Reference Guide

188 Controlling playback
Controlling the transport
• Playback will stop when no more data is present going forward.
When disabled:
• Playback will engage if there is no data present in the project at all.
• Playback will continue past the end of a project until the user manually stops playback.
Auto fade when starting/stopping playback
SONAR makes it possible to render a smooth fade in/out whenever audio playback is interrupted.
This can be useful to smooth out abrupt transitions while stopping and starting the transport rapidly
and will reduce ear fatigue during long sessions.
The fade is only applied during playback and is ignored while recording or bouncing audio.
To configure the auto fade times
1. Select Edit > Preferences to open the Preferences dialog box, then click Audio - Playback
and Recording.
2. Adjust the following options:
• Fade On Start (milliseconds). When this option is set to a value greater than zero, starting
playback will cause a gradual fade in of the audio for the specified duration. The valid range is
0–100000 and the default value is 0.
• Fade On Stop (milliseconds). When this option is set to a value greater than zero,
stopping playback will cause a gradual fade out of the audio for the specified duration. The
valid range is 0–100000 and the default value is 0.
Handling stuck notes
Under MIDI, the events that turn notes on are separate from the events that stop notes from playing.
Normally, when you stop playback, SONAR attempts to turn off all notes that are still playing.
Depending on how your equipment is configured, it’s possible for notes to get stuck in the On
position. The Reset MIDI and Audio button in the Transport module is used to stop all notes
from playing. The Reset MIDI and Audio command also stops feedback from input monitoring.
To clear stuck notes
Click the Reset MIDI and Audio button in the Transport module.
See:
“Transport module” on page 504
Note: You can control the MIDI messages that are sent by the Reset MIDI and Audio button
by changing the Panic Strength variable in the Cakewalk.ini file. See “Initialization
files” on page 1287 for more information.