Reference Guide

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Mix
New features in SONAR X2
R-MIX SONAR (Producer only)
Figure 359. R-MIX SONAR.
R-MIX SONAR allows you to visually manipulate an audio mix. Powered by Roland’s V-Remastering
technology, R-MIX SONAR lets you see the components of a stereo mix as color-coded clouds of
energy and harmonic matter as the song plays.
Visualizing the sound allows you to use not only your ears but also your eyes to understand the
layout and placement of the instruments. You can select any components of the mix, and freely edit
them. By moving and adjusting the frame provided by R-MIX SONAR Edition, you can mute or
extract specific regions of the visualized sound, in this way altering the volume balance in very
precise ways. You can change and automate panning positions and levels to individual instruments
within a stereo mix, for example, and add effects to each element as desired.
Highlights:
• VST plug-in that can be inserted on a track, clip, and bus FX bin.
• Simple interface with only one intuitive screen to navigate.
• Controls are designed according to natural workflow so you can work effortlessly.
• View the elements of a stereo mix as color-coded clouds of energy and frequency matter
onscreen.
• Freely select, manipulate and automate any element within a stereo mix.
The following are some ideas for how you can use R-MIX SONAR:
• Create “minus-one” type karaoke files from existing songs by lowering the level of a pre-recorded
vocal or any other instrument you select within a mix.
• Remove a vocal from an already-mixed song and re-record an alternate vocal.
• Create your own remixes and mash-ups by using two pairs of stereo tracks within R-MIX SONAR.
• Automate the level and panning of individual instruments in a stereo mix.