Automating Surround Panning; Joystick Support - CAKEWALK SONAR User Manual

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Automating Surround Panning

You can arm or disarm for automation all the controls in a surround panner by
clicking any control in the surround panner (except LFE Solo), and choosing Arm
for Automation from the popup menu.

Joystick Support

SONAR Producer allows you to use a joystick to control surround panning. A force-
feedback joystick such as the Microsoft® SideWinder® Force Feedback 2 joystick
can add a tactile element to mixing sessions, and add button control to some
SONAR transport and/or menu commands with the extra buttons on the joystick
module.
The joystick will grab the current pan position/sphere anytime you pull the trigger
button (the "firing" button under your index finger). When recording automation,
you write new automation every time you pull the trigger button.
Various joystick buttons can be used to:
• Control SONAR's transport
• Switch focus to adjacent tracks/sends
• Solo/unsolo current channel
• Open/close the large surround panner window
To Connect the Joystick to SONAR Producer
1. Use the Options-Control Surfaces command.
2. In the Control Surfaces dialog, click the Add button
Panner in the Control Surfaces field of the Control Surface Settings dialog;
click OK.
3. Close the Control Surfaces dialog, and display the Control Surfaces toolbar
(View-Toolbars-Control Surfaces command).
4. On the left side of the toolbar, choose Joystick Panner in the dropdown menu,
and then click the Properties button
5. In the Joystick Panner dialog, select button 1 in the Buttons field, and then
select Engage Pan Mode in the Button Actions field.
, and choose Joystick
that's on the right side of the toolbar.
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