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Confidence Recording and Waveform Preview
Recording
5. Adjust the pitch if necessary and repeat for the rest of the pitches you
need to tune.
To Record Audio
1. Choose the audio inputs for the track(s) you want to record.
2. Arm the tracks for recording. The Clips pane next to each armed track
turns a reddish hue when the track is armed.
3. Set the Now time to the point in the project where you want to start
recording.
4. Click , press r, or choose Transport-Record. If your metronome
count-in is turned on, it will play the count-in measures or beats.
5. Play or perform the material you want to record.
As you record, SONAR displays a waveform preview of the new
material in the Clips pane, unless you’ve turned off the Display
Waveform Preview option on the General tab of the Global Options
dialog (Options-Global command). If you’ve turned off the option,
SONAR displays a red swath along the area of the Clips pane where
you’re recording.
6. Click , press the Spacebar, or choose Transport-Stop to stop
recording.
SONAR displays a clip containing the new material in the Track window. To
listen to the new material, set the Now time to the start of the clip and press
the Spacebar or click . If you’re not happy with the recording, use Edit-
Undo to erase the new material.
If you do not see a new clip in the Clips pane, you may have a problem with
audio input. See “Troubleshooting” for more information.
Important: Make sure you have enough space on your hard disk when
recording digital audio. Running out of hard disk space when recording can
lead to unpredictable results.
Confidence Recording and Waveform
Preview
When you’re recording audio or MIDI data, SONAR gives you many visual
cues that tracks are armed and that SONAR is recording data.
When one or more tracks are armed: