Reference Guide

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Recording

Creating a new project

You can add music and sound to an existing project or to a new project. Just as in any Windows

program, you open an existing project file using the File > Open command, and create a new project

file using the File > New command.

When you create a new SONAR project, there are some additional parameters you can set to make

it easier to work on your project. These include:

• Meter and key signature

• Metronome and tempo settings

• Audio sampling rate

• MIDI timing resolution

See:

“Creating a new project” on page 246

“Setting the Meter and Key signatures” on page 248

“Setting the Metronome and Tempo settings” on page 249

“Setting the audio sampling rate and bit depth” on page 252

Using per-project audio folders

For ease of backing up your audio files in a project, SONAR allows you to use a separate audio

folder for each project. This feature is off by default.

To enable per-project audio

1. Go to Edit > Preferences > File - Audio Data.

2. Select the Use Per-Project Audio Folders check box and click OK.

Note: If you use the default project that is created when you open SONAR, you are not using

per-project audio. You must use the Copy All Audio with Project option in the Save As dialog

to create a per-project audio folder. For more information, see “To save an existing project using

per-project audio” on page 1100.