CAKEWALK sonar x3, Reference Manual

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Controlling playback
Changing track settings
To assign a track to an output
1. Click the Output drop-down of the track you want to assign.
2. Select the output you want to use.
To assign a group of tracks to the same output, select the tracks you want to assign, then hold down
the CTRL key and assign the Output control in any selected track. All selected tracks will be
assigned to the same output.
Notification when track/bus outputs are assigned to silent output
When you load a project, SONAR checks to see if the exact same output ports are assigned as
when the project was saved. SONAR’s port assignments can change if you load the project on a
different hardware configuration or change driver models. If there is any discrepancy between the
port assignments that were saved and the ports that are used in the current configuration, the ports
are set to “None” and the
Silent Buses Detected dialog box displays all track and bus outputs from
the current project that have been assigned to a silent output.
The
Silent Buses Detected dialog box also appears if any track or bus output is assigned to None
as a result of changing the audio configuration. For more information, see “Silent Buses Detected
dialog” on page 1907.
To assign the same audio input port to multiple tracks
1. In the Track view, select the tracks whose audio input port you want to assign.
2. Click the small drop-down arrow in any selected track’s Input control .
The Input Port menu appears.
3. Choose Selected Track Inputs from the context menu.
The Track Inputs dialog box opens with the selected tracks initially highlighted. You can modify
the track selection from within the Track Inputs dialog box. For more information, see “Track
Inputs dialog” on page 1895.
4. Select the desired audio input port and click OK .
The audio input port is assigned to all selected audio tracks.
To assign different audio input ports to multiple tracks
1. In the Track view, select the tracks whose audio input port you want to assign.
2. Click the small drop-down arrow in the first selected track’s Input control .
The Input Port menu appears.
3. Choose Selected Track Input Series from the context menu.
Note: Outputs that are used by the External Insert plug-in (see “External Insert plug-in” on page
926) cannot be assigned to track and bus outputs. The only exceptions are master buses that
have other instances of the External Insert plug-in routed to them.