Reference Guide

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Software Instruments
Using the Assignable Controls Feature
The Export Audio dialog box appears.
3. In the Look in field, choose the location where you want the new, exported file to be.
4. Type a file name in the File name field.
5. Choose the type of file, the format, and the bit depth of the new file you’re creating—for MP3 use
16 bits.
6. In the Mix Enables field, make sure all choices are selected.
7. Click OK.
SONAR creates a new audio file of the type you specified. Find the file in the folder you specified,
and double-click it to listen to it.
See:
Drawing Soft Synth Automation in the Clips Pane
Synth Rack View
Using the Assignable Controls Feature
You can create knobs on the Synth Rack to control any of a synth’s automatable parameters (each
knob learns what parameter to control when you create the knob). This makes it easy to adjust the
controls that you use most often on a particular synth, and also lets you record automation from the
Synth Rack. After you create some control knobs, the next time you insert the same synth, you can
choose to display the same control knobs that you used previously.
You can also group control knobs on the Synth Rack, and use Remote Control to move the knobs.
To Create Control Knobs on the Synth Rack
1. In the Synth Rack, open the property page (interface) of the synth that you want to create knobs
for.
2. In that synth’s strip of controls in the Synth Rack, click the Assign Controls button to enable it.
3. While the Assign Controls button is enabled, click on each control in the synth’s property page
that you want to create a knob for.
4. When you’re finished clicking on controls, click the Assign Controls button to disable it.
The Synth Rack displays knobs for the controls you selected, with the each knob’s name displayed
below each knob. Now you can adjust some of the synth’s parameters by moving the appropriate
knob in the Synth Rack.
To Hide or Show Control Knobs on the Synth Rack
• In the Synth Rack, click the Show/Hide Assigned Controls button.