razor7music

Nope, these aren't my first or the oldest versions of Sonar I've had, but these are the manuals I'd kept.

It was throw old stuff away day, and alas (snif, snif) I've thrown them away now, but wanted to share!

10 hours ago, Creative Sauce said:

I always love a good pun  Thank you! Apparently the word derives from the Italian word 'capodastro' - but I don't speak Italian, so I'm not much help

Doesn't everything music have an Italian root! 😳

49 minutes ago, RBH said:

Is there any intention to start a sub- forum for Articulation  Maps ?  sort of along the lines of the Themes forum ?

That was my OP, but I guess they are compatible with Cubase so you can just import those.

I've watched multiple tutorials from @Creative Sauce and they're all awesome. This one is no exception. I like and subscribe and ring the bell.

I do have one problem with the video, and that is how to correctly pronounce capo. I thought I was correct in pronouncing it "capo" but after the video, now I'm not sure if I should be pronouncing it "capo".

If anyone can articulate the correct pronunciation, I can regain my will to live!

25 minutes ago, ptheisen said:

Based on info from another thread on this forum, I found a Cubase articulation map for Strummed Acoustic 2 at arpegiah.com. These can be imported into CbB, which would probably be a good start. I haven't actually tried it yet, so I can't give any further insight.

Really? That's awesome! I actually thought about that but thought I would sound dumb for asking.

Hey Group

I'm not sure if this has been started, but it would be cool if there was a forum/room/whatever where people can share articulation maps.

I'll start by asking if anyone is creating a map for NI's Session Guitarist - Strummed Acoustic 2?

Thanks!!

On 11/6/2020 at 4:31 PM, John Vere said:

let the turd polisher magic VST fix it !!  

I think that's only available for Pro Tools! 🤪

All good input (no pin intended).

I have an ART tube dual preamp that sounds really good. I use that for guitar that I'm only going to effect with plugins. I have a Mesa DC3 combo that I mic when I want that overdriven warm sound that I can't get with Guitar Rig or L6 Pod plugins. 

I know how my playing changes based on the sound coming out, so maybe I'll just use the mic'd amp for my input and have a headphone mix with plugin fx in it for the feel.

Thanks!

5 hours ago, paulo said:

I asked him to lay down some guitar tracks for me once and to my amazement he agreed, but when I got them they were silent.

Turned out that he did them so quickly that they ended before they began.

Are you sure Chuck Norris wasn't under that bucket?

9 hours ago, John Vere said:

There's a lot of ways to do this . It takes a box that has 1 input and 2 outs. Don't use a Y cable that will kill your impedance. 

A lot of DI boxes will do this. My Boss TU-3 tuner can do this. My Zoom G1 can do this. etc. I use a Radial Tone Bone Pz Pre to handle a lot of these tasks. It's a DI box on steroids. 

So, if I understand correctly, the DI signal isn't being routed through your guitar amp?

I prefer the sound of a mic'd amp over DI. I bought an amp just for that purpose. I suppose I could use the amp head output, but if my input is routed through a stomp box, then the direct out on the amp would have the effect in it.

Hmm?

15 hours ago, Glenn Stanton said:

i'll record both a clean signal and effects since it's nice to have the clean performance in case you want to leverage it for MIDI or add other effects, etc.

How do you set that up?

Just now, craigb said:

Context: Buckethead's put out 307 albums since 2001. 😉

Ah, lol! The Jackie Chan of recording!!

Hey Group

Years ago I had a couple stomp boxes stolen, and I never replaced them because I'm 99% recording in the box.

I just started missing them and wondered, of those here that mic their amps when they record guitar, how many of you record with a stomp box effect applied? I know there's no going back or dialing in like with software, but I guess my old school is showing!!

Hey Group

I've been producing my own material for decades now and most of that time has been with Cakewalk. I've been a member of Taxi on and off for 7 years and feel like I've moved onto the next phase of my musical journey.

It wasn't until recently, that I came to the realization that one of my favorite things about producing music is the actual production process. I love going into my studio, firing up the DAW and just everything about it (except technical problems, but that's a topic for another day).

When I was a member of Taxi, they enforced the approach of building your catalog as quickly as possible. I believe the montra was, 'write, submit, repeat' or something like that.

Since I'm my only client, I find that approach of producing ASAP to be more like chowing down a lobster tail to get it done. Where I don't fault those that can whip out a track in one day, and I certainly respect those that can while maintaining a high quality, I'm realizing I don't enjoy that as much. I like to savor the process.

Am I unique? Does anyone else take their time creating and producing tracks because they enjoy the process?

Again, I don't have or want any clients--that's a whole different thing.

Just wondering...

I always buy keyboard controllers with too many keys for the type of music I do. Had an Oxygen 61 key and now a Radium 49 key. With being able to select octive ranges, still too many keys!

Don't let the free price confuse you into thinking it's not just as good or better than other DAWs running $300 - $500 US. 😉

Hello Group

For some reason, I can't seem to figure out how to stop all take lanes within the same track from following when I try to slip edit one take lane. They are not selected and the main track wave form is not selected, but when I try to slip edit one take lane, they all follow.

Thanks!

Is Reaper free? If not, there's a plus for Cakewalk for ya.

Magix Sound Forge

It looks like you're using the default theme template. I wonder what would happen if you loaded a different one?

Wouldn't install for me either, so I just went the website and downloaded it from there.

Every few versions won't install and I have to do this. Easy workaround.

1 hour ago, scook said:

All version of Melodyne are single track EXCEPT for Melodyne Studio.

 

Ah, OK - thanks @scook

Hey All

I was watching a tutorial on using Melodyne on backing vocals, and saw there was a Project View in Melodyne where the person could show the melody blobs of two separate tracks in one Melodyne view in for comparison.

The topic wasn't how to set that up, so I don't know how. I have Melodyne 4 editor edition, so maybe it's a different version thing, but can someone tell me how to reference more than one track at once in Melodyne?

😀

I do my own mastering in Wavelab. I tried the BL mastering options before and was underwhelmed with the end results. I can do better.

There are a bazillion ideas you're going to get from this group, but let me add a couple ideas that are just my opinion.

First, I don't know what kind of sound you're looking for other than distorted guitar, and that's very generic. I've tried both DI with modeling software and micing an amp, and I very much prefer the overdrive sound of my little Boogie combo amp hands down.

I don't know what kind of amp you have, but if you can dial in a sound you like, just make sure you're not adding too much gain at the interface or CbB stage. That's what comes to mind when you say your headphone mix sounds good.

Another trick I came up with long ago was with a cable splitter, or a Y adapter where all 3 sides are 1/4 inch females. With two of them and enough guitar cables, you can split your guitar signal where only half goes through a distortion box and the other goes into your signal unprocessed. Sounds a little like a Franken-setup, but it gave me a cool parallel sounding distortion without being too much.