Specifications

Now, the next time you start Windows, you can choose a system

configuration to fit your needs for that computing session. The only

setting from the list of tweaks that isn’t saved in a Hardware Profile is the

screen saver setting. You have to change it manually each time. Yeah, I

know it’s a bummer. Personally, I always leave the screen saver disabled.

If I know I’m going to be away from the computer for more than fifteen

minutes, I just turn off the monitor.

Find Help When You Need It

Cakewalk provides a number of ways for you to find help when you’re

having a problem with SONAR. The two most obvious places to look are

the user’s guide and the SONAR Help file. Actually, these two sources

contain basically the same information, but with the Help file, you can

perform a search to find something really specific. At the first signs of

trouble, you should go through the included troubleshooting information.

If you can’t find an answer to your problem there, then you can pay a

visit to the Cakewalk Web site.

TIP

With all this talk about computer system specifications, I thought you might be

interested to know about the computer system I use to run SONAR. I picked

all of the components myself and had Aberdeen, Inc. (www.aberdeeninc.com)

build the base system for me. The system components are as follows:

䊳 ABIT BE6-II Pentium III ATX motherboard

䊳 Intel Pentium III processor 700 MHz w/256 K L2

䊳 Pentium III heatsink with cooling fan

䊳 256 MEG SDRAM 168-pin DIMM PC100 memory

䊳 Promise Ultra66 PCI IDE Controller

䊳 Teac 3.5 1.44 MB floppy drive

䊳 WD Expert WD205BA hard drive 20.5 GB 9ms 7200rpm Ultra/66

䊳 Addtronics Super Tower ATX 8x5.25/3x3.5 300W ATX

I added the following components myself:

䊳 Creative Encore 6X PC-DVD drive

䊳 Ricoh MP7060A CD-RW drive

䊳 Diamond Stealth III S540 video card

䊳 Sound Blaster Live! sound card

In addition, I usually use a high-end audio interface for recording, but

because I review many different products for Electronic Musician magazine,

this component changes from time to time.

http://www.muskalipman.com

Getting Started with SONAR — Chapter 2