Instruction Manual

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Bouncing Tracks
Mixing
• Entire Mix—choosing this option bounces your entire mix down to a
new mono track, stereo track, or two to eight new mono tracks (the
Split Mono option), depending on whether the output is a stereo
output or the Surround Main, and depending on what you choose in
the Channel Format field.
8. Select a channel format: the kind of track(s) you want to create with
your bounce.
9. Select source buses or tracks.
10. Select the kind of dithering you want for your bounce, or select None.
• In the Mix Enables field, choose the elements you want to include in the
mixdown. If you want to exclude muted tracks and/or include only
soloed tracks, make sure Track Mute/Solo is checked. Make sure Fast
Bounce is checked, otherwise the bounce process will take as long as it
takes to play your selected track data in real time. Usually, you also
want to check 64-bit Mix Engine. This option lets you turn on the 64-bit
mix engine temporarily while you bounce your tracks. This produces a
higher-quality bounce without taxing your CPU during the rest of your
session.
Note 1: If you have patched a synth into a track or bus, make sure you
check Track FX to include synths that are patched into tracks, and
check Bus FX to include synths that are patched into buses.
Note 2: If you don’t check Track Automation, any initial volume and pan
settings in an exported track are ignored and the track’s audio data will
be exported at the level that exists in the track, with pan set to center. If
you don’t check Clip Automation, any trim settings are ignored during
export.
11. If you want to save your settings as a preset, type a name for them in
the Preset window, and then click the floppy disk icon that’s next to the
Preset window.
12. Click OK.
SONAR mixes the audio data and a new track or tracks appear in your
project.
Preparing to Create an Audio CD
You can create an audio CD from any wave file or files (extension .wav) of
up to either 74 or 80 minutes (depending on the recordable CD media you
have). If your projects are audio only, you can simply mix down to a stereo
wave file. If your projects contain MIDI, you must first convert the MIDI