CAKEWALK SONAR - Tutorial 5-Editing Audio

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Tutorial 5—Editing Audio
In this tutorial we will be editing a bundle file with drums, bass, guitar and organ.
We will add some additional percussion, and edit some of the existing tracks. This
tutorial covers the following:
• Importing wave files
• Dragging and looping clips
• Slip editing
• Using automatic crossfades
• Bouncing tracks
Opening the Project
1. In SONAR select File-Open from the menu.
2. In the Open dialog, select TUTORIAL5.CWB and click OK.
The audio data is loaded into SONAR and T
UTORIAL5.CWB opens.
Importing a Wave File
Now that you have the file open, click the Play button to hear the project. The
project contains drums, bass, and two guitar tracks. Let’s import an organ track:
To Import a Wave File
1. Click the down arrow in the Snap to Grid combo button located in the Track
view toolbar.
The Snap to Grid dialog appears.
2. In the Snap to Grid dialog, click the Musical Time radio button, select
Measure from the list of durations and click OK.
3. Make sure the Snap to Grid button is depressed (on).
4. In the Track pane, right-click below the bottom track and select Insert Audio
Track from the menu that appears.
5. Click the track number of the new track to select it.
6. We want to insert the new part at measure 18, so click in the Time Ruler at
measure 18. The Time Ruler is at the top of the Clips pane above the drum
track.
7. Select File-Import-Audio from the File menu.
The Open dialog appears.