John,
I thought your whole email was helpful!
I think I’m going to record the sound of a Lysol aerosol spray can and use it
as a shaker percussion track on a song I’m working on. Have fun guys!
Living love, loving life,
Jay Pilkington
From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of
john@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, March 20, 2020 4:54 PM
To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Hello from MS
Hi Stacy,
Funny, I rreejoined this list about two months ago for just about exactly the
same reasons. I used to use Sonar, and now I have reason to get back into
using it again.
I have found nothing but help and concerned folks here… not too many… not too
few… sort of Goldi-locksish 😊
A couple folks have asked me to ask more specific questions that might not
apply to everyone by sending them to their personal addresses, but on the
whole, I think everyone is willing to talk about anything music related… and I
think that is great.
BTW, I went to a Doobie Brothers concert in Tampa in 1970, it had to be one of
their first appearances, and it was great. Saw them again a few years later and
they were even better. They tore the house down with a rave up version of a
Byrds song, Jesus Is Just Alright With Me…
I recorded a couple of these guys when they played as sidemen for other artists
at the end of the 70’s.
I do have some pieces done with Sonar/CakeTalking, but nothing MIDI or synth
based. I will dredge some of it up and point to it with links. Of course my
music influences go back quite a bit further than the Doobies… as a small kid,
I loved everything in the 50’s… but the 60’s both the amazing opening years,
and the truly unbelievable late 60’s shaped my tastes forever. As to that, I
was lucky to have parents that played music from the 40’s and early 30’s movies
with all those great songwriters add into my mix. How’s that for going off
topic pretty quickly. 😊
I’m not a long time lister here… did lurk on this list decades ago… but who
cares, I can say welcome back anyway.
/john
P.S. Here is something relevant to your post. Be sure that your new DAW does
notemploy Windows 10… it must be Windows 7 if you want t use CakeTalking.
Windows 10 does not support the Windows Classic scheme and CakeTalking depends
on that, so Windows 10 is out for the moment, and probably forever. I’m
guessing you know this already, but just in case you don’t… I thought it could
be the only helpful thing I could add.
--
John Esak
Tucson, Arizona
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Of Stacy Blackwell
Sent: Friday, March 20, 2020 2:06 PM
To: 'ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Subject: [ddots-l] Hello from MS
Hi, all. About 10 years ago I was on this list every day, mainly learning from
all of you experts in the blind music field. I seem to recall that I and
others at work were spending too much time on the Internet and a big document
came out along with site blocking software that ended a lot of Internet
cruising and/or research while at work. And then later on, my 2006 DAW bit the
dust. Well, I am glad to report that I am getting a brand new DAW with Sonar
and Caketalking once again. I can’t wait until it arrives, and I will report
to the list my ability to recall what I used to know. Yes, I know that the
softwares are virtually gone, but they can be obtained and still work well.
You just have to know the right people. I will post more about this at a later
date.
I’m writing this post to see if any of you have some of your recordings out
there that you have recorded with Sonar. Back when I use to record, I never
had anything to compare my music with, except commercial CD’s that were
magically compressed to be so loud at 0 db. I could never get my stuff to be
that loud without dulling things. Anyway, do you guys know of any links that
will lead to some recordings with or without soft synths. Or has the music
ended.
I want to get back into this list, but I also don’t know how many people are
regularly on here. In the old days, there were tons. Is there just a few now?
Okay, yes, I’m talking too much. Okay, so I’m going now to listen to the
Doobie Brothers! Smile
