Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Getting to Know SONAR X2 -- The Way SONAR Works -- Skylight and the Views -- SONAR Producer vs. Studio vs. Essential -- A Basic Studio Setup -- Computer -- Audio Interface (Sound Card) -- MIDI Interface -- MIDI Keyboard Controller -- Control Surface -- Microphone -- Speakers (Monitors) -- Finding Help When You Need It -- Chapter 2: SONAR X2 Customization -- Organizing Files -- Changing File Locations -- Customizing Audio Folders -- Per-Project Audio Folders -- The Picture Folder -- Customizing the Workspace -- Colors -- The Control Bar -- Program and Plug-In Menus -- Working with Screensets -- X-Ray Windows -- Using Key Bindings -- Transforming the Track View -- Customizing MIDI Settings -- Working with MIDI Devices -- Setting Global MIDI Options -- Understanding Instrument Definitions -- Optimal Audio Settings -- Adjusting the Buffer Size Slider -- Setting Driver Mode -- ASIO Drivers -- Setting Queue Buffers and I/O Buffer Sizes -- Read and Write Caching -- Panning Laws -- Chapter 3: Creating and Working with Projects -- Opening Projects -- Opening in Recovery Mode -- Finding Missing Audio Files -- Creating a New Project -- What's a Template? -- Creating Your Own Template -- Saving Your Project -- Project File Types -- Additional Saving Features -- Chapter 4: Finding Your Way Around the SONAR Workspace -- The Now Time -- Show Me the Now Time -- Setting the Now Time -- The Go Functions -- Go-Time (G) -- Go-From and Go-Thru (Shift+G) -- Go-Beginning and Go-End (Ctrl+Home and Ctrl+End) -- Go-Previous Measure and Go-Next Measure (Ctrl+PgUp and Ctrl+PgDn) -- Go-Previous Marker and Go-Next Marker (Ctrl+Shift+PgUp and Ctrl+Shift+PgDn) -- Markers, Oh My! -- Make Your Mark(ers) -- Editing the Markers -- Navigating with Markers -- Searching for Data -- Chapter 5: Recording Audio and MIDI -- Preliminary Parameters.

The Inspector -- Metronome -- MIDI Echo -- MIDI Input Quantize -- Sampling Rate and Bit Depth -- Input Monitoring -- Record Mode -- Recording and Playback -- Multiple Track Recording and Playback -- Loop Recording -- Punch Recording -- Step Recording -- Importing -- The Media Browser -- Importing from SONAR Project Files -- Importing MIDI Files, Project5, and Step Sequencer Patterns -- Importing Audio Files -- CD Ripping -- Synchronization -- Synchronization Basics -- MIDI Sync -- SMPTE/MIDI Time Code -- Chapter 6: The Basics of Editing -- The Global Editing Tools -- The Smart Tool and Other Tools -- The Edit Filter -- Snap to Grid Settings -- Arranging with the Track View -- Dealing with Tracks -- Dealing with Clips -- Using the Piano Roll View -- Working with Multiple Tracks -- Dealing with Notes -- Dealing with Drum Tracks -- Dealing with Controllers -- The Inline Piano Roll View -- Using the Step Sequencer View -- Opening the Step Sequencer View -- Setting Up the Step Sequencer View -- Working with Notes -- Working with Controllers -- Step Recording Patterns -- Working with Step Sequencer Clips -- Using the Event List View -- Opening the View -- Filtering Events -- Editing Events -- Using the Tempo View -- Opening the View -- Editing Tempo Changes -- Using the Tempo Commands -- Chapter 7: Advanced Audio and MIDI Editing -- Advanced Data Selection -- Selecting a Range of Data by Time -- Selecting a Range of Data by Filter -- Some Selection Applications -- Advanced Audio Editing -- Removing DC Offset -- Adjusting Audio Volume -- Getting Rid of Silence -- Playing It Backward -- The Process Menu -- Deglitch -- Slide -- Nudge -- Quantize -- The Groove Quantize Feature -- Saving Groove Patterns -- The Find/Change Feature -- The Length Feature -- The Retrograde Feature -- The Transpose Feature -- The Scale Velocity Feature -- Fit to Time.

Fit Improvisation -- Audio Snap -- AudioSnap Preparation -- Fix and Regroove (Quantize) -- Extract a Groove and MIDI -- Multitrack AudioSnap Alignment -- Chapter 8: Using Soft Synths in Your Projects -- Using Soft Synths -- The Insert Soft Synth Function and the Browser -- The Synth Rack -- The Cakewalk TTS-1 -- TTS-1 Basics -- The Roland GrooveSynth -- Working with Synth Sounds -- Working with Drum Kits -- The Pentagon I -- Loading and Saving Programs -- The PSYN II -- Loading and Saving Programs -- The Cyclone -- Cyclone Basics -- RXP REX Player -- RXP Basics -- TruePianos (Amber Module) -- Basic Interface -- Global Options -- Advanced Interface -- ReWire -- SoundFonts -- Using the sfz SoundFont Player -- Session Drummer 3 -- Session Drummer 3 Basics -- Dimension Pro -- Working with Programs -- Using Elements to Create Programs -- Using the Modulators Section -- Rapture -- Working with Programs -- Using Elements to Create Programs -- DropZone -- DropZone Basics -- Using Elements to Create Programs -- z3ta+ -- Loading and Saving Programs -- Using z3ta+ as an Effects Processor -- Cakewalk Sound Center -- Studio Instruments -- Interface Basics -- SI-Bass Guitar -- SI-Drum Kit -- SI-Electric Piano -- SI-String Section -- Chapter 9: Creating Music with Beats and Loops -- Groove Clips -- Creating Groove Clips -- The Loop Construction View -- Saving Groove Clips -- Exporting MIDI Groove Clips -- Working with Groove Clips -- Controlling Project Pitch -- Pitch Markers -- The Matrix View -- Grabbing Files for the Grid -- Configuring Columns and Rows -- Controlling Cells and Columns -- Record a Matrix View Performance -- Chapter 10: Mixing Music in SONAR -- The Console View -- The MIDI Track Strips -- The Audio Track Strips -- The Buses -- The Mains -- Configuring the Console and Track Views -- Strip Arrangement and Selection -- Number of Buses.

The Track Managers -- Show/Hide Console Components -- Changing the Meters -- Chapter 11: Exploring Effects Plug-Ins -- Offline or Real Time? -- Offline Processing -- Real-Time Processing -- Audio Effects -- Equalization -- Delay -- Chorus -- Flanging and Phasing -- Reverberation -- Dynamics -- Changing Time and Pitch -- Amplifier Simulation -- Analog Tape Simulation - Cakewalk FX2 Tape Sim -- Analog Vacuum-Tube Simulation - TL-64 Tube Leveler -- Other Effects -- Sidechaining Effects -- External Hardware Effects -- MIDI Effects -- Automatic Arpeggios -- Chord Analysis -- Echo Delay -- MIDI Event Filter -- Quantize -- Transpose -- Velocity -- Chapter 12: Automation and Control Surfaces -- Taking Snapshots -- Automating the Mix -- Automation Write Modes -- Automation Time Base -- Recording Automation -- Grouping -- Quick Groups -- Creating Permanent Groups -- Ungrouping and Deleting Groups -- Group Properties -- Remote Control -- Global Remote Control Support -- Control Surface Setup -- Edirol PCR-800 MIDI Controller -- The Active Controller Technology (ACT) MIDI Controller -- Where Am I? -- Working with Envelopes -- Automation Lanes -- Creating and Editing Envelopes -- Additional Envelope Editing -- Automating Effects and Soft Synths -- Automating Effects Parameters -- Automating Soft Synth Parameters -- The Next Steps -- Chapter 13: Export Audio and Burn CDs -- Preparing a Project for CD Audio -- Converting Your MIDI Tracks -- Exporting Your Audio Tracks -- Burning CDs with SONAR -- Chapter 14: Surround Sound with SONAR -- Setting Up Your Studio -- Surround Sound Cards -- Surround Sound Monitors -- Setting Up SONAR for Surround -- Surround Project Option -- Surround Sound Bussing -- Surround Sound Mixing -- Surround Sound Panning -- Surround Sound Effects -- Dedicated Surround Effects -- Using Stereo Effects in Surround.

Exporting Your Surround Project -- Downmixing -- Exporting to Multichannel WAV or WMA -- Encoding and Burning -- Chapter 15: Standard Music Notation via the Staff View -- The Staff View -- Changing the Layout -- Percussion Tracks -- Showing Pedal Events and Chord Grids -- Changing Text Fonts -- Rhythmic Appearance -- Dealing with Notes -- Selecting -- Editing -- Drawing (or Adding) -- Erasing -- Scrub and Step Play -- Dealing with Symbols and Lyrics -- Chord Symbols and Grids -- Expression Marks -- Hairpin Symbols -- Pedal Marks -- Lyrics -- The Fretboard and Tablature -- The Fret Pane -- Tablature -- Printing Your Music -- Chapter 16: Studio Control with StudioWare and Sysx -- System Exclusive -- The Sysx View -- Receiving System Exclusive Data -- Sending System Exclusive Data -- Editing Bank Data -- Sharing with Friends -- Introducing Studio Ware -- The StudioWare View -- Opening a StudioWare Panel -- Taking a Snapshot. -- Recording Control Movements -- Chapter 17: The Cakewalk Application Language (CAL) -- What Is CAL? -- Running a CAL Program -- The CAL Files -- Dominant 7th Chord.CAL -- Other Chord.CAL Programs -- Random Time.CAL -- Scale Velocity.CAL -- Split Channel to Tracks.CAL -- Split Note to Tracks.CAL -- Thin Controller Data.CAL -- Other Thin.CAL Programs -- Viewing CAL Programs -- Introduction to CAL Programming -- The include Function -- Variables -- User Input -- The forEachEvent Function -- Conditions -- Arithmetic -- Master Presets -- CAL Conclusion -- Chapter 18: Audio for Video with SONAR -- Importing Video Files -- Exporting Video Files -- Exporting Audio Files -- Audio File Formats -- Exporting to Windows Media -- Exporting to MP3 -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Z.