Instruction Manual

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Signal Flow
Mixing
5. In a track module that you want to patch through the bus, do the
following:
• Drag the Bus Send Level control for the bus to the approximate
level you want.
• Drag the Bus Send pan to the approximate setting you want.
• Click the Bus Enable button for the appropriate bus.
6. Repeat step 5 for all the tracks you want to patch through the bus.
7. In the bus, adjust the Input Gain and Output volume controls to the
approximate level you want.
8. In the bus, drag the Input pan and Output pan controls to the
approximate positions you want.
9. Play your tracks and adjust the Send Level controls, the pan controls,
etc.
To Mute or Solo a Bus
Each bus has a Mute button and a Solo button. These controls act like the
Mute and Solo buttons in a track, but they affect all the signal routed
through the bus.
1. Open the Track view or the Console view.
2. Click the Mute or Solo button in the bus you want to mute or solo.
To Display the Audio Waveform of a Bus
• Enable the bus’s Waveform Preview button . This displays the
waveform of the audio that is flowing through the bus.
Main Outs
Each enabled hardware channel has a main out channel strip in the
Console view. Main outs are the final destination for all of your audio in
SONAR. Main outs accept input from both tracks and buses.
Main outs contains a left channel and a right channel, but only one volume
fader. You control the left/right balance of each main out with the balance
slider.
Here’s what you can do in a main out module: