Reference Guide

56 Introduction
About SONAR
Film and video scoring and production
SONAR has many of the tools you need to execute audio post-production projects quickly and
efficiently. SONAR provides chase lock sync to time code for frame-by-frame accuracy when
synchronizing audio or MIDI to film or video. Or, you can turn chase lock off to conserve CPU power.
SONAR provides high-quality time stretching and sample-accurate editing with zero-crossing
detection so you can make the fine adjustments you need very quickly and easily. In addition,
SONAR’s support for video files gives you convenient synchronized access to digitized video,
making film and video scoring easier than ever.
Next topic: “Publishing music on the Internet” on page 56.
Publishing music on the Internet
Cakewalk Publisher allows you to easily present and share your music online. With Cakewalk
Publisher, you can create a customized streaming music player with a playlist of your music, upload
it to your personal or band's Web site, and embed it in any other Web site. You can also update your
playlist with album art, links (URLs), and artist, track, & album information.
SoundCloud is an online music sharing service that allows you to upload and share your music with
others online. The integrated Cakewalk SoundCloud application enables you to upload sounds,
artwork, and metadata to the SoundCloud service directly from SONAR.
Next topic: “Burning audio CDs” on page 56.
Burning audio CDs
SONAR has integrated Audio CD burning, which allows you to write your audio tracks to an audio
CD that can be played in any standard CD player.
Next topic: “Flexibility” on page 56.
Flexibility
SONAR works the way you want to work—you can customize screen layouts and audio and MIDI
system configurations to make your work more efficient. SONAR integrates with other sound editing
tools so you can access them in an instant without leaving SONAR. There are custom software
modules to support specialized audio devices from Roland and Yamaha. SONAR’s unique
StudioWare technology provides software interfaces for common studio hardware.
Next topic: “Computers, sound and music” on page 57.