, Emerson Lake and Palmer, and Yes. They rocked my world. A few short years later though, my musical life changed. While studying music in college I discovered Charlie Parker, Milt Jackson, Sonny Stitt, and John Coltrane. Milt Jackson spoke to me in such a profound way that it left me no choice but to take up vibraphone.
These great players, along with drummers like Philly Joe Jones, Max Roach, Art Blakey, and Elvin Jones changed not only the way I thought about drumming, but also music - and by extension, life - as a whole. I realized life was meant to be a creative endeavor. The idea of improvising based on a loose set of guidelines and rules permeated into my psyche even when I wasn't holding a pair of drumsticks or mallets. But if I am going to be perfectly truthful, I have to hold Henry Miller and Woody Allen equally responsible for shaping the way I view and experience the world around me.
2. What training have you had?
I am currently an Apple certified Logic Pro. Young and cocky, and armed with only a partial University degree, I dropped out of school and began playing steady commercial hotel engagements and jazz gigs when I could. This went on for many years until I decided it was time to complete my degree - which I ultimately did with a major in Political Science and a minor in music.
It was at this point that I formed my current band Nightshift. We are going in to our twenty third year now - playing commercial one nighters like weddings, corporate events, etc. Don't turn your nose up at it though - it has allowed me a wonderful quality of life. It gave me the freedom to go back to school and complete a post graduate degree in Communications Studies - all the while supporting myself by playing weddings.
3. When did you get into recording?
It was in this graduate program - in the early nineties - that I found myself drawn to the fledgling emerging universe of hard disc recording and midi sequencing. Based on nothing more than the recommendation of one of my band mates who had an old Atari, I jumped in head first and bought a Mac LC ll, along with a version 1.1 of what was then Notator Logic. I had no idea what I was getting myself into. But, in hindsight, it was a decision of epic importance in my life - shaping my future as much as the music of Milt Jackson and Charlie Parker did fifteen years prior.
I opened up my own commercial home studio in 1998 and began doing a variety of projects, working on radio jingles, artist CD projects, and whatever came my way. A couple of years later a colleague called me up - desperate. He was working at a post production house and one of the editors had just quit. They were doing audio post for a weekly TV series and needed a Pro Tools editor - and fast! And so, once again, I jumped in head first into what would ultimately open up my world even more - the world of Pro Tools.
4. People you have worked with/for?
Focusing on Logic, I built up a small but loyal client base and my phone kept ringing for Logic tech support and instruction. Film composers and studio owners all over the city were calling me. Even the music stores were giving out my phone number at this point! This kind of stuff becomes a self fulfilling prophecy. The more of it you do, the more calls you get to keep doing it. At least that's the way it should be!
As my Logic chops kept growing, I was hired by an old buddy of mine, Len Sasso, who was then an associate editor at Electronic Musician magazine, and began writing some columns for them. I had a blast doing them - and really learned to focus and express my thoughts in a concise and clear manner. This lead to a collaboration with LA based composer Terry Michael Huud on the 2006 film called Civic Duty - which was certainly one of the highlights of my professional life as a composer.
5. Why are you so good at training people?
I wake up every day excited to boot up, and create. Whether it's instructional videos, creating music, working with a studio client, performing with my band, or teaching at the schools - my days are filled with what I love doing. Enriched by the stimulation and creative freedom this modern music making software brings to my life. I bring that excitement and passion to each and every training product I create. My years of experience both using and teaching these programs has taught me the best way to make the user comfortable with these complex programs.
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