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Confidence recording and waveform preview
Recording
Confidence recording and waveform preview
When you’re recording audio or MIDI data, SONAR gives you many visual cues that tracks are
armed and that SONAR is recording data.
When one or more tracks are armed:
•The Arm button in each armed track turns red.
• The Clips pane next to each armed track gets a reddish hue.
•The Arm / Disarm All Tracks button the Control Bar’s Mix module is lit.
While you’re recording, SONAR displays these cues:
• Audio tracks display a waveform preview in the area in the Clips pane where you’re recording.
This is actually a visual record of the record meter’s progress. When you stop recording, SONAR
displays the actual waveform, which is slightly different from the preview. The preview is a
snapshot taken at certain time intervals, while the actual waveform represents all the data that is
recorded.
• MIDI tracks display the actual data that they record, both in the Clips pane and the Piano Roll
view (not the Staff view).
• Automation envelopes and nodes are drawn in real time as the automation data is being
recorded.
If you want to turn off the real-time display of audio clips, see the following procedure.
To turn off waveform preview for audio recording
Go to Edit > Preferences > Customization - Display and clear the Display Waveform Preview
While Recording check box.
Now when you record audio tracks, a red swath appears in the Clips pane in the area you’re
recording.