Reference Guide

Software instruments

Converting your soft synth tracks to audio

SONAR creates new audio tracks from the outputs you selected. When you’re through converting,

don’t forget to mute your MIDI tracks so you won’t hear them and the new audio track(s) at the same

time.

To export your soft synth tracks as Wave, MP3, or other type files

1. Mute all tracks that you don’t want to export; make sure you don’t mute the synth track or the

audio track that the soft synth is patched into, or the MIDI track(s) that you are using as a source.

2. Use the File > Export > Audio command.

The Export Audio dialog box appears.

3. In the Look in field, choose the location where you want the new, exported file to be.

4. Type a file name in the File name field.

5. Choose the type of file, the format, and the bit depth of the new file you’re creating—for MP3 use

16 bits.

6. In the Mix Enables field, make sure all choices are selected.

7. Click OK.

SONAR creates a new audio file of the type you specified. Find the file in the folder you specified,

and double-click it to listen to it.

See:

“Drawing soft synth automation in the Clips pane” on page 793

“Synth Rack” on page 776

Note: You control the bit depth of all rendering operations (bouncing, freezing, applying effects)

in Edit > Preferences > File - Audio Data, in the Render Bit Depth field. The default value of

32 is the best for most situations. See “Bit depths for rendering audio” on page 1112 for more

information.