CAKEWALK sonar x3, Reference Manual

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Recording
Creating a new project
Creating a new project
You can add music and sound to an existing project or to a new project. Just as in any Windows
program, you open an existing project file using the
File > Open command, and create a new project
file using the File > New command.
When you create a new SONAR project, there are some additional parameters you can set to make
it easier to work on your project. These include:
• Meter and key signature
• Metronome and tempo settings
• Audio sampling rate
• MIDI timing resolution
See:
“Creating a new project” on page 268
“Setting the Meter and Key signatures” on page 270
“Setting the Metronome and Tempo settings” on page 272
“Setting the audio sampling rate and bit depth” on page 274
Using per-project audio folders
For ease of backing up your audio files in a project, SONAR allows you to use a separate audio
folder for each project. This feature is off by default.
To enable per-project audio
1. Go to Edit > Preferences > File - Audio Data .
2. Select the Use Per-Project Audio Folders check box and click OK .
Note: If you use the default project that is created when you open SONAR, you are not using
per-project audio. You must use the Copy All Audio with Project option in the Save As dialog
box to create a per-project audio folder. For more information, see “To save an existing project
using per-project audio” on page 1288.