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Adding Effects
You can add both MIDI and audio effects directly from the Track view. SONAR
adds these effects in real-time, preserving your track’s original data.
To Add an Audio Effect in the Track Pane
1. In an audio track, right-click in the FX field, choose Audio Effects-
Cakewalk, and select an effect from the menu that appears.
Adjusting Volume and Pan
The Volume and Pan settings control the initial volume and pan of a track during
playback. Every time SONAR starts playback, the Volume and Pan settings for the
track are set to these initial levels. SONAR allows you to choose different panning
laws if you want (see“Configurable Panning Laws” on page 140).
In some projects you want the volume or panning of a track to change while
playback is in progress. You can accomplish this by drawing a volume or pan
envelope in the Track view, or by recording automation. For more information, see
Chapter 13, Using Automation, Chapter 11, Mixing and Effects Patching, and
Chapter 7, Editing MIDI Events and Controllers.
To Set the Initial Volume Setting
1. Move your cursor to the Volume control of the track you want to change.
2. Click and drag to the left to lower the volume or the right to raise the volume.
You can also change the volume settings in a variety of other ways, as described on
page 132. To change the volume settings for more than one track at a time, select
the tracks you want to change and choose Track-Property-Volume.
To Set the Initial Pan Setting
1. Move your cursor to the Pan control of the track you want to change.
2. Click and drag to the left to adjust the pan to the left or to the right to adjust
the pan to the right.
Hard left is 100% left. Hard right is 100% right. Pan is centered at C.
Note to Experts:
SONAR processes the volume and pan settings by transmitting MIDI
volume and pan events (controllers 7 and 10, respectively) when
playback starts. If two or more MIDI tracks are set to the same
output and channel but have different volume or pan settings, the
settings for the highest-numbered track will prevail.
Note also that not all keyboards and synthesizers respond to these
events. Check your instrument’s manual for more information.
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