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Mark Morgon-Shaw

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  1. Envelopes seem to be low resolution , when you record them in with a controller many of the nodes created vanish losing some of the fine control
  2. I always play them in , use Sound on Sound editing mode in the preferences and you can record them over the top of the existing midi data and tweak them in the PRV I agree the resolution is not ideal in the PRV
  3. In the Export Module you can select Track Folders as a source - the below example will create 6 Stems with the correct Naming - Bit Depth - Sample Rate etc as required by the publisher with a couple of clicks. This is a real game changer for those of us that make a lot of deliverables so I was just making the point that currently Folders are not merely for condensing space. They are a huge time saver for some of us.
  4. Those containers are actually pretty handy, they allow you to group intruments that may belong together but don't necessarily all go to the same buss. Take a Drum Folder for example, I use heavy drum bus compression for some styles so most of the tracks go to a drum bus but NYC compression can absoloutely wreck the hi hats and cymbals which are part of the same instrument. So they get routed elsewhere even though they live in the same folder. Then when it's time to send deliverables you can use those folders as a source for your stems regardless of the routing of the tracks inside. Not saying we shouldn't evolve the track folders to do more but to write them off as a mere space saving container is doing them a disservice.
  5. I remember trying an automatic mastering program back in the Windows XP days...it took forever to do it's thing and sounded dreadful. At this point there is no plugin that can create a full mix automatically, as mentioned Izotope Neuron can help as can the Sonible Smart range of plugins but these plugins can't read your mind so they can't really know what you're aiming for and you might not like what they do in any given situation. I'm sure over time things will advance in this area as a byproduct of some of these generative AI models that are springing up but really the best thing is to learn how to mix yourself which only really comes with practice. I can whole heartedly reccommend the book " Mixing Secrets for The Small Studio " by Mike Senior. I worked with Mike when I needed to get my mixes TV ready and after working through the book went on to invest in some pro critique with him. Suffice to say I've had hundreds of my mixes in TV shows now and nobody asked me to change anything but all done from a modest home studio.
  6. Very good VSTi for anyone that wants a wide range of 808 sounds. This is my go to for Trap / Hip Hop
  7. They're not a thing in music for TV. Little to no intro's - no solos, single tempo, no keys changes, no fadeouts and always end on the tonic. But if I did have a solo I would just have it as one long arranger section spanning 12 bars or whatever..not repeating 4 bars x 3....for one thing I wouldn't want the backing track to repeat exactly the same thing 3 times, it would need slight changes every 4 bars at least just to keep it fresh and interesting even if it's just introducing some new percussion or a little drum fill.
  8. I see your screenshot but I don't understand how you are working ? What are the letters for ? Are those labels for chords ? Do you make an Arranger Section for each chord of the song ? That would seem a bit overkill ? No wonder it's going off the screen. I always imagined it was designed for typical song sections - this is one of mine. I was able to try it with and without the Pre-Chorus ( PC ) but in the end the only change I made was adding a little gap at the end of Chorus 1 and the start of Verse 2.
  9. Yes but it's very quick. Just select your section and hit CTRL D to duplicate - You can do this multiple times
  10. Most soft synths I've used don't sound particularly unique but Dune3 has got this big phat but glossy produced kinda sound to it I've not heard elsewhere. Often a favourite in my TV tracks.
  11. Exactly - I was on Sonar 8.5 for a decade delivering music for TV, it was still working fine but CBB was free and had some new features I wanted so I made the jump
  12. Maybe this will be possible with the new vector based grapchics engine of Sonar
  13. Thanks - not my kid, it's my Son's & Daughter in Law who live with us. Hopefully be gone in a couple of years if the house prices / interest rates revert to anything sensible
  14. Depends ...... For free - you can't beat Spitfire's BBC SO Discover as mentioned already https://www.spitfireaudio.com/bbc-symphony-orchestra-discover Also Project Sam who make the Symphobia series do a Kontakt Player ( also free ) instrument called The Free Orchestra https://projectsam.com/libraries/the-free-orchestra Then I would go and grab whatever else you need from Spitfire Labs https://labs.spitfireaudio.com/?sortBy=prod_products_labs_latest&page=5 All of this is no good unless you can orchestrate properly and can make best use of articulations and CC controllers for expression. Otherwise it will just be a nicer sounding robotic performance. Being able to mix and master this stuff is also part of the recipe To learn how to use these libraries better I'd recommend watching something like Cinematic Composing on Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/@CinematicComposing
  15. I'm a little underwhelmed with VSX which I picked up a few months ago, they are a handy check but I've not worked on them extensively. The only one which gives me the illusion of being in front of a real speaker is the mixcube emulation probbaly because it's mono but I already own a real one so that's of minimal benefit. The reason I got them though is there's a new baby about to arrive into our family who's room will be above my studio for the next couple of years and I need to be able to get on with mixing work without disturbing anyone. I was interested in what headphone amp you used with them that had made such a big difference as I will need to start using them in earnest any day now and would like to squeeze the most performance I can from them. I currently just use the built in Audient ID4 headphone amp and I'm on APS 2020 Klassik's with Sound ID correction as my nearfieds. I've spent more time audition VSX 4 recently as they just released their Systemwide plugin which makes it easier to play a whole bunch of references.
  16. Thanks Sydney, I understand some genres can have long solos ( including folk ) I guess for now you could make your sections that go under the solo longer, i.e. 2x 12 bars instead of 6 x 4 bars then they would fit on the screen
  17. It's a fine idea but the issue with that idea is that Cakewalk/Sonar is at it's heart is based on a traditional studio paradigm with a linear timeline running left to right and playing it as one would a hardware tape machine. It doesn't run from a playlist like some other DAWs do and it would be pretty seismic shift to move to that world at this stage. I would also argue that in a typical song most folks wouldn't want the exact same section played 12x over as it could get boring. But eventually you're going to want to commit to new arrangement and write it back to the linear track view in any case. Maybe there is a better solution like a floating arranger page so you can make more eloborate arrangements full screen, which would also make it fully visible and avoid it scrolling off the screen. Or maybe they are willing to change the whole ethos of how we play tracks and make it a more non-linear DAW.
  18. You can , it's under the options menu in the track view
  19. It just adds a needless layer of complexity. You can already choose at track level whether it's a custom colour or follows the bus. Anything further is superflous. You basically have 3 choices : Default/No colour, Track Colour, Follow Bus Colour : If your workflow is such that you want to use a custom colour up to a certain point and then have it follow the bus colour all you need to do is add the tracks to a Quick Group and choose Follow Bus and they will all instantly switch to the new colour.
  20. Wouldn't we all. I've been asking for a sampler for about 15yrs but....workarounds
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