Aardvark Q10 and Sonar 2.2XL

  • Thread starter Thread starter guitarjesus
  • Start date Start date
G

guitarjesus

New member
I am looking into buying this combination of recording equipment. And I will have the computer to run this.


I am a guitar player. So, I want to use the Bass and Drum option in this software to lay down bass and drum tracks. And record my guitar on top.

My question is. How good is the sound of the virtual instruments bass, drums in this software? Will I have good CD quality sound, like the CD's you buy at the music store? Or, is it DEMO quality at best?
 
SONAR 2.2 XL comes with several great DXi (Virtual instrument). How good they are, perhaps subjective. Anyway IMHO they are realy realy great compared to average CD quality on the market. The question is, how do you work with the drums. As always, there are musicians who needs only some beat for their music (like hip-hop, rap, etc.) and also who's being picky about drums line (though he's not drum player actualy). You won't find "Fruity Loops" kind of work for drums in SONAR. You need to sequence MIDI or samples. Most of us doing MIDI for better "feeling". You may get better answer by making a poll about how much they like the drums sound (which made by bundled DXi or soundfonts) in Cakewalk Forum... :) For me... it's all I ever need to make my beat :)

;)
Jaymz
 
Bassically I want to record electric guitar. And if I can have half decent bass, and drums to go along with that that wood be great.

And if it sounds better then a demo that would be great. But, I just want my guitar to shine. Show what I can do on a guitar.


My question is how do the virtual instruments sound?
 
Being a guitar player myself I haven't been very satisfied with the quality of bass sounds from computer simulators. I would prefer to spend the time working on getting the drum tracks through midi to have a 'real feel' and then laying down the bass lines myself.

In fact I am going to borrow my buddies bass, lay down some tracks with the nuances and real-time feel that way, rather than try and program that through Midi. (and most likely eventually break down and buy a bass)


:D
 
That's what I will do.

Lay down rhythm guitar. Loop it.

Lay down bass to get the low end.

Do MIDI to get the drums.
 
I'm strongly considering the Q10 for live performance recording. The intent is simultaneous recording of all 8 mic/line channels to a hot rod WinXP Pro machine I will build specifically as a digital workstation. I own a computer firm, so premium hardware is not an issue for me.

I see here that XP has problems with Cakewalk, but not with Sonar.

Since I'm a 100% newb in this, is Sonar the ticket, or should I look at something else?

All advice is appreciated.
 
bgavin said:
I see here that XP has problems with Cakewalk, but not with Sonar.
Click to expand...

Cakewalk is the software company which makes Sonar. Sonar's predecessor Pro Audio is the program that does not work well with XP.
 
The tech support at Aardvark told me most of the problems are now remedied by the latest 7.04 drivers.

Sorry, I meant "Pro Audio", but am still new at this. I'll look into the 2.2XL version of Sonar.

I'm almost certain that I want to jump on the Q10. I can cascade my pair of Rane mixers (Burr-Brown chips), for a total of 15 mics into 8 tracks. That should be sufficient for live performance recording.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top