Reference Guide

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Converting your soft synth tracks to audio
Software instruments
3. In the Destination field, choose a new or pre-existing track to put the new audio data on.
4. If you’ve saved presets from previous bounce operations, you can choose a preset from the
Preset field.
5. In the Source Category field, choose Tracks.
6. In the Channel Format field, choose mono if you want a mono track, stereo if you want a stereo
track, and split mono if you want to create separate mono tracks.
7. In the Source/Buses field, choose the output bus(es) that the soft synth tracks are using
(usually the main outputs).
8. In the Mix Enables field, make sure all choices are selected.
9. Click OK.
SONAR creates new audio tracks from the outputs you selected. When you’re through converting,
don’t forget to mute your MIDI tracks so you won’t hear them and the new audio track(s) at the same
time.
To export your soft synth tracks as Wave, MP3, or other type files
1. Mute all tracks that you don’t want to export; make sure you don’t mute the synth track or the
audio track that the soft synth is patched into, or the MIDI track(s) that you are using as a source.
2. Use the File > Export > Audio command.
The Export Audio dialog box appears.
3. In the Look in field, choose the location where you want the new, exported file to be.
4. Type a file name in the File name field.
5. Choose the type of file, the format, and the bit depth of the new file you’re creating—for MP3 use
16 bits.
6. In the Mix Enables field, make sure all choices are selected.
7. Click OK.
SONAR creates a new audio file of the type you specified. Find the file in the folder you specified,
and double-click it to listen to it.
See:
“Drawing soft synth automation in the Clips pane” on page 868
“Synth Rack” on page 850
Note: You control the bit depth of all rendering operations (bouncing, freezing, applying effects)
in Edit > Preferences > File - Audio Data, in the Render Bit Depth field. The default value of
32 is the best for most situations. See “Bit depths for rendering audio” on page 1300 for more
information.