Routing In Surround; Downmixing - CAKEWALK SONAR User Manual

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Routing in Surround

Tracks can send output to a surround bus, the Surround Main, or a hardware output. If a track is
routed to a surround bus or the Surround Main, it has surround meters and a surround panner. You can
route any track or bus to another bus, the Surround Main or a hardware out. However, you are
prevented from creating a signal loop by routing the signal back into a bus that is already in the signal
flow. The following table lists how each of these routing options affects the signal:
Signal Flow
Track to stereo bus
Mono track to surround bus
Stereo track to surround bus
Track to hardware output
Stereo bus to stereo bus
Stereo bus to surround bus or the Surround
Main
Stereo bus to hardware output
Surround bus to stereo bus
Surround bus to surround bus or the
Surround Main
To Assign a Track to a Surround Bus or Surround Main
• Click in the track's output field and select a surround bus, the Surround Main, or New Surround
Bus as an output.

Downmixing

Downmixing is a way of previewing your surround project in stereo only. There are various cases where
surround is not available and it may be that someone plays your project in stereo only. A radio broadcast
is a good example. Downmixing is a valuable tool for determining if your project will sound good in
stereo. However, you can export your project in stereo, and SONAR uses your downmix settings to
create your exported file.
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Result
No change
Mono signal is routed to both Left and Right
channels of surround format. You can change the
routing to other surround channels by using the
surround panner on the track.
Stereo left channel is routed to Left channel of
surround format; stereo right channel is routed to
Right channel of surround format. You can change
the routing to other surround channels by using
the surround panner on the track.
No change
No change
Stereo left channel is routed to Left channel of
surround format; stereo right channel is routed to
Right channel of surround format. You can change
the routing to other surround channels by using
the surround panner on the stereo bus.
No change
Surround channels are downmixed to stereo
No change