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SONAR compresses and mixes your project to a file with the extension .MP3 that is
located in the folder you chose in the Look In field of the Export Audio dialog box.
That’s the end of the mixing tutorial. For more information, see “Mixing and
Effects Patching” on page 419 and “Using Automation” on page 493.
Tutorial 8—Using Soft Synths
A software synthesizer is a software program that produces various sounds
through your audio interface when the soft synth program receives MIDI data
from a MIDI controller or sequencer program. SONAR supports all major varieties
of software synthesizers, including DX instruments, or DXi’s for short, and VST
Instruments (you can use VST instruments by running SONAR’s included VST
Adapter to configure the VST instruments). SONAR has a Synth Rack view to
make inserting a DXi, VSTi, or ReWire instrument a one-step process.
Cakewalk TTS-1 is a great example of a DXi, so let’s use it for our tutorial.
Because this DXi supports the DXi 2.0 format, it has multiple outputs (4), and you
can record the movement of some of its controls as automation. You probably
installed Cakewalk TTS-1 when you installed SONAR. To make sure, open a
project that has at least one audio track, right-click the FX field of an audio track
to open the plug-in popup menu, and look under DXi Synth (if you’ve installed
and adapted any VST instruments, you’ll see a VST option on the DXi Synth
menu). You should see Cakewalk TTS-1 listed. If you don’t, insert your SONAR CD
into your CD drive, copy the software synthesizers including Cakewalk TTS-1 to
your hard drive, and restart SONAR.
This tutorial covers the following:
• Inserting Cakewalk TTS-1 into a project
• Playing MIDI tracks through a DXi
• Adding effects to a DXi
• Playing a DXi in real time
• Converting DXi tracks to audio
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