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Changing track settings
Controlling playback
2. Choose Set All Bus Outputs from the context menu.
The Output port submenu appears.
3. Select the desired audio output port.
The audio output port is assigned to all stereo buses
Assigning tracks to mono hardware outputs
SONAR lets you assign audio track and bus outputs to individual (mono) hardware outputs in
addition to stereo pairs.
This is very useful, for example, if you record in SONAR but want to use an external mixing console
to mix.
To show mono hardware outputs
SONAR does not show mono hardware outputs by default. To show mono outputs, do the following:
1. Go to Edit > Preferences > Audio - Devices.
2. Select the Show Mono Outputs check box and click OK.
Mono hardware outputs are now available in all locations that display audio output ports, with the
exception of the Media Browser view, Loop Construction view and Import Audio dialog box.
Each available audio port exposes Left, Right and Stereo channels.
Assigning stereo tracks to mono outputs
When a stereo track is assigned to a mono hardware output, the left and right channels are
downmixed to mono. All track/bus gain and pan settings are applied prior to mono conversion.
Backward compatibility
Loading a SONAR X2 project with mono output assignments in an earlier version SONAR will cause
the mono assignments to be lost.
Note: Only hardware main outputs may be assigned, not other buses.
Note: The Show Mono Outputs option only affects the display of mono hardware outputs in
SONAR; it does not affect current output port assignments on tracks and buses. Existing mono
output assignments are retained even if you disable the Show Mono Outputs option.