User's Guide

Playing project files

For this next section we are going to configure the project named SONAR_AudioDemo1.cwp for

playback in SONAR. If you have not opened the project yet using the steps from the previous

section Opening project files, do so before continuing.

Configuring your sound device

Before we can get any sound, we need to ensure that SONAR is communicating with your

computer’s sound card or audio interface. To do so, click on the Options menu across the top of

SONAR’s screen and choose Audio. For this tutorial, there are two pages of this window we are

concerned with. The first is the Drivers tab shown in the following image. To get to this page, click

the Drivers tab. Before you can hear any sound play in SONAR, you have to ensure that the

devices you want to use are selected. An Edirol audio interface is used in the following example, so

all the Input Drivers and Output Drivers check boxes for the Edirol device are selected. Your

device list will most likely be different from the following image.

After you have selected the desired Input and Output devices that you plan to use with SONAR, click

the General tab. In the Playback Timing Master list, select the audio output device that you want

SONAR to treat as the default or main output device. This should be the output on your sound card

that has either speakers or headphones connected to it. In the Record Timing Master list, select

the input on your sound card that you plan to plug devices into, such as a microphone, keyboard or

other instrument.