Instruction Manual

1054 New Features in SONAR 7
New Audio File Formats
loops).
• File-Export-Audio
CWP file persistence for 64-bit sample offsets
The SONAR project file format now supports writing 64-bit sample offsets
for regions and clips. When a project containing 64-bit sample times is
detected, saving that project automatically rewrites it in this new format.
Note: Projects that contain 64-bit sample times are incompatible with
SONAR 6 and earlier.
New Audio File Formats
SONAR 7 can import and export several new audio formats.
See:
New Import Formats
New Export Formats
New Import Formats
• Sony Wave64 (*.w64)—The Sony Wave64 file format is similar to the
RIFF format, but is a true 64-bit file format designed to overcome the
size limitations of the RIFF format.
For more information, see Sony Wave-64 Support.
• Apple AIFF (*.aif, *.aifc, *.aiff)—Audio Interchange File Format, co-
developed by Apple Inc., is most commonly used on Apple Macintosh
computer systems.
• NeXT/Sun (*.au, *.snd)—Au is the standard audio file format used by
Sun, Unix and Java. The audio in au files can be 8-bit or 16-bit PCM or
compressed with the µLaw, alaw or G729 codecs.
• FLAC (*.flac)—FLAC stands for Free Lossless Audio Codec, which is
somewhat similar to MP3, but lossless. Audio in a FLAC file is
compressed without any loss in quality.
• Sound Designer II (*.sd2)—Sound Designer II is the native format of
DigiDesign’s Sound Designer pro audio software and is also used
natively by Macromedia DECK II and many applications. SD2 files can
be mono or interleaved stereo.
• Core Audio Format (*.caf)—Core Audio Format is a new 64-bit audio