Loop Recording - CAKEWALK SONAR User Manual

You may experience slightly better playback and recording performance by turning the Audio Engine
button off before you press the Play or Record buttons. This happens if your computer's resources are
already stretched to the limit. When you start recording or playback with the audio engine already
functioning, there is still some processing that SONAR has to do that's left over when you start the
transport. This places an extra load on your system that can cause dropouts if your system is already
stretched thin. A more effective solution than disabling the audio engine before starting the transport is
to reduce the load on your system by hiding some meters, increasing latency slightly, reducing the
number of plug-ins and/or tracks, etc.

Loop Recording

When recording a vocal or an instrumental section, you might want to record several different takes so
that you can choose the one you like best. You might even want to record several takes to double a part
or merge the best parts of each.
Normally, to record each take you would have to arm a track, start recording, perform the take, and
then stop recording. You can record multiple takes more easily using a feature called loop recording.
Loop recording lets you start recording and record as many takes as you like, all in a single step.
SONAR loops between the loop start and loop end time, allowing you to record one take on each pass.
SONAR creates a clip for each take. You have three choices for where these clips are stored:
• All clips can be recorded in Sound on Sound mode and stored in a single track, where they are
stacked on top of one another.
• All clips can be recorded in Overwrite mode in a single track, where each take is successively
muted except the last one.
• Each clip can be recorded to a different track. SONAR automatically places each take into a new,
empty track. No existing tracks are changed in any way.
When you stack takes, using the Sound on Sound record mode, you hear all the previous takes as you
record each new take. When you store takes in different tracks, each take is automatically muted as you
record the next one. You choose the option you want from the Record Options dialog.
When you finish recording, you can use the Edit-Undo command to erase all your takes in a single
step.
To Use Loop Recording
1. Choose the input for the track(s) you want to record, and arm the track(s) for recording.
2. Set the loop start and end times in either the Loop/Auto Shuttle dialog box or in the Loop toolbar.
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