SONAR 3 Ignite! (Power Start) [Paperback]

Brian Smithers (Author)

Book Description

Series: Power Start | Publication Date: December 23, 2003

Get ready to make music that rocks as you harness to power of SONAR 3. Cover each feature in easy-to-follow steps and build on your newfound skills as you go. Even if you are a novice to the world of music production software, the step-by-step instructions and clear illustrations within Â"SONAR 3 IgniteÂ" allow you to compose, edit, and arrange your music with confidence. Quickly master new techniques as you learn how to set up new projects, record and edit MIDI and digital audio, and utilize virtual instruments. Wrap things up as you explore SONARÂ's effects plug-ins and exciting new bus architecture and learn how they can enable you to realize a great-sounding mix thatÂ's ready for CD or Web distribution.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Brian Smithers is a classically-trained musician, conductor, and composer who has been performing and teaching music for more than twenty years. He has served as conductor of the world-famous Walt Disney World Band and has contributed articles to Keyboard Magazine, Music & Computers, and Electronic Musician. An accomplished recording engineer, he founded a Web site that was for years the only sustained Internet resource for laptop-based music production. As Course Director of Audio Workstations and Advanced Audio Workstations at Full Sail Real World Education, Smithers coordinates and guides the curriculum of one of the largest digital audio workstation lab environments in the world. He also teaches music technology at Stetson University in DeLand, Florida.

Product Details

• Paperback: 416 pages
• Publisher: Course Technology PTR; 1 edition (December 23, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1592001483
• ISBN-13: 978-1592001484
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,971,416 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Pretty pictures, but..., February 16, 2004

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BobM (North Salem, NH USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: SONAR 3 Ignite! (Power Start) (Paperback)

Sonar 3 Ignite is a decent enough book. It provides plenty of visuals, but there's not really a lot of info here. It may get you started with Sonar 3, but it won't give you everything you need to use the software.

Sonar 3 Power by Scott Garrigus, on the other hand, provides full coverage of the Sonar 3 software from beginning to end.

Save yourself some bucks and get Sonar 3 Power instead. If you get Sonar 3 Power, you don't need Sonar 3 Ignite.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Easy to learn, February 20, 2004

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Jocelyn F (Hawkesbury, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: SONAR 3 Ignite! (Power Start) (Paperback)

I learn Sonar 3 in one day with this book. Easy to understand with lot of image screenshot.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sonar 3 Ignite!, January 23, 2004

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Dana King (Wilmington, DE USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: SONAR 3 Ignite! (Power Start) (Paperback)

I've read this book from cover to cover and find it very detailed and well organized. I'll point out a few reasons- first, the author uses every day english but steps into the professional music-speak when it's appropriate and helpful for people at extreme ends of the music production spectrum. Second, on every single page all of the action verbs in the text are bolded so at a glance of the page in a single second you can see what and how many steps are required and it's well spaced (text and pictures with lines connecting both) and not cluttered. Third, the author gives special attention to insert personal notes to explain the need for each step and gives you the "why" along with the "how". Fourth, the process of each function in Sonar is demonstrated using media found in the file folders that come with the program, so if you don't have much of your own material you still have plenty to get involved quickly and won't suffer missing the learning curve with lack of practice even though all steps are explained completely. I was very thankful for this. Fifth, I like the authors use of the appendix section in the book which offers a clear understanding of what MIDI and digital audio files are, each on a dedicated page. In fact I would recommend to anyone getting this book to read these pages first. Another nice thing is each step of each process pointing to the specific command in the menu it's found in. I could practically read this book without reading a word.

I believe that covers the main parts. I appreciate this book teaching me Sonar in a single day! Mission accomplished!

My apologies to the author for someone's review on this book posted as an attack to his knowledge and character. I'm glad I got the book anyway! I guess some people only concern themselves with all that's negative in the world.