[ddots-l] Re: CT for Sonar1 or 2x or not
- From: Bryan Smart <bryansmart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2012 18:41:00 -0400
Should you wish, you can have your very own channel strip plug-in in Sonar 8.5.
1. Make a new project from the AAA 0 Blank template.
2. Add an audio track.
3. Go to the effects bin, and insert the VC64.
4. Select the track created in step 2.
5. From the track menu, select Clone. In the Clone dialog, enter the number of
audio tracks desired, less the one that you already have. For example, if you'd
like 16 tracks total, enter 15. You'll now have a project full of tracks with
channel strips.
6. To be able to quickly recall this setup later, in the File menu, select Save
As. In the Save As dialog, tab to the Go To combo box, and select templates.
Next, go to the Type combo box, and select template. In the name box, enter
something like "16 audio track with channel strip plugs", or what-ever you
like. Press OK.
Now, in the future, when you select New from the File menu, you can select your
template from the list when making a new project, instead of one of the AAA
templates, and you'll start out with a project full of tracks, each with a
channel strip plug-in.
If you don't like having projects already populated with tracks, preferring to
add them one at a time, then simply select one of the tracks that you created
above, press JawsKey+- to route the Jaws cursor to the left end of the track
strip, and right click. This will open the track strip's context menu. Arrow
down to Save as Template, and press enter. In the dialog that appears, type a
name, like "audio track with channel strip". In the future, when you want to
add one of your audio tracks with a channel strip pre-configured in to a
project, instead of opening the Insert menu and selecting Audio track, open the
Insert menu, select Track Templates, then select the name of the track template
that you created.
There are some nice new things about X1 and X2, but the channel strip is a real
gimmick. Cakewalk isn't to blame, as all of the DAW manufacturers have been
doing this, and Cakewalk is probably one of the last to go this route. It is
very similar to the per-track EQ feature that was announced several versions
back. Perhaps you remember this new feature? It was the one that automatically
gives you a 4 band EQ built in to each track, saving you the need to constantly
patch EQ effects in to your effects chains. This is the EQ that you see in the
Track Inspector. However, if you've ever gone beyond the simple settings in the
inspector and pressed enter on the EQ graphic to open the full interface,
you'll discover that the EQ is actually the Sonitus EQ that has been in Sonar
for a long time. Sonar simply adds it to each new audio track for you with some
default settings. Of course, you could have accomplished this at any time with
a track template.
Again, don't be too upset with Cakewalk. They aren't as bad as Avid, after all.
Avid sells an expensive plug-in for Pro Tools called Heat that will add
power/punch and analog warmth to your mixes. HEAT stands for Harmonic Enhanced
Analog Technology, because the marketing people told the programmers "HEAT
sounds hardcore, and the promotional materials have already been printed up, so
think up something that works for that." You know it will be totally authentic
and subtle because it has a retro looking interface with a big knob that you
can use to turn up the heat (registered trademark). The poor people paying big
bucks don't seem to get that it is a compressor that is setup to mimic the
saturation curve of analog tape, and that they could already do all that with
the Tape Sim plug-ins that they already have. In fact, you can do it in Sonar.
Follow the steps above, but insert the Cakewalk Tape Sim plug instead of the
VC64. Now Sonar has HEAT (registered trademark). I won't even charge you for
the upgrade. Hahaha. Tell all your friends that now Sonar, too, can sound like
an authentic hissy, crunchy, junky old tape machine. Just be sure to record in
24-bit at 192Khz, so you can capture every last subtle crackle and hiss of that
old magic golden junk.
Next week, I'll tell you how to use noise reduction to get rid of all of that
annoying hiss and saturation clipping that you added with HEAT. After that,
I'll tell you even more ways to liven up all of those sterol noise reduced
mixes with only the best analog dirt. Hahaha.
Bryan
On Sep 20, 2012, at 11:12 AM, Chris Smart
<csmart8@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:csmart8@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
which effects? and have you looked to see if other companies offer
the same or similar plug-ins? Cakewalk are hardly the first to
develop a channel strip plug-in for example.
At 10:26 AM 9/20/2012, you wrote:
Hi all, It's been at least three years since Sonar 8.5 has been
released, so this brings up a question if a new version of CT will
ever be on the table. I know that 8.5 still works, but with all
the new effects that are out there with 1x is leaving us in the
dust. Has anyone heard of any changes? If Cake Talking isn't the
answer, then is anyone else working on scripts for 1x? I realize
that post like this was visited a year ago, and it's that time again.
Next year, it will be someone else asking the big question.
James
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