Reference Guide

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New features in SONAR 8.5

Assign tracks to mono hardware outputs

SONAR 8 lets you assign audio track and bus outputs to individual (mono) hardware outputs in

addition to stereo pairs.

This is very useful, for example, if you record in SONAR but want to use an external mixing console

to mix.

To show mono hardware outputs

SONAR does not show mono hardware outputs by default. To show mono outputs, do the following:

1. On the Options meny, click Audio and then click the Drivers tab.

2. Select the Show Mono Outputs check box and then click OK to close the Audio Options dialog.

Mono hardware outputs are now available in all locations that display audio output ports, with the

exception of the Media Browser view, Loop Construction view and Import Audio dialog. Each

available audio port exposes Left, Right and Stereo channels.

Assigning stereo tracks to mono outputs

When a stereo track is assigned to a mono hardware output, the left and right channels are

downmixed to mono. All track/bus gain and pan settings are applied prior to mono conversion.

Backward compatibility

Loading a SONAR 8 project with mono output assignments in an earlier version SONAR will cause

the mono assignments to be lost.

Note: The Show Mono Outputs option only affects the display of mono hardware outputs in

SONAR; it does not affect current output port assignments on tracks and buses. Existing mono

output assignments are retained even if you disable the Show Mono Outputs option.