So I admit I’m a bit of a freak about keeping things organized. When I’m working on my music, I want to be able to see at a glance where certain tracks are, and how their audio is routed. In this third in a series of videos about things that I find cool about Bitwig …
The second of a series of videos about things that I find cool about Bitwig Studio, in which I give a quick demo of how you can use modulators to add dynamics and texture to devices in Bitwig.
The first of a series of videos about things that I find cool about Bitwig Studio, in which I give a quick demo of my favorite arrangement tool, the Clip Launcher.
I wanted to give a quick introduction to programming hi-hats in Cakewalk Sonar, especially given how popular this technique is becoming in modern pop music. Using the arpeggiator and the automation lanes, Sonar makes it easy to create a wide variety of rhythmic patterns.
Every once in a while, I’ll hear a commercial for backup software, or someone I follow on Twitter or Facebook will post a reminder to backup your data. Fortunately, I’ve followed the common-sense advice, and I have backups of most, if not all, of my important files. Why am I telling you this? A couple …
Templates are a fundamental tool when using DAWs. In this video, I talk about how to use both project templates and track templates in Cakewalk Sonar, with an emphasis on using track templates to preserve synth (VSTi) settings, especially when using the synth as an effect on an audio track.
Like most things in Cakewalk Sonar, there’s more than one way stretch audio. You could use AudioSnap or even Melodyne, but in this video I show use the easiest way to stretch an audio clip with minimal audio degradation.
Whatever your opinion on how 2016 went – and I’ve seen a lot of virtual wailing and gnashing of teeth online – the new year is a natural opportunity to step back, take stock of where we are, and develop a plan to get to where we want to be in the coming new year. …
This could be dangerous in the wrong hands… namely, mine.