Instruction Manual

280 Recording
Importing Music and Sound
• Description—A brief description of the contents of the Broadcast wave.
Limited to 256 characters.
• Originator—The author of the Broadcast wave. This information is
taken from the Author field in the File Info dialog.
• Originator Reference—A unique reference identifier created by
SONAR.
• Origination Date—The date the file was created.
• Origination Time—The time the file was created.
• Time Reference—The SMPTE time stamp for the beginning of
broadcast wave.
To import a Broadcast Wave file:
1. If you want SONAR to import Broadcast Wave files always at their
timestamped location, select Options-Global, click the Audio Data tab
and check the Always Import Broadcast Waves At Their Timestamp
option. Otherwise, set the Now Time and current track to indicate
where the audio should be placed.
2. Choose File-Import-Audio to display the Open dialog box.
3. Choose the audio file you want to import. SONAR displays information
about the file at the bottom of the dialog box.
4. Click Play to listen to the audio file before importing.
5. If the new file is stereo, check the Stereo Split option if you want to
insert the file into two separate tracks.
6. Click Open.
If the Always Import Broadcast Waves At Their Timestamp option is
selected in the Global Options dialog, the imported Broadcast Wave file
appears at its timestamp on the selected track. Otherwise, the file appears
at the Now Time on the selected track.
Importing Audio CD Tracks
The File-Import-Audio CD command lets you import tracks from audio
CD’s into any track of a project.
Audio tracks on a CD always have a bit depth of 16, but you can choose to
import the tracks at a higher bit depth if desired.