Well, i don't know Sonar 1 since Sonar 2 is my first Cakewalk product. I've been using other software til now...
But let me speak about what's supposed to be new features :
Cool !
That's the first word that comes in mind when you think of the drum editor. ( I known, if you are a normal person, the first word that comes in mind is 'drum'
)
Let me point a few items that make the difference :
You have a special "piano roll" view when you edit a midi track set to a drum map : you don't see piano keyboard on the left, but drum instruments names. The notes are not shown as squares but as arrows, with a tiny level meter on top for velocity.
If you don't want the full 96 notes drum kit with standard GM latin percussions, you can create you own kits. In a kit, for EACH note, you can :
- select the trigger note ( from external midi device )
- select the triggered note ( on the target device )
- give a name
- select the PORT and CHANNEL : yes, one kit can call sounds on differant devices ! There is additional table to select bank and patch for each distinct port-channel pair
- select the velocity range and the velocity offset to adjust min and max level.
One other thing that's breathtaking in
Sonar 2 XL is
the DR-008 DXi synth. It's like creating a drum kit where you can choose beetween five samplers and ten synth models FOR EACH NOTE ! This thing alone is worth the price of Sonar, you can tweak synth parameters on each note for automation. This is great for electro/jungle music.
Well...ciao ! i go back to it !
