Reference Guide

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Recording

The Audio Engine Button

To automatically disable input monitoring during playback

1. Go to Options > Global and click the General tab.

2. Click Disable Input Monitoring during Playback (off by default).

When this option is enabled, input monitoring will be disabled on all tracks during playback but not

during recording.

See also:

Input Monitoring

Arming tracks for recording

The Audio Engine Button

SONAR has a button in the Transport toolbar called the Audio Engine button . This button lets

you turn SONAR’s audio engine off if you’re getting distortion or feedback and want to cut the sound

off. When playback or recording are in progress, SONAR enables the button automatically—

however, the button appears greyed-out during playback or recording because you can’t control the

button at that time. Whenever the button is enabled, the Audio Running message lights up on the

Status bar that’s at the bottom of the SONAR window.

If you experience feedback during input monitoring, you can click the Audio Engine button to turn

off the audio engine. However, if playback or recording are in progress, the button is unavailable,

and you should click the Reset button that’s just to the right of it instead, or else stop recording or

playback first and then click the Audio Engine button.

You may experience slightly better playback and recording performance by turning the Audio

Engine button off before you press the Play or Record buttons. This happens if your computer’s

resources are already stretched to the limit. When you start recording or playback with the audio

engine already functioning, there is still some processing that SONAR has to do that’s left over when

you start the transport. This places an extra load on your system that can cause dropouts if your

system is already stretched thin. A more effective solution than disabling the audio engine before

starting the transport is to reduce the load on your system by hiding some meters, increasing latency

slightly, reducing the number of plug-ins and/or tracks, etc.