SONAR track setup

A template named Eponymous 4 is used for every new project created in Cakewalk SONAR. The tracks are organzied in the following order:

  • Folder: MIDI: Melody
    • Melody (Tight E Grand on the Kurzweil PC-88)
    • Backing melody (Tight E Grand on the Kurzweil PC-88)
  • Folder: MIDI: Hardware synths
    • Piano and synth patches
    • Rock Bass (A66 on the Korg N364)
    • Rave Kit (D09 on the Korg N364)
    • Combo Kit (B19 on the Korg N364)
  • Folder: MIDI: Software synths
    • Software synth patches
    • Guitars
  • Folder: Audio: Melody
    • Melody
    • Backing melody
  • Folder: Audio: Samples (optional)
    • Samples
    • All hardware bounced
  • Folder: Audio: Hardware synths
    • Keyboards
    • Bass
    • Drums
    • All hardware bounced
  • Folder: Audio: Software synths
    • Synths
    • Guitars
    • Percussion
    • All software bounced
  • Folder: Audio: Vocals
    • Vocals [date]
    • Backing vocals [date]
  • Folder: Audio: Bounced
    • Vocals track
    • Backing track
  • Folder: Audio: Mixdown
    • Mixdown temp
    • Mixdown vocals

Tracks follow these naming conventions:

  • Melody guide is enclosed in parenthesis and named (Melody), regardless of the actual instrument name playing the temp melody.
  • MIDI tracks are named after their respective synthesizer patches.
  • Audio tracks are enclosed with curly braces.
    • Vocals are labeled with a date of recording
    • {Backing track} is a mix both the Rewire bounced track and the hardware synthesizer recorded track.
    • {All software bounced} is the software synthesizer bounced track.
    • {All hardware bounced} is the hardware synthesizer bounced track.
    • {Mixdown vocals [date]} is a mix of the complete instrumental track and a complete vocal track.
    • {Mixdown temp} is a mix of the complete instrumental track and the complete temp vocal track.
  • Within each folder of MIDI tracks, the instruments should be arranged by the following instrument classifcations:
    • Melody
    • Piano and keyboards
    • Guitar
    • Bass
    • Drums and percussion