Creating, playing and saving projects
Getting Started
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Let’s start with the Bass track. Locate the track named
Bass
in the project. Let’s take a closer
look at a few of the track’s controls. If the track controls are not all visible, you may need to
expand the track to see them all.
To expand a track to make all of its controls visible
1.
Point the cursor to the bottom edge of the track.
2.
Click and drag down to reveal all track controls.
Tip:
You can also double-click an empty space in the track strip to maximize/restore the track
strip.
Control
Description
The
Mute
button is used to silence a track during playback. Any tracks that are
muted will not be heard.
The
Solo
button is used to silence every track except the one that is soloed.
This can be handy for isolating a particular performance or recording for
monitoring or mixing purposes. SONAR allows you to solo multiple tracks
simultaneously.
The
Arm
or
Record Enable
button must be enabled on any track that you want
to record onto. For more details, see
Tutorial 3 – Recording vocals and musical
instruments.
The
Input Echo
or
Input Monitor
button, when enabled, allows the track’s
input to be heard directly through its output. For more details, see
Tutorial 3 –
Recording vocals and musical instruments.
The
Write Automation
button, when enabled, allows you to record changes to
adjustable track parameters during playback. For more details, see
Tutorial 7 –
Mixing and adding effects.
The
Freeze
button is used to temporarily convert a synth or instrument track
into an audio track to conserve CPU power.