Instruction Manual

1040 New Features in SONAR 7

External Insert Plug-in

SONAR 7 includes a new plug-in called External Insert, which can be

inserted in any audio FX bin.

The purpose of this plug-in is to route audio to and from existing I/O ports in

SONAR, allowing an external audio device to be effectively patched into

any FX bin. This allows you to seamlessly incorporate your favorite

outboard gear in a SONAR project.

The External Insert plug-in is able to measure and automatically

compensate for the round-trip delay through your audio hardware (the time

it takes for the audio to exit you computer, be processed by your external

audio hardware and finally returned to the computer).

External Insert Interface

The left-hand side contains the hardware/external Send controls and the

right-hand side contains the hardware/external Return controls.

Send Stereo Mode buttons:

• L (Left)—This toggle enables/disables the left channel send output

(enabled by default).

• R (Right)—This toggle enables/disables the right channel send output

(enabled by default).

• Mono—This toggle sums the stereo signal to make it dual-mono so the

send output has the same audio on the left and right channels.

Send Level—This is a +/- 24dB trim to the level that is passed to the

external send. This parameter is automatable.

Send VU Meter—This meter shows the signal level being delivered to the

external send. Since this is feeding a sound card output, it is important to

avoid clipping at this stage.

Send Port Picker—This control lets you choose an audio output that

currently has nothing routed to it. This is the port that you should connect to

the input(s) of your external gear. All output ports that are already used in

the project are excluded (except for master buses that have other instances

of the External Insert plug-in routed to them).

Note: Output ports that are used by the External Insert plug-in are

excluded from all track and bus Output controls.

Return Phase Control—This control flips the phase of the signal being

returned to the external return input. This parameter is automatable.