Reference Guide

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Recording
Input monitoring
To eliminate the echo from input monitoring
1. Open the software mixer that controls your sound card. If your sound card uses the Windows
mixer, open the mixer by using the Start > Programs > Accessories > Entertainment >
Volume Control command, or double-clicking the speaker icon on the Windows taskbar.
2. In the Play Control window of the mixer, check the Mute check box in the Line-In column, or in
the column of whatever jack your instrument is plugged into, and close the mixer window.
Now you can hear only the processed sound when you use input monitoring. Using WDM or ASIO
drivers for your sound card keeps latency to a negligible amount.
To enable input monitoring when arming tracks
SONAR makes it possible to automatically enable input monitoring when arming a track for
recording. To do so, hold down the SHIFT key while you click on a track’s Arm button . Likewise,
holding down the SHIFT key while disabling record during playback will disable input monitoring.
To automatically disable input monitoring during playback
Go to Edit > Preferences > Audio - Playback and Recording and clear the Disable Input
Monitoring during Playback check box.
When this option is enabled, input monitoring will be disabled on all tracks during playback but not
during recording.
See also:
“Live Input PDC override” on page 279
“Arming tracks for recording” on page 259
Note: This procedure does not eliminate feedback from your system, only the echo. If you
experience feedback, you have a feedback loop somewhere in your mixer setup.
Warning: Be extremely careful when enabling input monitoring on an armed track if you are
working in a room that contains both live microphones and studio monitors. In such a scenario,
enabling input monitoring on an armed track can result in an extremely loud feedback loop
between the mirophones and monitors and can damage your ears and speakers.