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Tutorial 7—Mixing
Tutorials
Next Step: Automating Your Mix.
Automating Your Mix
You can record the fader movements of the mix, which is called
automating them. Let’s automate the volume fader of track 4. To do so:
1. Rewind to the beginning of the project.
2. Make sure the Write Automation button is enabled on track 4.
3. Display the Automation toolbar by using the Views-Toolbars-
Automation command.
4. Make sure that the Enable Automation Playback button in the
Automation toolbar is in the depressed position and lit blue.
5. Start playback, and while your mix is playing back, move the volume
fader on track 4.
6. Stop playback by clicking the Stop button or by pressing the Spacebar.
You’ve now automated the volume fader of track 4 of your project—SONAR
draws a graph (an envelope) of the automation in the Clips pane of track 4.
You can hide or show envelopes by using the dropdown arrow located on
the side of the Envelope tool button in the Track view toolbar, or by
using the Clips pane popup menu, or the Envelope Editing menu. Now let’s
listen to the project again and watch the fader move automatically:
1. Rewind to the beginning.
2. Press the Spacebar to start playing the project.
You’ll see the fader move just the way it moved when you recorded its
movements. You can compare this mix to a mix with no automation by
clicking the Enable Automation Playback button and playing your project
again. Clicking the Enable Automation Playback button toggles the
automation off and on.
You can disable all automation write-enabled controls by clicking the Clear
All Automation Write Enables button in the Automation toolbar.
Next Step: Exporting an MP3 File.
Exporting an MP3 File
When your project finally sounds the way you want, you can export it in any
or all of several file formats, including:
• Wave (CD format)