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Important: Make sure you have enough space on your hard disk when recording
digital audio. Running out of hard disk space when recording can lead to
unpredictable results.
Confidence Recording
When you’re recording audio or MIDI data, SONAR gives you many visual cues
that tracks are armed and that SONAR is recording data.
When one or more tracks are armed:
• The R button in each armed track turns red.
• The Clips pane next to each armed track gets a reddish hue.
• The R button in the Playback State toolbar is depressed (to display the toolbar,
use the View-Toolbars-Playback State command).
• The Status bar displays the red Arm message.
While you’re recording, SONAR displays these cues:
• Audio tracks display a waveform preview in the area in the Clips pane where
you’re recording. This is actually a visual record of the record meter’s progress.
When you stop recording, SONAR displays the actual waveform, which is
slightly different from the preview. The preview is a snapshot taken at certain
time intervals, while the actual waveform represents all the data that is
recorded.
• MIDI tracks display the actual data that they record, both in the Clips pane
and the Piano Roll view (not the Staff view).
• Automation data appears as a red block. When you finish recording, the actual
envelopes are shown.
If you want to turn off the real-time display of audio clips, see the following
procedure.
To Turn Off Waveform Preview for Audio Recording
1. Use the Options-Global command to open the Global Options dialog.
2. On the General tab, uncheck the Display Waveform Preview While Recording
option, and click OK.
Now when you record audio tracks, a red swath appears in the Clips pane in the
area you’re recording.
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