Reference Guide

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Recording
Importing Music and Sound
To import a Broadcast Wave file:
1. If you want SONAR to import Broadcast Wave files always at their timestamped location, select
Options > Global, click the Audio Data tab and check the Always Import Broadcast Waves At
Their Timestamp option. Otherwise, set the Now Time and current track to indicate where the
audio should be placed.
2. Choose File > Import > Audio to display the Open dialog box.
3. Choose the audio file you want to import. SONAR displays information about the file at the bottom
of the dialog box.
4. Click Play to listen to the audio file before importing.
5. If the new file is stereo, check the Stereo Split option if you want to insert the file into two
separate tracks.
6. Click Open.
If the Always Import Broadcast Waves At Their Timestamp option is selected in the Global
Options dialog, the imported Broadcast Wave file appears at its timestamp on the selected track.
Otherwise, the file appears at the Now Time on the selected track.
Importing Audio CD Tracks
The File > Import > Audio CD command lets you import tracks from audio CD’s into any track of a
project.
Audio tracks on a CD always have a bit depth of 16, but you can choose to import the tracks at a
higher bit depth if desired.
To Import a track from an Audio CD
1. Set the Now time and current track to indicate where the audio should be placed.
2. Insert an audio CD into the computer’s CD drive.
3. Choose File > Import > Audio CD to display the Import Audio CD Tracks dialog box.
4. Make sure the correct CD drive is selected in the Target Drive drop-down list.
5. Choose the audio track you want to import. SONAR displays the length and size of all audio
tracks.
6. Click Play to listen to the audio track before importing.
7. If you wish to import the audio with a different bit depth than the original audio track, choose the
desired bit depth from the Import Bit Depth drop-down list.
8. Click OK.
SONAR loads the audio data from the audio CD and places it in the selected track at the Now time.
Importing Material from Another SONAR Project