Reference Guide

860 Mixing
Freeze tracks and synths
To Freeze a soft synth
Do one of the following:
• In the Track view, click any associated track’s Freeze button .
• Right-click a synth track or a synth’s MIDI track, and choose Freeze > Freeze Synth from the
menu that appears.
• In the Synth Rack (Synth tab in the Browser), click the Freeze/Unfreeze button .
SONAR bounces the synth’s audio data to the synth track. SONAR disables the synth’s output, and
disables the effects bin on the synth track.
To Unfreeze a synth
Do one of the following:
• In the Track view, click any associated track’s Freeze button .
• Right-click a synth MIDI or audio track, and choose Freeze > Unfreeze Synth from the menu that
appears.
• In the Synth Rack, click the Freeze/Unfreeze button , and choose Freeze > Unfreeze Synth
from the menu that appears.
SONAR discards bounced audio, enables the synth and the synth audio track’s effects bin. SONAR
will be re-bounce the audio if you choose Freeze again.
To do a Quick Unfreeze of a synth
Do one of the following:
• Hold down the SHIFT key and click any associated track’s Freeze button .
• Right-click a frozen synth MIDI or audio track, and choose Freeze > Quick Unfreeze Synth from
the menu that appears.
• In the Synth Rack, click the Freeze/Unfreeze button , and choose Freeze > Quick Unfreeze
Synth from the menu that appears.
SONAR hides and mutes the bounced audio, enables the synth and track effects bin. Bounced
audio is retained, and toggling between Quick Freeze and Quick Unfreeze should be
instantaneous.
Note 1: If a soft synth has been inserted to an audio track’s effects bin, the Freeze/Unfreeze
button is not present in the Synth Rack for that synth. To freeze that synth, right-click the track
or the synth’s MIDI track and choose Freeze > Freeze Synth from the menu that appears.
Note 2: A MIDI track can only be frozen if it is routed to a software instrument.