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Greg, Safe and vague point? Maybe. How about simple and concise? Simplicity is underrated, and complicating a subject like this just propels it into the realm of the subjective. Then there's no real tangible support to anyone's opinion. Keeping the point simple at the lowest level of a...

Grim, In an effort to bash my post, you've missed the point of it. A good song connects with the listener, a bad song doesn't. Plain and simple. Debate that. That stuff about the masses was more about how record sales, an indicator of how many listeners a song might connect to, is...

Songs are subjectively good or bad, based on opinion. But let's examine why we like the songs we do. I think a good song is a song that connects emotionally to at least one person other than the song's writer. Music is a form of expression, and if the song doesn't connect with anyone...

You should open the original file off the internal drive in Sonar, then do a "save as" to the external drive. This will copy all the relevant files to the new drive (you'll probably want to create a new folder on the external drive during this process) and reset the pathways for which Sonar...

I don't think they would be or should be slighted by your approach. If they're truly professional, they'll understand and will appreciate your business either way. What I think you should consider, is to track the drums at the studio, in as short of a time possible, and then see how much...

You actually don't want to do that. You should keep your audio files in the same folder as your project. It makes backing it up alot easier, if need be. You can just drag and drop the project folder into your backup hard drive or whatever, and it'll have the audio as well. But if you REALLY...

I met a guy at a local studio, Thomas McCoy. He invented a foam that you spray on your mic while holding it upside down and it cleans and sanitizes your mic. Fleetwood Mac used it at their last concert in Tampa, FL. I personally haven't tried it but if you want to check it out, go to...

I'm not sure what that has to do with your softsynths working or routing buses. Is it working now? Any of the stuff I told helpful?

From your screenshot, do you notice how tracks 3 and 4 have that extra non numbered track above it? It has the minus symbol on the left (minimize)? This is your track folder for your Rapture synth you inserted into the synth rack. Delete it from the same view as the screenshot you provided...

Ok, I don't know if you know what I mean by "track folder". Referencing from your screenshot, move your cursor to track 3. Right click anywhere on the information side of the track where there is no icon or words. Just a blank grey part. A menu will come up, and select "delete track folder"...

I was working on Sonar last night and need to make a couple corrections to the previous post. After bringing up the Rapture gui, the box to click to get your sound is "empty program" near the top. Also, delete the track folder that was created when you inserted Rapture. Your softsynth is...

Thanks for the screen shot, very helpful. First, there's no program loaded in Rapture. Most softsynths differ from hardware synths in that when you start them up, hardware synths automaticly load a program. On track 2, in between the number "2" and the word "midi 1", double click the icon...

Ok, I just did a search on Dreamstation. If you have Dreamstation 1.0, it can't be used as a plugin for a host application. It's a standalone program, meaning it won't work with Sonar or any other DAW. Dreamstation DXi will work and is available online for free, and it's based on version 1.0...

Assuming track 1 is a midi track, make sure track 2 is an audio track. If track 2 is an audio track here's your set up: 1. Dreamstation is in your synth rack. 2. Track 1 input set to the same midi channel as your outboard midi controller, if applicable. Otherwise skip this step...

Sure you can. Just go through the sequence I said above, which takes less than 30 seconds and use your midi controller, output set to the same input channel as your midi track, arm the track and press record. The audio will play through the audio track you designate. You have to think of...

I switched from PA9 to Sonar 7 PE last summer and felt the same way. More stuff, but still felt right at home. You'll feel good about your move. First off, did you get LE or PE? PE is what I have and has way more stuff than LE, so I don't know if some of the following applies. The way...

I switched from PA9 to Sonar 7 PE last summer and felt the same way. More stuff, but still felt right at home. You'll feel good about your move. First off, did you get LE or PE? PE is what I have and has way more stuff than LE, so I don't know if some of the following applies. The way...

Also, make sure your E-mu controller output and your es1 synth input channels are the same.

I'm not sure how logic works, I use sonar, but a lot of programs need you to route the instrument/midi track to an audio track, as though you plugged a mic or outboard gear into it. Think of your instrument track as an outboard synth instead of software. How would you route that to an audio...

Just voted 2. Was a little kid back in the 80's with a radio shack tape recorder and my uncle's acoustic guitar. It sounded horrible. Looking back, I realized two things: I knew nothing about recording, and I knew nothing about playing the guitar. It's not that I expected to get a commercial...