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Setting the File Bit Depth
The file bit depth is the size of the blocks of memory that SONAR allocates to store
your project’s audio data. SONAR allocates memory in 8-bit bytes. If you are using
an audio driver bit depth of 16, choose a file bit depth of 16. If you are using an
audio driver bit depth that’s greater than 16, use a file bit depth of 24.
To set the file bit depth:
1. Use the Options-Audio command to open the Audio Options dialog box.
2. On the General tab, find the File Bit Depth field and select either 16 or 24.
3. Click OK.
Open a New Project
Let’s open a new project for this tutorial.
1. Select File-New from the menu.
2. Select the Normal template and click OK.
Setting Up an Audio Track
Let’s set up a track for digital audio:
1. Insert a new track by doing the following: in the Track pane, right-click below
the last track, or wherever you want to insert a track, and choose Insert
Audio Track from the popup menu.
SONAR inserts a new audio track.
2. In the track’s Output field, click the dropdown arrow and select an audio
output from the menu.
3. In the track’s Input field, choose an audio input. Usually you select the left
channel of one of your sound card’s inputs to record a mono track, or the stereo
input to record a stereo track.
The Normal template has several audio tracks in it already, which you could use to
record with. You don’t have to insert a new audio track to record with if your
project already has one or more empty audio tracks.
Checking the Input Levels
Before trying to record, you need to check and adjust the audio input levels. If your
audio input is too low, it will be lost in the background noise. If it is too high, it will
overload the input channel and be distorted/clipped. Before you check input levels,
make sure that the Record Meters are set to be displayed in the Track view. Click
the right arrow next to the Show/Hide Meters button and in the menu that
appears, select the Record Meters command if it is not already checked.
You may need to drag the splitter bar that separates the Track pane from the Clips
pane to the right to see all the buttons in the Track view toolbar.
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