CAKEWALK SONAR - Listening to the Recording; Recording Another Take; Input Monitoring

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4. Go ahead and perform!
5. When you finish recording, click the Stop button , or press the Spacebar.
A new clip appears in the Clips pane. If no new clip appears, see “I Can’t Record
Any Audio” on page 645 for some troubleshooting hints. Also, right-click in the
Clips pane and choose View-Options to open the Track View Options dialog box—
make sure Display Clip Names and Display Clip Contents are checked.
Listening to the Recording
Let's play back your performance. Do the following:
1. In the track’s Output field, click the dropdown arrow to display the menu of
available outputs, and select a pair of your sound card’s stereo outputs (if your
sound card only has two outputs, just select the name of your sound card).
2. To return to the start of the project, click the Rewind button.
3. Disarm your audio track by clicking its Arm button again—this changes the
track’s meter to a playback meter. The track is disarmed when its Arm button
is not red.
4. Click Play .
5. Watch the track’s meter. If the level is not what you want, record your track
again.
Recording Another Take
If you'd like to delete your performance and try again, do the following:
1. Choose Edit-Undo Recording to undo your recording, or press Ctrl+Z
(Undo).
2. Click Rewind or press w.
3. Make sure the track is still armed for recording.
4. Click Record .
5. When you finish recording, click the Stop button , or press the Spacebar.
Alternatively, you could record your next attempt on a new track.
Input Monitoring
SONAR has a feature called input monitoring, which allows you to hear any
instrument that is plugged into your sound card whether you are currently
recording the instrument or not. You can hear your instrument, including any
plug-in effects, whenever input monitoring is enabled and the Audio Engine
button in the Transport toolbar is depressed. You can enable or disable input
monitoring on an individual track by clicking the track’s Input Echo button, and
you can enable or disable input monitoring on all tracks at once by clicking the