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My Sonar 1.0 is doing weird things..... I have always used Sonar to record my band playing analog stuff, and played around a little bit with loops, never really done much MIDI stuff. It has always worked pretty well so far until my current song I'm working on. I decided to try to set up a MIDI...

I want to back up my custom saved presets for the Sonar effects like compressors, EQs, etc. for when I reinstall Sonar. How do I do this? And how do I reinstall them? Is it just a text file to copy?

Okay guys, I'm having a real problem getting things to compress right in Sonar. I have read and understand pretty well the principals and differences between compressing and limiting things, and I have been trying to get my tracks to be more even with more punch, etc. especially with drums...

Okay, here's the deal.... I have a pretty good setup, tracking room with foam soundtreatment, separate control room, fast PC, Delta 1010 audio card, etc. My problem is that the drums just sound really low in my mixes, even if I make the drums the loudest instrument in the mix. It just doesn't...

I have a question for you pros out there. I am having a hard time compressing a waveform the way I want it to look and sound. I have been searching for a way to give myself a hint as to what to use for settings for compressing/limiting a waveform using SONAR's effects. What I'm trying to do is...

I am trying to find a way to Group a large number of tracks at one time to bring their volume down when mixing. I have tried Selecting All Tracks and then Grouping them but it will still only Group one at a time. There has to be a way to do this. Otherwise when my instrument mix is perfect but I...

I need to get something to get great sounds for the basses which are going direct into the computer in my studio. I am leaning towards the Bass POD which sounds pretty good. However I have heard from another guy with a studio that he uses the guitar POD for bass as well. If it works good for...

When my files are burdened with lots of effects turned on I experience alot of dropouts. Usually turning off the effect does not help free up resources. The only thing I can do is Apply Effects which of course prevents me from changing things later, so I usually make a second copy of the file...

I am wondering why it is that my track levels are not in the red on each track's clip meter, but when you look at the main bus out meter it is clipping and I have to bring it down to like -6 or -10 db. Why is this? There are no effects on the main bus to increase gain. Thanks.

Someone told me the other day that a radio station would not play anything produced with Cakewalk because the quality is not that of something like Pro Tools. Is this true? Can you really HEAR the difference between both software? I know most high end places use Pro Tools, but isn't Cakewalk...

I have a Delta 1010 and Cakewalk SONAR. How can I set up a click track for a drummer to play to? The 1010 has MIDI in and out, but none of the Cakewalk Session Drummer stuff or Metronome stuff seems to work. Do I need a separate MIDI card for this to work? I think the 1010's MIDI connections are...

Ok, here's the deal. I have Sonar, the Delta 1010, and a small 8 input Behringer mixer. Pretty decent stuff. I was trying to record drums for the first time the other day, and although I set the gains on the mixer to be as hot as possible without clipping, my level on the tracks is low and...

I have 5 open tracks for recording for a drum kit and am going to buy drum mics. What should I buy? I was thinking about the Shure Mic pack with the Beta 52 for Kick, and 3 SM57s. I was going to mic Kick (Beta 52), Snare (57), Hi Hat (57), and either have 2 overheads or 1 overhead and use the...

I am using a Delta 1010 and Sonar. Can I start and stop recording with a single footswitch of some kind? Would it be MIDI? What settings would I have to change? I am recording acoustic guitar in one room by myself with the computer in the other (and no one to mash buttons). I did this before...

I recently purchased a Delta 1010 which am using with my old DMan 2044 card in SONAR. I am trying to monitor and playback through the DMan card. I am not having any problem recording on both cards and playing back through the DMan's outputs, but I cannot monitor recording through the Delta 1010...

I just recently purchased a new Delta 1010. I have been using for the past few years the DMan 2044 card. I now have them both in my PC and am hoping to have 12 tracks to record with now. I tried it the other night and they do record together fine. The only problem is that I cannot monitor the...

I'm looking for a place to rent a set of drum mics stands and cables in the Southern California area (Riverside, Orange Counties) for the project I'm working on. Anybody know a good place? Thanks.

I changed out my motherboard with a new one, and took out my Soundblaster Gold audio card which I only used for MIDI. Reinstalled everything. Everything works fine, but I can't play CD audio!!!! When you click on the Volume Control Mixer icon at the bottom you get properties for my soundcard...

Using SONAR and a Delta 1010. SONAR supposedly has fast capabilities with Windows 2000, however I have heard from people that Windows 2000 will hog your RAM. I have Windows 98 on my recording computer right now, and I also have Windows 2000 so I could switch it with no outlay of cash. What do...

I am putting a window between my Iso booth for amps and the control room. I'm wondering whether to use 2 quarter inch pieces of glass spaced apart or 1 half inch thick piece of plexiglass. The glass will cost a tad bit more, will be easier to clean, etc. The plexi I can drill into and maybe...