Simply download it from the Download Page and run the Installer.
You can find the manual at http://feelyoursound.com/sundog-manual/. A highly recommended quickstart tutorial is available at http://feelyoursound.com/sundog-quickstart/.
If you use Ableton Live: How to use Sundog with Ableton Live
If you use Bitwig: How to use Sundog with Bitwig
If you use Cubase: How to use Sundog with Cubase
If you use Logic Pro X: How to use Sundog with Logic Pro X
If you use Mixcraft: How to use Sundog with Mixcraft
If you use FL Studio: How to use Sundog with FL Studio
If you use Propellerhead Reason: How to use Sundog with Reason
If you use Presonus Studio One 2, 3, or 4: How to use Sundog with Studio One 2, 3, or 4
If you use Cakewalk Sonar: How to use Sundog with Cakewalk Sonar
If you use a different DAW: How to use Sundog with a DAW
Probably there will be no VST version of Sundog in the near future.
However, using Sundog with MelodicFlow is a good idea then. Personally I often create a chord progression in Sundog, drag it to my DAW, and then write the melodies using MelodicFlow VSTi. No need to open Sundog anymore, MelodicFlow does the rest.
There is a video available which explains the concept: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSITFjUb4to
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The basics of Sundog are very easy to learn. A highly recommended quickstart tutorial is available at http://feelyoursound.com/sundog-quickstart/. Learn the essentials in seven minutes! After that you may want to take a look at the manual and the tricks in this section.
A very important part of Sundog is the Chords page. Basically you only need to click on chord buttons and then decide if you want to include them in your chord progression or not.
The video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOxHpDmc1vM goes even further and explains all the other functions that are available.
Main topics of the video:
Here are a few tricks to come up with new melodies when you are stuck:
Each type of chord has a certain feeling or mood. If you are working on a chord progression, you may want to take a look at the following list to get some inspiration. But please keep in mind that the feeling of a chord can change - the chords that are used in the rest of the progression are influential as well.
Triads:
Four note chords:
Turn on "Show chord tension" in Sundog to get some additional help. Harmonic chord buttons will have an empty background, disharmonic chord buttons will have strong stripes in the background.
If you are struggling to come up with good chords, you can use the included chord progression search page to kickstart your tracks. Over 500 progressions are included in Sundog, and the search page will help you to find the right ones immediately.
The video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEC6SgeIopg shows you an example for a song part that was created with this method. There is also a detailed text description in the manual that explains the search options in detail.
If you want to save your own chord progressions, you can do this via "Chords -> Save chord progression". Your saved progressions will get scanned by the Progression Search tool as well.
Sundog includes a special Jam page that makes it easy to play any scale at once. You can use your mouse, your computer keyboard, or your MIDI keyboard (white keys) to trigger notes inside your DAW.
You only need to follow these steps:
You can use the Jam page to quickly find out which scales were used in your favourite songs. This technique works most of the time (as long as the song stays in one scale of course).
Simply do this:
You can use Sundog to create own chord collections for different moods and then trigger these chords with one finger. Directly from your computer keyboard or from your MIDI keyboard.
Here is how:
It's very easy to write polyphonic melodies with Sundog. The video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzRm3Lxaiww demonstrates how you can create a piano line with several simple melodies that form one complex piece.
The basic concept:
Take a look at http://feelyoursound.com/tropical-house/ to learn how you can create three different tropical house song parts in seven minutes. The tutorial focuses on chords, bass lines, and melodies.
Head over to http://feelyoursound.com/trap-tutorial/ and learn more about making Trap. You will also learn how to choose the right chords for a dark atmosphere, no matter the genre.
Interested in Future Bass? Find out more about tricks and techniques at http://feelyoursound.com/articles/future-bass-tutorial/ .
You can download a free preset package with Trance chord progressions and patterns at http://feelyoursound.com/packages/trance-explosion/. Several tutorial videos explain the techniques and tricks behind bass lines, rhythmic plucks, lead melodies, and chords.
There is no separate full version. Just download the demo and enter the serial that you received from share-it (my payment processor).
Start the demo and you will see a registration box. Or simply use the menu: Help -> Register.
Screen size should be 1200 x 780 or above. Windows Vista, 7, 8 and up + macOS 10.7 (64 bit processor) and up are supported. Please try before you buy!
The demo is limited to a few scales (full version: 300+). You can only save songs, chord progressions, and patterns, not load them. There are only six instrument channels available (full version: 15). You can export MIDI files only for a few times per session.
Please take a look at this list.
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Simply download the current version from the Download Page. Windows: The installer will autodetect your license key if you install to the same folder as before. macOS: Just copy the Sundog.app over your existing Sundog version in the Application folder - Sundog will keep all your previous settings intact.
Yes, you can activate both Mac and Windows versions with the same serial.
Yes, this is allowed - as long as these computers belong to you and you don't use them at the same time. So using Sundog on your Mac in the morning and on your PC in the evening is perfectly fine. Running Sundog on two computers at once would require an additional license though.
Yep. Take a look at this file.
Unfortunately Avast displays a false warning from time to time. I never saw this happen with a different antivirus software. If you are in doubt you can always upload Sundog to VirusTotal. This free online service will scan the file with over fifty engines - and they never found a virus (I do this before every upload myself to be sure that they are safe).
By default loopMIDI (which is NOT the same as LoopBe, btw!) will only run for one Windows session. loopMIDI won't start automatically if you restart Windows. On some computers this might confuse Sundog. To fix this you should configure loopMIDI to start automatically. Please do this: Start loopMIDI, right-click the icon in the system tray, activate the automatic startup action.
Please make sure that both Sundog and your DAW run either with administrator privileges or without them. Using different privileges might lead to problems. If you still cannot get the drag and drop feature to work please write me a mail and tell me which DAW you use. It should be possible to export to Explorer / Finder, though.
Please take a look at the free VirtualMIDISynth. "VirtualMIDISynth is a software MIDI synthesizer implemented as a Windows multimedia user driver, accessible as a standard MIDI Out device. [...] Load up to 30 SoundFonts and chain them."
I never tried it myself. The MIDI channeling should work (take a look at the Wine Database for XotoPad for more hints. Thanks go out to Denis Comtesse for testing and the instructions!). But I'm not sure whether the timing will be good enough. If you try it I would be happy to hear from you! My contact details can be found here.