Reference Guide

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Mixing
SONAR lets you mix your projects with tremendous control and flexibility. The extensive bussing
controls, support for DX and VST plug-ins, built-in EQ’s, automation, remote control, metering,
grouping, and freeze features let you design your own style of mixing, with your own workflow.
(Automation is covered in a separate chapter.)
After you finish mixing a project, you can export the project in a variety of audio file formats to create
a CD master or to publish your work on the Internet. You can choose to include all real-time effects
and control movements in the mixed-down tracks that you export (see “Preparing audio for
distribution” on page 963 for more information).
See:
“Preparing to mix” on page 881
“Mixing MIDI” on page 886
“Signal flow” on page 888
“Routing and mixing digital audio” on page 891
“Stereo buses” on page 892
“Insert Send Assistant” on page 896
“Metering” on page 899
“Waveform preview for buses and synth tracks” on page 908
“External Insert plug-in” on page 926
“Effects chains” on page 932
“Using real-time effects” on page 913
“Sidechaining” on page 923
“Using control groups” on page 951
“Main outs” on page 895
“Using remote control” on page 956
“Bouncing tracks” on page 958