Reference Guide

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Recording

Creating a new project

You can add music and sound to an existing project or to a new project. Just as in any Windows

program, you open an existing project file using the File > Open command, and create a new project

file using the File > New command.

When you create a new SONAR project, there are some additional parameters you can set to make

it easier to work on your project. These include:

• Meter and key signature

• Metronome and tempo settings

• Audio sampling rate

• MIDI timing resolution

See:

Creating a new project

Setting the Meter and Key signatures

Setting the Metronome and Tempo settings

Setting the audio sampling rate and bit depth

Using per-project audio folders

For ease of backing up your audio files in a project, SONAR allows you to use a separate audio

folder for each project. This feature is off by default.

To enable per-project audio

1. Select Options > Global.

The Global Options dialog appears.

2. Click the Audio Data tab.

3. In the Audio Data tab, click the Use Per-Project Audio Folders option.

4. Click OK.

Creating a new project File

When you create a new project you are asked to choose a template to use for your new file. If you

have per-project audio folders enabled (for more information, see the online help topic Using per-

project audio folders), you are also asked to specify a file name, the folder where you want to store

Note: If you use the default project that is created when you open SONAR, you are not using

per-project audio. You must use the Copy All Audio with Project option in the Save As dialog

to create a per-project audio folder. For more information, see “To Save an Existing Project

Using Per-project Audio” on page 838.