Cakewalk © SONAR ™ User’s Guide Information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not repre- sent a commitment on the part of Twelve Tone Systems, Inc. The software described in this document is furnished under a license agreement or nondisclosure agreement. The software may be used or copied only in accordance of the terms of the agreement. It is against the law to copy this software on any medium except as specifically allowed in the agreement. No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, for any purpose without the express written permission of Twelve Tone Systems, Inc. Copyright © 2004 Twelve Tone Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Program Copyright © 2004 Twelve Tone Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. ACID is a trademark of Sonic Foundry, Inc. Cakewalk is a registered trademark of Twelve Tone Systems, Inc. SONAR and the Cakewalk logo are trademarks of Twelve Tone Systems, Inc. Other company and prod- uct names are trademarks of their respective owners. Visit Cakewalk on the World Wide Web at www.cakewalk.com. Table of Contents Preface . xix About This Book . xix Registering SONAR Today . xix Conventions Used in this Book . xx Getting Help . xx 1 Introduction . 21 About SONAR . 22 Music Composition and Exploration . 22 Remixing . 22 Game Sound Development . 22 Sound Production and Engineering . 22 Web Authoring . 23 Film and Video Scoring and Production . 23 Flexibility . 23 Computers, Sound, and Music . 23 MIDI . 23 Digital Audio . 24 Installation and Setup . 25 Installing SONAR . 26 Starting SONAR . 27 SONAR Basics . 31 SONAR File Types . 32 Opening a File . 33 Views . 33 Working on a Project . 44 Windows Taskbar Indicators . 45 Screen Colors and Wallpaper . 45 Starting to Use SONAR . 46 2 Tutorials . 47 Tutorial 1—The Basics . 48 Opening a Project File . 48 Setting Outputs . 48 Playing the Project . 50 Restarting the Project Automatically . 52 Changing the Tempo . .54 Muting and Soloing Tracks . 56 Changing a Track's Instrument . 58 Playing Music on a Keyboard . 59 Tutorial 2—Recording MIDI . 61 Creating a New Project . 61 Recording a MIDI Track . 61 Saving Your Work . 64 Loop Recording . 65 Punch-In Recording . 66 Tutorial 3—Recording Digital Audio . 68 Setting the Sampling Rate . 69 Setting the Audio Driver Bit Depth . 69 Setting the File Bit Depth . 70 Open a New Project . 70 Setting Up an Audio Track . 70 Checking the Input Levels . 70 Recording Digital Audio . 71 Listening to the Recording . 72 Recording Another Take . 72 Input Monitoring . .72 Loop and Punch-In Recording . 73 Recording Multiple Channels . 73 Tutorial 4—Editing MIDI . 74 Transposing . 74 Copying Clips with Drag and Drop . 75 Editing Notes in the Piano Roll View . 75 Slip Editing . 77 Drawing MIDI Envelopes . 78 Converting MIDI to Audio . 79 Tutorial 5—Editing Audio . 81 Opening the Project . 81 Importing a Wave File . 81 Moving and Looping the Clips . 82 Slip Editing a Clip . 83 Automatic Crossfades . 83 Bouncing Tracks . 84 iv Tutorial 6—Using Groove Clips . 85 Adding Groove Clips to a Project . 86 Looping Groove Clips . 87 Changing the Pitch of Groove Clips . 89 Changing the Tempo of Your Project . 90 Creating Your Own Groove Clips . 91 Tutorial 7—Mixing . 95 Adding Real-time Audio Effects . 95 Automating an Individual Effect’s Settings . 96 Grouping Controls . 97 Automating Your Mix . 97 Exporting an MP3 File . ..