CAKEWALK sonar x3, Reference Manual

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Basic audio editing
Editing audio
Managing audio data
Because of the great size of audio data, SONAR uses an intelligent scheme for storing audio clips
on disk to conserve disk space and minimize the time it takes to load and save data. Audio data is
not stored directly in your project file, but rather in separate files in a special directory. For more
information, see
“Audio file management” on page 1283.
You can export your project in MP3, WMA, or Wave format. You can also convert your project’s MIDI
data to audio and export it to any of the above formats. For more information, see
“Preparing audio
for distribution” on page 963.
See:
“Digital audio fundamentals” on page 822
Basic audio editing
The Track view lets you perform basic editing tasks such as cut, copy, paste, delete, drag-and-drop,
split, and bounce. You can drag fade-ins and fade-outs onto a clip using your mouse or you can set
complex envelopes on both clips and tracks. You can use envelopes to change settings for gain
(volume), pan, mute, bus send level and bus send pan. The Scrub tool lets you audition portions of
audio by dragging the mouse.
Use the Select tool to make selections.
Here is a summary of the ways in which you can select audio clips:
To do this Do this
Select a single clip Click the bottom half of the clip
Select several clips at once Drag a rectangle around them
Select part of a clip Drag across the top half of the clip
Add clips to the selection Press SHIFT and either click the clips or drag a rectangle around
the clips
Add or remove clips from the selection Press CTRL and either click the clips or drag a rectangle around
the clips
Add or remove clips in a track from the
selection Press CTRL and click the track number
Select clips in a time range Drag in the Time Ruler
Table 151.