Reference Guide

Mixing
SONAR lets you mix your projects with tremendous control and flexibility. The extensive bussing
controls, support for DX and VST plug-ins, built-in EQ’s, automation, remote control, metering,
grouping, and freeze features let you design your own style of mixing, with your own workflow.
(Automation is covered in a separate chapter.)
After you finish mixing a project, you can export the project in a variety of audio file formats to create
a CD master or to publish your work on the Internet. You can choose to include all real-time effects
and control movements in the mixed-down tracks that you export (see “Preparing audio for
distribution” on page 888 for more information).
See:
“Preparing to mix” on page 804
“Mixing MIDI” on page 809
“Signal flow” on page 811
“Routing and mixing digital audio” on page 813
“Insert Send Assistant” on page 817
“Metering” on page 820
“Waveform preview for buses and synth tracks” on page 828
“External Insert plug-in (Producer and Studio only)” on page 846
“Effects chains” on page 852
“Using real-time effects” on page 833
“Sidechaining” on page 842
“V-Vocal clips (Producer and Studio only)” on page 860
“Using control groups” on page 876
“Main outs” on page 816
“Using remote control” on page 881
“Bouncing tracks” on page 883
“Preparing audio for distribution” on page 888
“Burning audio CDs” on page 899