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SONAR LE Quick Start Guide

SONAR LE  

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We do not support TASCAM Professional Software SONAR LE. If you need 
customer support, we ask for your consideration of upgrading to SONAR 
X3 series.
For how to use, refer to the help menu of SONAR LE.

Contents

Notations in this manual

In this manual, we use the following conventions:

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Words that appear on the computer display are shown in quotation 
marks like this: “OK”

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Additional information is provided as necessary as tips, notes and 
cautions.

Tip

Describes a tip such as how the device can be used.

Note

Gives a supplementary explanation, an explanation of special 

cases, etc.

Caution

Described when failure to follow the instruction may cause injury 

to a person, damage to the device, or a data loss.

About trademarks

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TASCAM is a trademark of TEAC CORPORATION, registered in the U.S. 
and other countries.

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Microsoft, Windows, Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows Media are 
either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation 
in the United States and/or other countries.

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Cakewalk is a registered trademark or trademark and SONAR LE is a 
trademark of Cakewalk, Inc.

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ASIO is a trademark and software of Steinberg Media Technologies 
GmbH. VST is a trademark of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH.

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Other company names, product names and logos in this document 
are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective 
owners.

Notations in this manual ..........................................................................................1

About trademarks ......................................................................................................1

How to install ...............................................................................................................2

Downloading SONAR LE .....................................................................................2
How to register .......................................................................................................3

How to record ..............................................................................................................3

Recording .................................................................................................................5
Mix-down .................................................................................................................6

Summary of Contents for sonar le

Page 1: ... the instruction may cause injury to a person damage to the device or a data loss About trademarks TASCAM is a trademark of TEAC CORPORATION registered in the U S and other countries Microsoft Windows Windows 7 Windows 8 and Windows Media are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and or other countries Cakewalk is a registered trademark or tradema...

Page 2: ...icense card included in the audio interface 3 Click SONAR LE to download and save an installer A serial number of SONAR LE is displayed at the same time An e mail is sent to the registered address Carefully record the serial number by taking a note or in another way 4 Double click the installer to start up 5 Set the language to English in language selection Check each field and click Next to proce...

Page 3: ...ick Start window is displayed click CLOSE Note Selecting Getting Started will launch a web browser and open an online tutorial We recommend you to refer it Quick Start window 2 From the Edit menu select Preferences 3 Click Devices on the left side of the Preferences screen and select US 200 in the Input Drivers and Output Drivers fields on the right side Select US 200 in each of the Input Drivers ...

Page 4: ...d click OK Note It is useful if the name is after the title of the music etc If there is no appropriate name because the production has not started yet give a name such as test Tip If you select 16 Track Audio in the Template field a project which has 16 audio tracks from the start is created It is useful for recording audio If you are producing a music using a MIDI keyboard or a plug in synthesiz...

Page 5: ...utton for the track to turn on light up in red 3 Click the Record button in the Control bar section on the top side of the screen to start recording 4 After the playing is finished click the Stop button and then click the Arm button to turn off light out Perform other operations such as rewinding as necessary 5 Repeat the above 1 to 4 steps to mix sounds Tip When recording a vocal or acoustic guit...

Page 6: ...ck Set Thru Now of the Transport Bar 2 Move the cursor to the ending point in the same way and click Set Thru Now 3 From the File menu select Export and then Audio 4 Set each field of the Export Audio window and click the Export button On this screen set the name of the file to be exported save location file format sampling rate sampling frequency bit depth bit rate and others 5 When the export is...

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