Hi everyone,
Thank you so much for your lovely comments.
Ivan wrote, "Good job. Two observations:
(1) it appears to be a little mechanical (tempo) and (2)
some of the instruments make it sound like the old midi
recordings. Did you deliberately
intend to make it sound this way?"
Yes, the reason it sounds a little mechanical is, I
wanted to create a retro sound so, I only played the
piano, the bass notes and the main melody. The rest I
step wrote using a 2 octave micro keyboard with Sonar set
to sixteenths.
I just altered all the note durations in event edit
afterwards.
Bobby wrote, "You have given me a renewed hope about
learning this Sonar stuff. I've had this equipment for a
year, and well, at best, I've been able to play around
with it a little. But I have so much to learn,
and I've come across some difficulties, which hopefully
have been resolved so I can get down to business. Great
job."
Bobby, don't be afraid to ask questions, no matter how
stupid they may sound.
I really struggle taking all the information on board.
I'll sometimes write a four bar loop and then go off on
a journey by applying all kinds of effects just to see
what happens . I simply take a mental note of the ones
that sound ok.
In the beginning, one of the main sources of help was
Gordon Kent's tutorial on Sonar 6.2 from Dancing Dots
site.
I used to listen to it every night. He has such a
relaxing calm manner and He explains things so well.
I still get it wrong more than I get it right,
I listen to this Abba track for the first time through
my computer monitors, if I was to be honest about this
track, I think I may have the bass drum too loud and the
bass guitar too bassy.
Bobby, I still have loads to learn, I haven't a clue how
to up load music or burn CD's from my computer.
I use a tascam CD writer which I connect to my audio
outs on my sound card, I then posted the CD to Darren
Heartland, and He did the rest for me.
I love the possibilities this technology has to offer.
It's more like walking up a mountain that climbing it, as
there are guys on this forum who have already laid down
the pathway.
Bobby, just keep at it mate.
Thanks again everyone for all your kind words.
Steve W
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Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 12:28 PM
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: first project, Abba intro
Steve,
Nice job - you've made my day.
Best wishes.
Tim Burgess
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-----Original Message-----
From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Steve Wicketts
Sent: 28 October 2009 12:10
To: ddtots
Subject: [ddots-l] first project, Abba intro
Hi everyone,
After purchasing Sonar 7 and a new Computer, I got so
nervous about learning
new technology, I put them both in a cupboard for about
18 Months.
Darren Heartland from the forum was the guy who
eventually persuaded me to
grab the bull by the horns.
If it wasn't for Darren Heartland, Phil Muir, Brian
Smart, Tim Burgess and
many others who took time to answer my sometime stupid
questions, I would
have
never got my head around this fantastic technology.
This is my first completed project using Sonar 7.
Everything on this track except Dimension Pro, is simply
the softsynths and
effects plugins that come with Sonar 7.
I'd been ask to write an Intro for a Abba tribute band.
They didn't just want a medley of Abba tracks, they
wanted something a
little more classy.
I came up with the idea of creating a kind of Abba
medley mash up.
Below is a link to Darren Heartland's web site as I
don't quite understand
yet how you upload music.
http://www.darrenhartland.com/starintros/starintros.html
Steve W
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