Tutorial List
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This is a list of Documentation and Tutorials related to SONAR and its components.
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SONAR Components and Settings
These are tips, FAQs, and general information hosted here on the SONAR User Wiki and elsewhere on the Internet.
- SONAR Additional Components details various plugins and softsynths included with different versions of SONAR.
- SONAR Custom Settings Tips for customizing Sonar. Includes registry editing and .ini file modifications.
- SONAR Settings Faq Frequently asked questions about some of the settings in SONAR.
- SONAR Shortcut Reference Document 7.0.1 (http://www.errepici.it/web/download/SSRD_7.asp) is a comprehensive list of SONAR shortcuts (PDF format, up to SONAR 7) from a variety of different sources.
- SONAR Shortcut Reference Document 8.3 (http://www.errepici.it/web/download/SSRD_8.asp) is the same list as above, updated to include SONAR 8.3 features and shortcuts.
- Step Sequencer Keyboard Shortcuts How to use keyboard shorcuts to navigate and enter notes into the step sequencer in SONAR 7 and later more quickly.
For New Users of SONAR
- Newbies Broad Overview of Many Topics (http://forum.cakewalk.com/fb.asp?m=1251918) is a forum post started in February of 2007 and contains a lot of great information to help a new user become more familiar with SONAR and DAW workings.
- Ton Valkenburgh's SONAR MIDI-Kit (http://home.wanadoo.nl/t.valkenburgh/) website has a lot of MIDI/Audio/Performance information to help SONAR users.
Tutorials
- Bussing Tutorial is an introduction to the bus in SONAR.
- Multisession Tracking Loopback Latency
- Nudge Tutorial
- Project and Track Templates Tutorial how to create and utilize templates for Projects and Tracks in SONAR.
- SONAR 8.3 External Insert Enhancments & Tips (http://www.cakewalk.com/support/kb/kb20090222.asp) by Cakewalk Employee Bob Damiano
Audio Snap
- Tech Tip: Using AudioSnap for Drum Replacement (http://www.cakewalk.com/Tips/SONAR6_DrumReplacement.asp) A tutorial by Bill Jackson of Cakewalk showing how to use the AudioSnap of SONAR 6 and later versions to do drum replacement in a track.
- Match Tempo With Audio Snap (http://www.gearwire.com/sonar-tempo-match.html) is a video screen cast showing how to use Audio Snap to synchronize sequencer data with the audio.
- Exploring Audiosnap in SONAR (http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/feb07/articles/sonartech_0207.htm) is an article by Craig Anderton in Sound-on-Sound Magazine introducing the Audio Snap tool.
- Audio Snap Applications in SONAR (http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/mar07/articles/sonartech_0307.htm) is an article by Craig Anderton found in Sound-on-Sound Magazine about ways to use the Audio Snap tool.
Side Chaining
- Side-chaining in SONAR (http://www.cakewalk.com/DevXchange/SidechainVST.asp) by Noel Borthwick, the Chief Technology Office of Cakewalk, is an article giving an explanation of how side-chaining is handled within SONAR from a software developer's perspective.
VC64 Vintage Channel
- SONAR: Exploring VC64 Vintage Channel (http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/jan07/articles/sonartech_0107.htm) by Craig Anderton in Sound-on-Sound Magazine.
Exporting Projects
Project Archival and Storage
- SONAR Project Archival Formats discusses the file formats used to permanently store old projects.
- SONAR Project Archival Media discusses physical media considerations for permanently storing old projects.
- SONAR Archival Security discusses options for securing your archives against corruption.
Cakewalk Application Language (CAL)
CAL is a programming language that allows users to create new functions in Cakewalk/SONAR. It works by processing the events in tracks allowing you to modify those events or create new ones. The kind of functions you might write in CAL include: changing the length of notes, adding/removing MIDI controller information, creating harmonies and creating chords.
Information about programming CAL
cal.pyar.com (archive) (http://web.archive.org/web/20010202124900/www.cal.pyar.com/) DG_Cardenas (http://dgcardenas.fpmit.com/cal/) Detailed CAL tutorial (Cardenas URL added Jan 16, 2007)
Bikexprt (http://www.bikexprt.com/calfiles/index.htm) Information about writing CAL for those with some experience
Links to CAL scripts
Cakewalk's CAL ftp site (ftp://ftp.cakewalk.com/pub/CAL/)
Hexachord (http://www.hexachord.net/cal/) CAL examples and links
Bikexprt (http://www.bikexprt.com/calfiles/download.htm) Various CAL scripts
[1] (http://www.mcwest.org/~mccreary/archive/cakewalk/cal/) Various CAL scripts (no descriptions) - (Jan 16, 2007 - inactive )
Lars Ahlzen (http://home2.swipnet.se/~w-26913/awe/cal.htm) A few scripts from Lars Ahlzen
