Reference Guide

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External Insert plug-in (Producer and Studio only)
Mixing
Automatable parameters
The External Insert plug-in exposes the following automatable parameters:
• Send Gain
• Return Gain
• Phase Invert
• Left Mute
• Right Mute
• Mono
See:
“Automating effects” on page 1036
To use an external effect in a SONAR project
1. Make sure your external gear is connected to your audio interface and turned on.
The external gear’s audio input must be connected to one of your audio interface’s output ports
and the external gear’s audio output must be connected to one of your audio interface’s input
ports.
2. Right-click an effects bin and select External Insert from the pop-up menu.
The External Insert property page appears.
3. Click the Send Port control and choose the audio port that is connected to your external gear’s
audio input.
4. Click the Return Port control and choose the audio port that is connected to your external gear’s
audio output.
5. Click the Delay Measurement control to measure the round-trip delay through your audio
hardware.
The round-trip time for the signal to return is measured and displayed on the button. This is the
delay that will be compensated for in SONAR to keep the track in sync with the rest of the
project. For information about testing the delay measurement, see “Testing the delay
measurement” on page 880 and “When to measure the delay” on page 881.
Note: Time-based effects such as reverb and delay can artificially increase the latency
measurement. Before manually measuring the delay, you may want to bypass the external gear
(if Bypass is supported by your external gear).