[gui-talk] FW: Request for expressions of Interest in a Sonar Tutorial

[Steve Pattison]

If you are interested in this tutorial being developed please write 
to Jason directly at jdasent at tstt.net.tt.  -Steve.

>From: Rick Alfaro rick.alfaro at comcast.net
>To: PC audio discussion list pc-audio at pc-audio.org
>
>If anyone is at all interested in a professionally done tutorial on CakeWalk
>Sonar from a blind person's perspective, please reply to Jason at:
>jdasent at tstt.net.tt
>
>Whether or not he moves forward with the project will depend on how much
>interest he sees.
>
>--Warmest regards,
>
>--Rick Alfaro
>--rick.alfaro at comcast.net
>
>From: Jason Dasent [mailto:jdasent at tstt.net.tt]
>
>Hey Guys and Girls.
>
>I have been running my studio for several years now. And, every year, it
>grows in amount of work and popularity. As you all know, I am visually
>impaired, but in spite of this, I have been perfecting my production and
>engineering skills over the years. As a result of this, I now have, without
>meaning to blow my own trumpet, some very professional sounding mixes on
>both radio and television here in Trinidad where I live as well as abroad.
>My work includes every thing from Jingles including 1 that I won a media
>award for, to complete cd productions for local and foreign artists, to
>documentary music beds and voice overs. I also won with a client a media
>award for a Christmas song in 2005.
>
>Like most of you on this list, I use Sonar as my work platform, and over the
>years, I have been able to learn it pretty well to the point that I can make
>it do pretty much every thing I want from start to finish of a production.
>After monitoring the threads on this list for the last year or more, I am
>thinking of producing an audio cd tutorial on mixing a song from start to
>finish in sonar. I plan to make the tutorial very visually impaired friendly
>by having Jaws verbalize every thing that I am doing as I mix the song. I
>will be using J Sonar as my screen reader interface to sonar.
>
>I plan to cover topics like, balancing the elements of the mix, instruments
>and vocals, dynamics, compression limiting etc, Eq for all the elements of
>the song, including using hypass filters, shelving filters, and parametric
>filters. Using effects such as reverb and delay, calculating delay times,
>predelay, filtering frequencies of effects etc. I will also cover such
>things as using sub groups for background vocals, de essing etc.
>
>Also, I will touch on some basic mastering, although, I think that mastering
>should be left to a mastering engineer.
>
>I think the tutorial will be about 2 hours long, and will be delivered on 2
>audio cd's. I plan to offer it both on audio cd as well as downloadable 192
>bit mp3 format. I will be mixing a contemporary gospel song by a new and
>upcoming artist Carla Davidson who is just about to release her daybew
>album.
>
>I am thinking of selling the tutorial for $55 US, and if there is enough
>interest, I can have it ready by the end of March. Please let me know if you
>would be interested in purchasing such a tutorial.
>
>Regards.
>
>Jason

Regards Steve
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