Reference Guide

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Applying MIDI Effects
Mixing
CPU Usage of Audio Effects
The number of real-time audio effects that your computer can handle depends on the number of
audio tracks in your project, the number and type of effects you want to use, and the type and speed
of your CPU. Certain effects are more CPU-intensive than others, and enabling certain settings
(such as using equalization within the Stereo Reverb) increases CPU usage for those effects.
Applying MIDI Effects
You can destructively apply the MIDI effects in a track’s patch point. This makes it easy for you to
experiment with MIDI effects before you commit to them on a more permanent basis.
To Apply MIDI Effects Destructively
1. In the Track view, select the tracks or clips to be affected.
2. Select Process > Apply MIDI Effects.
3. If desired, select the option to delete the effects after applying them.
4. Click OK.
If you don’t delete effects after applying them, they continue to be active during playback, even
though they have already been applied.
Using Control Groups
SONAR lets you link faders, knobs, or buttons in the Track and Console views into groups. Groups
are collections of controls whose movements are linked together. For example:
•Two Volume faders or controls can be grouped so that when you increase or decrease the
volume of one track, the volume of the other track changes in exactly the same way.
•Four Mute buttons can be grouped so that when you click on the Mute button to mute track 1,
tracks 1 and 2 are muted and tracks 3 and 4 are un-muted.
The Console view and Track view identify controls, knobs and faders that are grouped using a
colored group indicator that is displayed on the controls in each group. The controls in group A are
displayed with a red indicator, the controls in group B with a green indicator, and so on. Controls,
faders and knobs can be grouped together.
When you group buttons together, the way they work is based on their position when you create the
group:
• Buttons that are in the same position when grouped will turn on and off together at all times.
• Buttons that are in opposite positions when grouped will always remain in opposite positions.
When you group buttons with knobs or faders, the button turns on/off when the knob or fader
reaches its halfway point.