Reference Guide

98 Introduction

Starting to use SONAR

This chapter has provided you with an overview of SONAR and basic information on how to install

the software and configure your system.

The following tutorials will give you some hands-on practice in playing, recording, and mixing your

projects. If you have not already done so, you may want to refer to

“SONAR basics” on page 72 to

get the most out of these tutorials.

“Tutorial 1 – Creating, playing, and saving projects” on page 99

“Tutorial 2 – Using the Browser” on page 113

“Tutorial 3 – Recording vocals and musical instruments” on page 119

“Tutorial 4 – Playing and recording software instruments” on page 125

“Tutorial 5 – Working with music notation” on page 133

“Tutorial 6 – Editing your music” on page 143

“Tutorial 7 – Mixing and adding effects” on page 151

“Tutorial 8 – Working with video” on page 161

“Tutorial 9 – Exporting, CD burning and sharing” on page 171

Note: If, during installation, you chose in the Select Components dialog box not to install the

Tutorials folder (part of the Sample files), you will not have access to the sample tutorial files

needed to follow the tutorials in this chapter. If you didn’t install these files, insert your product

disc and copy the files to your hard drive.