Reference Guide

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Creating a new project
Tutorial 1 – Creating, playing, and saving projects
The New Project File dialog box appears. Whenever you create a new project, you will be
presented with this dialog box.
Let’s explore some of the things you can do in this window.
Name. Type the name of your project in the Name box. For this exercise, let’s name your project
Tutorial 1.
Location. Use the Location box to specify where the project should be saved. Click to
browse to a specific location. For this tutorial, use the default, as shown in the preceding figure.
Audio Path. Use the Audio Path box to specify where to save audio recordings for your project.
Click to browse to a specific location.
Store Project Audio in its own Folder. Select this check box if you want to store the project’s
audio files in a separate folder. It is recommended that you select this option.
Template. This list shows all available pre-made templates included with SONAR. This list will also
include any custom templates that you create. Your Template list may vary from the preceding
figure. For this tutorial, select the template named Normal.
OK. Click OK to create a new project based on the specified settings.
Cancel. Click Cancel to close the New Project File dialog box.
Help. Click Help to open the online Help topic for the New Project File dialog box.
Click OK now to move forward with this tutorial.
Congratulations, you have just created a new project in SONAR!
Note: The list of available project templates shown may vary depending on your version of
SONAR (SONAR X3, SONAR X3 Studio, or SONAR X3 Producer).