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Loop Recording
Finally, let's record our takes:
1. Choose Transport-Record Options to display the Record Options dialog box.
2. Choose the Store Takes in Separate Tracks option to store each new take in a
separate track. Each time a new take starts, the settings from the first track
will be copied to the new track.
3. Click OK.
4. Click Rewind .
5. Click Record .
SONAR loops over the designated section and records your takes to successive
tracks. If you want to erase the most recent take during loop recording, choose
Transport-Reject Loop Take.
6. To stop recording, click Stop , or press the Spacebar.
Now you can listen to each take individually by muting the other ones.
Punch-In Recording
Imagine that one of your takes was close to ideal, except for one or two notes in one
measure. Rather than recording another full take, you'd prefer to keep the take
but replace that measure.
Punch-in recording lets you replace a section of a track. The way it works is this:
First, you set the start and end times of the punch to the section you want to
replace, and turn on punch recording. Then, you arm the track and start recording.
You can play along with the original take to get the rhythm and feeling. However,
nothing will be recorded until the Now time reaches the punch start time. During
the punch, the material already in the track will be replaced with what you record.
When the punch ends, the project will continue to play, but recording will stop.