CAKEWALK SONAR - Freeze Tracks and Synths

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Freeze Tracks and Synths
The Freeze feature allows you to temporarily bounce your track, including soft
synths and effects, to reduce the amount of CPU power needed. The Freeze feature
also works for synths patched in the Synth Rack.
Note: if you delete or replace any part of the bounced track, and then unfreeze the
track or synth, you’ll create a gap in the spot where the deleted or replaced data
was.
The following are the available commands for track freezing:
• Freeze Track—bounces the audio in the track to a new audio clip or clips,
applies any effects, and disables the FX bin.
• Unfreeze Track—discards the bounced audio, restores the original audio, and
enables the FX bin. Audio will be re-bounced if you choose Freeze again.
• Quick Unfreeze Track—hides and mutes the bounced audio, restores the
original audio, and enables the FX bin. Bounced audio is retained, however,
and toggling between Quick Freeze and Quick Unfreeze should be
instantaneous.
• Quick Freeze Track—only available after a Quick Unfreeze, the Quick Freeze
function redisplays and unmutes the bounced audio instantaneously.
The following are the available commands for synth freezing:
• Freeze Synth—audio from a DXi is bounced and placed on the DXi’s audio
track. Output from the DXi is disabled, as is the FX bin on the audio track.
• Unfreeze Synth—discards bounced audio, enables the DXi and track FX bin.
Bounced audio is discarded, and will be re-bounced if you choose Freeze again.
• Quick Unfreeze Synth—hides and mutes the bounced audio, enables the DXi
and track FX bin. Bounced audio is retained, and toggling between Quick
Freeze and Quick Unfreeze should be instantaneous.
• Quick Freeze Synth—only available after a Quick Unfreeze, the Quick Freeze
function redisplays and unmutes the bounced audio instantaneously, disables
the DXi, and any effects on the DXi audio track.
There is also a Freeze option in Options-Global-General:
• Unload Synth After Freeze—When enabled, DXi’s are unloaded from memory
when frozen, saving resources. This can free up a lot of memory if your synth
uses samples, but it can take a long time to reload the synth if you decide to do
so.
Note: Similar to the “Unload Synth After Freeze” behavior, when a DXi is
manually disabled in the Synth Rack, it is also unloaded from memory. Keep in