{"id":11159,"date":"2013-07-18T11:29:59","date_gmt":"2013-07-18T15:29:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/noelborthwick.com\/cakewalk\/?p=11159"},"modified":"2013-07-18T11:29:59","modified_gmt":"2013-07-18T15:29:59","slug":"sonar-x2-makes-the-grade-at-usc-thornton-school-of-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/noelborthwick.com\/cakewalk\/2013\/07\/18\/sonar-x2-makes-the-grade-at-usc-thornton-school-of-music\/","title":{"rendered":"SONAR X2 makes the grade at USC Thornton School of Music"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Professor Chris Sampson,\u00a0founding director of the Popular Music program at the USC Thornton School of Music, recently wrote an article for the Roland Music Education blog explaining why he prefers to <a title=\"Teaching with SONAR at USC\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rolandmusiced.com\/spotlight\/article.php?ArticleId=1695\" target=\"_blank\">teach with SONAR X2<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>&#8220;As a professor of songwriting, I teach in both a classroom setting and privately, and a little over a year ago, I incorporated <a title=\"SONAR X2\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cakewalk.com\/Products\/SONAR\/\" target=\"_blank\">SONAR X2<\/a> into my instruction with great results.&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-11160\" title=\"This is a screenshot from an actual private lesson, where they have dropped in rhythm loops to try out a few different grooves at a chorus section.\" src=\"https:\/\/noelborthwick.com\/cakewalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/06-e1374157838753.png\" alt=\"This is a screenshot from an actual private lesson\" width=\"600\" height=\"440\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Professor Sampson cites SONAR X2&#8217;s <a title=\"SONAR X2 Overview\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cakewalk.com\/Products\/SONAR\/\" target=\"_blank\">Skylight User Interface<\/a>, <a title=\"Editing in SONAR X2\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cakewalk.com\/products\/sonar\/features.aspx?v=edit\" target=\"_blank\">Smart Tool<\/a>, <a title=\"Mixing in SONAR X2\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cakewalk.com\/products\/sonar\/features.aspx?v=Mix\" target=\"_blank\">ProChannel<\/a>, <a title=\"SONAR X2 Instruments\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cakewalk.com\/products\/sonar\/features.aspx?v=perform\" target=\"_blank\">included virtual instruments<\/a>, <a title=\"SONAR X2's Enhanced Workflow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cakewalk.com\/products\/sonar\/whats-new.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">overall workflow<\/a>, and the sound quality of <a title=\"Record 64-bit\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cakewalk.com\/products\/sonar\/features.aspx?v=Record\" target=\"_blank\">SONAR&#8217;s 64-bit audio engine<\/a> as powerful enhancements to his teaching process.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>&#8220;With these assignments, it is very important to me that the tracks sound great and authentic to the style I\u2019m presenting, because the students\u2019 enthusiasm can be seriously eroded if the track does not sound good. This is where the sound quality of SONAR X2\u2019s 64-bit audio engine really shines.&#8221;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">**********<\/p>\n<p>The professor also gave us &#8216;extra credit&#8217; for our own commitment to teaching aspiring musicians.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>&#8220;In addition to the educational benefits of SONAR itself, there\u2019s an abundance of training resources available at <a title=\"Free videos on SONAR University\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cakewalk.com\/CakeTV\/SONARU.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">SONAR University<\/a>. The videos there make it easy to understand the concepts behind every phase of the recording process, and the various tips I\u2019ve picked up from The <a title=\"Cakewalk Music Software Blog\" href=\"https:\/\/noelborthwick.com\/cakewalk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cakewalk Blog<\/a> have been invaluable as well. Both are great resources for students to build their own skills independently.&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Read the full article on the <a title=\"Teaching SONAR X2 at USC\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rolandmusiced.com\/spotlight\/article.php?ArticleId=1695\" target=\"_blank\">Roland Music Education blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Or <a title=\"SONAR X2 Producer Free Trial\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cakewalk.com\/Products\/SONAR\/Web-Trial.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">download the SONAR X2 Producer Free Trial<\/a> and see why SONAR X2 is getting high marks in the classroom and the studio.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Professor Chris Sampson,\u00a0founding director of the Popular Music program at the USC Thornton School of Music, recently wrote an article for the Roland Music Education blog explaining why he prefers to teach with SONAR X2. &#8220;As a professor of songwriting, I teach in both a classroom setting and privately, and a little over a year &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/noelborthwick.com\/cakewalk\/2013\/07\/18\/sonar-x2-makes-the-grade-at-usc-thornton-school-of-music\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;SONAR X2 makes the grade at USC Thornton School of Music&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[808,82,1562,1619,66,49,1486,50],"tags":[1933,1934,1935,1936,1937],"class_list":["post-11159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cakewalk-pro-user-spotlight","category-education","category-educational-resources","category-prochannel","category-products","category-sonar","category-sonar-university","category-sonar-x2","tag-chris-sampson","tag-popular-music-program","tag-roland-music-education","tag-sonar-in-the-classroom","tag-usc-thornton-school-of-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/noelborthwick.com\/cakewalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/noelborthwick.com\/cakewalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/noelborthwick.com\/cakewalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noelborthwick.com\/cakewalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noelborthwick.com\/cakewalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/noelborthwick.com\/cakewalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11159\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/noelborthwick.com\/cakewalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noelborthwick.com\/cakewalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noelborthwick.com\/cakewalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}