Reference Guide

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Preferences dialog

• Always Import Broadcast Waves at Their Timestamp. Forces SONAR to ignore the Now

Time when importing Broadcast Wave files. When this option is checked, Broadcast Waves begin

at their SMPTE timestamp in your project.

• Export Broadcast Waves By Default. Check this option if you want the Broadcast Waves

option to appear by default in the Export Audio dialog.

• Apply SMPTE Offset to Broadcast Wave Timestamps. Check this option if you want to add

the SMPTE/MTC Offset value (listed in Edit > Preferences > Project - Clock) to the timestamps

of the Wave files that you export from SONAR.

• Allow importing of WAV File Cue Markers. Check this option if you want SONAR to import

cue markers that may exist in wave files.

Many field recorders, such as the Edirol R-4, can add cue markers to the wave files that they

record. If you import these wave files into SONAR, the markers appear as standard SONAR

markers on the Time Ruler.

Marker names are based on the imported file name, and are numbered sequentially, with a limit of

16 characters <file name…> 1, <file name…> 2, etc.

File Bit Depths

• Record Bit Depth. Use this field to choose the bit depth that recorded audio data will use. You

can change this at any time.

• Render Bit Depth. Use this field to choose the bit depth that audio processing (freezing,

bouncing, applying effects) will use. The default value of 32 allows virtually lossless processing.

• Import Bit Depth. Use this field to choose the bit depth that imported audio will use. The default

choice of Original keeps the imported audio at its current bit depth.

Per-Project Audio

• Use Per-Project Audio Folders. This option is on by default, and allows you to use a different

audio data folder for each project.