Reference Guide

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Using real-time effects
Mixing
Bypassing effects globally
SONAR allows you to globally bypass all audio effects in a project. You can also choose to only
bypass effects of a specific category (track, bus or clip).
With global effects bypass, you can:
• Quickly compare (A/B) a dry versus a wet mix.
• Temporarily bypass all inline plug-in delay compensation (PDC) effects in order to avoid delay
compensation induced latency while tracking virtual instruments or input monitored tracks.
• Temporarily reduce CPU consumption.
SONAR also has the ability to bypass effects at a per-effect level (effects bypass) as well as at an
effects bin level (bin bypass). Any existing effects and bin bypass states are preserved when you
globally bypass and unbypass effects.
You can selectively unbypass individual effects while in this global bypass state, whick makes it easy
to quickly audition a single effect within a mix.
To globally bypass all effects in a project
• Do one of the following:
• In the Control Bar’s Mix module, click the Bypass all Effects button .
• Press E.
All effects bins in the active project are temporarily bypassed. To restore the bins to their original
state, click the Bypass all Effects button again.
Figure 257. The Mix module.
Note: You can only globally bypass audio effects, not MIDI effects.
Note: The Bypass all Effects option is only a temporary toggle, and is not saved with the
project.