Reference Guide

250 Recording

Creating a new project

You can add music and sound to an existing project or to a new project. Just as in any Windows

program, you open an existing project file using the File > Open command, and create a new project

file using the File > New command.

When you create a new SONAR project, there are some additional parameters you can set to make

it easier to work on your project. These include:

• Meter and key signatureMetronome and tempo settings

• Audio sampling rate

• MIDI timing resolutionSee:

“Creating a new project” on page 250

“Setting the Meter and Key signatures” on page 252

“Setting the Metronome and Tempo settings” on page 253

“Setting the audio sampling rate and bit depth” on page 256

Using per-project audio folders

For ease of backing up your audio files in a project, SONAR allows you to use a separate audio

folder for each project. This feature is off by default.

To enable per-project audio

1. Go to Edit > Preferences > File - Audio Data.

2. Select the Use Per-Project Audio Folders check box and click OK.

Creating a new project file

When you create a new project you are asked to choose a template to use for your new file. If you

have per-project audio folders enabled (for more information, see “Using per-project audio folders”

on page 250), you are also asked to specify a file name, the folder where you want to store the file,

and the folder where you want to store the file’s audio. You can override per-project audio by

unchecking the Store Project Audio in its Own Folder option.

SONAR includes a set of templates you can use to create a new project. These templates include

common types of ensembles, such as rock quartets, jazz trios, and classical full orchestras. When

you create a new project using one of these templates, SONAR creates a project that has MIDI

settings predefined so that one track is set up for each of the instruments in the ensemble. SONAR

Note: If you use the default project that is created when you open SONAR, you are not using

per-project audio. You must use the Copy All Audio with Project option in the Save As dialog

box to create a per-project audio folder. For more information, see “To save an existing project

using per-project audio” on page 1176.