Instruction Manual

608 Mixing
Freeze Tracks and Synths
and enables the FX bin.
• Quick Unfreeze Track—hides and mutes the bounced audio, restores
the original audio to the way it was before the last freeze or quick freeze
command, and enables the FX bin. Bounced audio is retained,
however, and toggling between Quick Freeze and Quick Unfreeze
should be instantaneous.
• Quick Freeze Track—only available after a Quick Unfreeze, the Quick
Freeze function redisplays and unmutes the bounced audio
instantaneously and disables the FX bin.
The following are the available commands for synth freezing:
• Freeze Synth—audio from a soft synth is bounced and placed on the
synth’s track. Output from the synth is disabled, as is the FX bin on the
synth track.
• Unfreeze Synth—discards bounced audio, enables the synth and track
FX bin. Bounced audio is discarded, and will be re-bounced if you
choose Freeze again.
• Quick Unfreeze Synth—hides and mutes the bounced audio, enables
the synth and track FX bin. Bounced audio is retained, and toggling
between Quick Freeze and Quick Unfreeze should be instantaneous.
• Quick Freeze Synth—only available after a Quick Unfreeze, the Quick
Freeze function redisplays and unmutes the bounced audio
instantaneously, disables the synth, and any effects on the synth track.
Note 1: An Unfreeze or Quick Unfreeze command restores the audio on a
track to the way it was before the last Freeze or Quick Freeze command.
Any editing you do to a frozen track is discarded when you Unfreeze or
Quick Unfreeze the track.
Note 2: You control the bit depth of all rendering operations (bouncing,
freezing, applying effects) on the Audio Data tab of the Global Options
dialog (Options-Global command) in the Render Bit Depth field. The
default value of 32 is the best for most situations. See Bit Depths for
Rendering Audio for more information.
To Freeze a Track
1. Right-click on a track.
2. Select Freeze-Freeze Track from the menu that appears.
SONAR bounces the audio in the track to a new audio clip or clips, applies
any effects, and disables the FX bin.