Some Sonar questions I need answered for this weekend...

[tubedude]

1) Making templates - so that I can open each song of a project the same. I forget how to do this stuff when its been awhile. Refresh me please.

2) Globally arming - Once I open a template to start a song, say 10 tracks, I want to arm all tracks at once without having to go through and click each track to arm it each time I have to punch in or start over or start a new song. Is there a way to do this?

3) Whats the easiest way to punch in during tracking? Say they make it to the last chorus but the drummer flops at the end, but the rest was perfect and great, whats the best way to punch in after I find a good spot to do it. I mean, fastest most efficient way that doesnt leave everyone standing there for 5 minutes while I screw around.

Hopefully that covers all I have to worry about this weekend, I'll be tracking a band again. Its been so long since I tracked seriously that I'm rather nervous. These guys are putting to market whatever we end up with. Extra pressure. Havent even seen the room we will be tracking in, either. Even more pressure.
Add any other tips I've likely forgotten to ask about.
I guess I dont have a metronome function for now, with my Delta 1010. Kinda sucks, might need it. Wish I had Ping.

[mixsit]

Originally posted by tubedude
1) Making templates - so that I can open each song of a project the same. I forget how to do this stuff when its been awhile. Refresh me please.

>Open a new project (or an existing one if you have a layout you like all ready), set it up, then do a 'Save As', look for 'Template' as the file type, and save. Now you can open this template and 'Save As' again, but this time as 'Project or 'song-1', 2', ect. as many times as needed for the gig.

2) Globally arming - Once I open a template to start a song, say 10 tracks, I want to arm all tracks at once without having to go through and click each track to arm it each time I have to punch in or start over or start a new song. Is there a way to do this?

>Don't know this one.
>On second thought, I think you can 'Save' with the tracks armed.

3) Whats the easiest way to punch in during tracking? Say they make it to the last chorus but the drummer flops at the end, but the rest was perfect and great, whats the best way to punch in after I find a good spot to do it. I mean, fastest most efficient way that doesnt leave everyone standing there for 5 minutes while I screw around.

>Arm the track(S) to punch, roll tape, hit record at the punch point. (I don't believe you can go 'Record' first, then arm a track --could be wrong here---.
There's auto punch -never had much use for it, so...Sorry.

Hopefully that covers all I have to worry about this weekend, I'll be tracking a band again. Its been so long since I tracked seriously that I'm rather nervous. These guys are putting to market whatever we end up with. Extra pressure. Havent even seen the room we will be tracking in, either. Even more pressure.
Add any other tips I've likely forgotten to ask about.
I guess I dont have a metronome function for now, with my Delta 1010. Kinda sucks, might need it. Wish I had Ping.

Sounds like Fun (w\ pucker factor)
Later
Wayne

[moskus]

1) Making templates - so that I can open each song of a project the same. I forget how to do this stuff when its been awhile. Refresh me please.

Make a new project, tweak it, and save it as a Template in the "Sample Content"-folder (in C:\Program Files\Cakewalk\Sonar 2\Sample Content, but you got that, right? )

2) Globally arming - Once I open a template to start a song, say 10 tracks, I want to arm all tracks at once without having to go through and click each track to arm it each time I have to punch in or start over or start a new song. Is there a way to do this?

You can group every arm-button together. Right-click on the Arm-button, select Group and choose one, say A. Repeat for every Arm-button... Now, save this in the template you created above, and you're ready!

3) Whats the easiest way to punch in during tracking? Say they make it to the last chorus but the drummer flops at the end, but the rest was perfect and great, whats the best way to punch in after I find a good spot to do it. I mean, fastest most efficient way that doesnt leave everyone standing there for 5 minutes while I screw around.

Take it a few meassures back, tell the band to play along with the tune, hit play (with the "offended" tracks armed), and when the punch in comes, just hit 'R' (for Record).


Hope this helps!

[guitar ed]

global arming------you can also look in your toolbar and select the one that's called playback state. You can use it to arm, disarm, mute, or solo all tracks at once, and it can sit in your toolbar.

ed

[moskus]

LOL! I've seen that button a million times, but never pressed it! Hey, that was great!

[tubedude]

Excellent, thanks bro's...

[moskus]

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