Reference Guide

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Using real-time effects

Mixing

To solo track/bus from plug-in window

When tweaking an effect, it is often desirable to only hear the audio that is passing through the

effect.

A Solo button is available on all plug-in property pages, which allows you to quickly solo the

track or bus that the effect is inserted on while adjusting the plug-in. The Solo button functions the

exact same way as the Solo button on the source track/bus.

Figure 246. A Solo button is available on each plug-in property page

A. Solo button

See:

“Soloing tracks” on page 195

“Muting and soloing soft synth tracks” on page 788

“Audio effects (audio plug-ins)” on page 772

Bypassing effects globally

SONAR allows you to globally bypass all audio effects in a project. You can also choose to only

bypass effects of a specific category (track, bus or clip).

With global effects bypass, you can:

• Quickly compare (A/B) a dry versus a wet mix.

• Temporarily bypass all inline plug-in delay compensation (PDC) effects in order to avoid delay

compensation induced latency while tracking virtual instruments or input monitored tracks.

• Temporarily reduce CPU consumption.

SONAR also has the ability to bypass effects at a per-effect level (effects bypass) as well as at an

effects bin level (bin bypass). Any existing effects and bin bypass states are preserved when you

globally bypass and unbypass effects.

Note: If you solo a software instrument in the Synth Rack, the Solo button will also affect all

associated MIDI and audio tracks.