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Recording audio into a project

Getting Started 43

Recording audio into a project

One of the most important aspects of creating music in SONAR is digital audio recording. This is

the process of taking the sound from a microphone or an instrument and recording it to an audio

track. Once this step is completed you can edit and mix the song to prepare it to share with the

world.

This tutorial will walk you through the steps involved and provide you with some insight on how

to get the best possible audio recordings.

Adding an audio track

In Tutorial 1, you learned about opening project templates. Let's open a blank project for this

tutorial:

1. On the File menu, click New.

2. Select the Normal template and click OK.

A new blank project is created.

With the blank project open, you can insert new tracks as you need them. For the task of

recording digital audio you'll need a new audio track. Follow these steps to insert one:

1. Do one of the following:

•Click Insert and then click Audio Track.

• Right-click on the Tracks pane and select Insert Audio Track on the pop-up menu.

A new audio track is added to your project.

2. In the new audio track, expand the track to expose all of its controls (for details, see “To

expand a track to make all of its controls visible” on page 39).

The track's controls are exposed.

3. Click the Input drop-down menu to select the track’s input.

The available inputs for the track are displayed.

4. Select the physical jack that your instrument is plugged into. If you know, for instance,

that your guitar is plugged into input 1, click the Input control and select the first option.

Some audio interfaces refer to their stereo inputs as pairs, like 1/2, 3/4 or 5/6. Most often

left channels are represented by odd numbers and right channels are represented by

even numbers.

Note: Most microphones and guitars are mono, so you will want to select either the left or

right channel accordingly.

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