Instruction Manual

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SONAR Basics
Introduction
1. Use the Options-Global command to open the Global Options dialog.
2. On the General tab, you can adust these options:
• Enable X-Ray—enable or disable this checkbox to turn the X-Ray
Windows feature on or off.
• Opacity—adjust this value by typing in a value, or by clicking and
holding the + or - button to adjust the final opacity percentage value
that an X-Rayed window reaches.
• Fade Out Time—adjust this value by typing in a value, or by clicking
and holding the + or - button to adjust the amount of time that an X-
Rayed window takes to reach its final opacity percentage value.
• Fade In Time—adjust this value by clicking and holding the + or -
button to adjust the amount of time that an X-Rayed window takes
to restore its original opacity.
3. Click OK to close the dialog and accept your changes.
To Exclude a Plug-in from X-Ray Capablity
Some plug-ins (very few) use DirectDraw to create their windows. These
windows appear jittery when X-Rayed.
To exclude a plug-in from X-Ray Capablity, follow these steps:
1. Open the Cakewalk Plug-in Manager: use the Tools-Cakewalk Plug-in
Manager command.
2. In the Plug-in Categories window, select the category that the plug-in
you want to exclude is in.
3. In the Registered Plug-ins window, select the plug-in that you want to
exclude.
4. If the plug-in is a DirectX effect or an MFX, write down (or select and
copy) the CLSID value that’s in the CLSID field at the bottom of the
dialog.
5. If the plug-in is a VST or VSTi, write down the VST ID value that’s in the
VST ID field at the bottom of the dialog.
6. Close the Plug-in Manager dialog.
7. Open the
XRAYEXCLUDE.INI file that’s in your SONAR program folder
(use Notepad).
8. At the end of the file, find the [EffectProps View] section.
You will see entries such as the following: