Instruction Manual

1032 New Features in SONAR 7

Reload Instrument Definitions

Users of MIDI librarian programs need the ability to update SONAR’s

instrument definitions in real-time, without having to close and restart

SONAR.

When the Reset (Panic) button is pressed, SONAR now closes and

reopens the instrument manager to reload settings from Master.ins and

INSTRMAP.INI.

Any changes made to patch names or other instrument definitions are

reflected immediately.

See:

Instrument Definitions

Sidechaining

SONAR 7 now supports multi-input plug-ins, which are typically sidechain

plug-ins that have two inputs: a primary input and a sidechain input.

When SONAR detects such a plug-in in an FX bin, a virtual output port is

created for each extra input exposed by the plug-in. Audio track, Bus and

Send outputs can be routed to sidechain inputs.

Sidechaining is typically used with compressors to limit one signal

depending on the signal level of another. Common applications are to

reduce the level of a bass guitar when there is a kick drum, or to reduce the

level of music whenever a speaker talks (often used for background music

in radio- and television programs). There are of course many more

applications that are not mentioned here.

SONAR 7 includes the following plug-ins that support sidechaining:

• Boost 11 (Producer Edition only)

• Sonitus Compressor

• Sonitus Gate

• Vintage Channel VC-64 (Producer Edition only)