Recent content by MaKettle

I think it depends on the song. I play electric bass, upright bass, guitar, and congas & timbales. I've worked as a professional session player so I am a competent player. There have been times when I've recorded a real bass line, only to replace it later with a synth bass because it captured...

Have tried laying the beat down in midi, then converting it to audio? Doing it that way gives you the option of quantizing it and making fine-tune corrections. It has the added advantage of allowing you to create the entire track to the song before converting it, giving you the opportunity to...

I'm not sure I understand your question completely, but one thing you mentioned I can offer advice on. When transfering drum tracks from other devices, one device has to be set to accept midi instructions from the other. You seem to know how to do this with your setup. After you have...

And it didn't cost anything more than a case of beer and a packet of Freddo Frogs. [/B] Did the kids drink the beer before or after playing the parts?

I agree that it's best to use graphical mode on vocals, but I must say that I accidentally pitch corrected an entire double bass track and it didn't sound noticeably unnatural, as it does on vocals. I intended to undo the mistake, but after listening to the track, left it corrected. I suppose...

Ooooohhhh, thaaaaat button! Yeah, that one's still here, silently resting on my keyboard, trying not to be noticed. I guess I misunderstood what you were telling me. Next time I encounter the problem I'll press it and hope it doesn't launch any bombs. Buttons can do that, you know. Thanks...

The problem I'm having is that I can't find the scroll lock button. It's supposed to be in the upper right corner of the screen, or so says the book, but it ain't there, and I can't get it to appear even after going through all the view options and examining all the task bars. Where is that...

Turning off the Scroll Lock sounds promising, but according to the book the track and console views can't be locked. I don't see a lock icon that can be unlocked in the track view. Is there a secret that only inner-circle Sonar users are privy too, or am I overlooking something obvious? I'm...

I doubt that it's the video card. Doesn't seem like that sort of problem. I thought that I may have accidentally clicked some feature for looping, or who knows what, while cleaning my mouse with Sonar on the screen. I inadvertantly clicked all sorts of stuff while doing that in a tired...

While working with midi tracks I've encountered a weird problem I've never seen before. In the small space just above the time ruler in the tracks view screen, lines appear at random and stop the screen from scrolling. This line does not extend across the track view, but rather seems to exist...

Actually you can insert outboard gear during mixdown using Sonar on a DAW. Someone from Cakewalk posted the procedure on the Cakewalk forum a while back. I printed it out, but can't find where I put it. You could probably send an email to Cakewalk tech support and get the info from them.

Thanks for the responses. I think "apply trimming" is the step I've been missing. I'm not at my music computer to try it, but I'll see if that does the trick.

What's the trick for cutting off silent time at the end of a clip or song? I've noticed on a few things I've done there are a few extra seconds of silence at the end of the mixdown track. I want to get rid of it, but I haven't been able to find anything in the manual that addresses this...

Re: Mmm just a thought "Mine has to be “Cream” “sunshine of your love” Go on dig it out of the box and have a listen to it again." What do Ginger Baker and coffee have in common? They both suck without cream. That's just an old joke of course. Cream is one of my favorite bands from that...

One string can be out of tune if you're intonation is out on the guitar, but you problably know that and have checked it. Things like worn frets can cause certain chords to sound a bit out of tune. I've noticed a peculiarity with my bass when recording with Sonar, which is: the A string seems to...