EQ Magazine - September 2007 - (Page 88)

POWER APP ALLEY BY CRAIG ANDERTON CAKEWALK SONAR 6 Play Back REX Format Files Using Sonar’s RXP Soft Synth OBJECTIVE: Be able to use files from REX format loop libraries, or those created using Propellerheads’ ReCycle, within Sonar projects. BACKGROUND: Sonar has always provided native support for the loop-friendly Acidized file format; since Version 5, it has also provided support for REX format files with the RXP DXi software synthesizer. Here’s how to incorporate REX files in Sonar. steps 1. Go Insert > Soft Synths > RXP . 2. When the Insert Soft Synth Options window appears, check MIDI Source, First Synth Audio Output, and Synth Property Page. Click on OK. 3. Drag a REX (.rx2) format file into the RXP’s main window; once dragged in, the file shows up in the window with vertical lines indicating the REX file’s “slices.” 4. Click on the Note icon, and drag it into a Sonar MIDI track. This provides the MIDI track that triggers each audio slice sequentially when sequence playback begins. 5. You can apply a filter and amp envelope to all slices (not individual slices). The filter envelope includes attack, decay, and amount (positive and negative) parameters. The filter includes cutoff and resonance. The Amp envelope includes attack, decay, and width parameters, as well as overall pan and volume. 6. To play individual slices, click on Slice. The pads toward the bottom map the file’s first 24 slices to MIDI keys. 7. To audition the entire loop from a pad, click on Loop. The pads now play the loop with transposition from –12 to +11, depending on the pad. tips ■ In step 4, if you click on the Note icon instead of dragging, Sonar will create a new project window consisting of a single MIDI track with the REX file note data; its tempo equals the original file’s tempo. ■ In steps 6 and 7, you can either click on the pads or play them from a MIDI keyboard (assuming the MIDI track assigned to the RXP receives the keyboard data). ■ Selecting Automation Write and varying the filter cutoff control can create some very cool effects. ■ You can click and drag on the various slices to rearrange their order. However, the MIDI file doesn’t change to reflect these edits. 88 EQ SEPTEMBER 2007 www.eqmag.com http://www.eqmag.com

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EQ Magazine - September 2007

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