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From: Martin Holmes on 3 May 2010 23:51 With everyone around, it seems, gradually slipping over to Reaper, I've found myself going the other way. I've always been a Sonar user, but I've had lots of third-party plugins in the past, from free VSTs to the BFD drums. But just the other night I was finishing off a demo track and realized that I'd made the entire thing with Sonar -- all the tracking done through my VStudio 100, all the vox using the Vocal Strip, the drums with Session Drummer 3, and the mastering with the LP64 multiband and the Boost 11. If anyone's interested, it's the first track on my MySpace page, "Turn It All Over": <http://www.myspace.com/martindholmes> For me at least, Sonar has gradually turned into a complete solution. I'm enjoying the VStudio, especially having built-in compression and EQ -- there's a rack of outboard stuff I never use any more. For the relatively uncomplicated stuff I do, I think Sonar 8.5 has reached the point of being a comprehensive toolkit. Seems pretty stable, too, on Win7 64-bit. Cheers, Martin
From: Bob Donald on 4 May 2010 00:39 Sounds cool Martin! As we've seen many times it isnt the tools that make the music, it's what you are comfortable with. I, for one, have always had to settle with Sonar, and it got the job done, but Reaper is just more effecient for me now. When I was relying on all outboard gear, it was great to arm the track and hit record. As I moved to softsynths, effects and processing plug ins, vst's for guitar and drums,etc... it got a bit more complicated and irritating. Reaper just has a work flow that makes more sense to me, and allows me to focus more on the music that is going into it. That being said, I'm glad to hear that Sonar and the VStudio is allowing you to make the music you want, the way you want to. Keep on rocking! P.S. Dave Hill used to be a buddy of mine, nice to see that he was an influence of yours :) He never really got the credit he deserved as a guitar player or writer, at least here in the states. "Martin Holmes" <mholmesDEATHTOSPAM(a)uvic.ca> wrote in message news:MQMDn.84227$iu2.6379(a)newsfe15.iad... > With everyone around, it seems, gradually slipping over to Reaper, I've > found myself going the other way. I've always been a Sonar user, but I've > had lots of third-party plugins in the past, from free VSTs to the BFD > drums. But just the other night I was finishing off a demo track and > realized that I'd made the entire thing with Sonar -- all the tracking > done through my VStudio 100, all the vox using the Vocal Strip, the drums > with Session Drummer 3, and the mastering with the LP64 multiband and the > Boost 11. If anyone's interested, it's the first track on my MySpace page, > "Turn It All Over": > > <http://www.myspace.com/martindholmes> > > For me at least, Sonar has gradually turned into a complete solution. I'm > enjoying the VStudio, especially having built-in compression and EQ -- > there's a rack of outboard stuff I never use any more. For the relatively > uncomplicated stuff I do, I think Sonar 8.5 has reached the point of being > a comprehensive toolkit. Seems pretty stable, too, on Win7 64-bit. > > Cheers, > Martin
From: Ted Perlman on 4 May 2010 01:17 < I'd bet more people here are using Sonar than not.> Personally, I don't like either program. -- Regards, Ted Perlman www.tedperlman.com www.myspace.com/tedperlman www.facebook.com/ted.perlman
From: Barry in Indy on 4 May 2010 06:42 On Tue, 4 May 2010 04:27:52 +0000 (UTC), Glennbo <vdrumsYourHeadFromYourAss(a)cox.net> wrote: >In news:MQMDn.84227$iu2.6379(a)newsfe15.iad the killer robot Martin Holmes ><mholmesDEATHTOSPAM(a)uvic.ca> grabbed the controls of the spaceship >cakewalk.audio and pressed these buttons... > >> With everyone around, it seems, gradually slipping over to Reaper > >That's not really true. I'd bet more people here are using Sonar than not. I have Sonar 5 Studio, but I rarely use it. I switched to - believe it or not - Music Creator 5! Hey, I'm not a professional, and I do not record ANY audio, and use VSTs almost exclusively. MC5 does what I want it to. If Project 5 were still supported, I'd got for it. Barry in Indy
From: Martin Holmes on 4 May 2010 11:42
Bob Donald wrote: > P.S. Dave Hill used to be a buddy of mine, nice to see that he was an > influence of yours :) He never really got the credit he deserved as a > guitar player or writer, at least here in the states. He had such a monster sound. I always thought Slade were under-rated as a rock band. The Slade Alive album was amazing. I think the novelty aspect of some of their later records, and the appearance of the band, meant that they didn't really get taken seriously as musicians. I wonder what Dave Hill is doing now? Noddy Holder shows up acting in Coronation Street once in a while! Must get myself another copy of Slade Alive. Lost my copy decades ago... Cheers, Martin --- news://freenews.netfront.net/ - complaints: news(a)netfront.net --- |