Manage Sidechain Sources dialog

The Manage Sidechain Sources dialog box appears when you click the Sidechain Sources button in the effect view toolbar (or select Sidechain Sources > Manage Sources in the toolbar Settings menu ), and lets you manage a plug-in’s sidechain input sources across multiple sources types (i.e. track, aux, bus).. You can automatically create sends to the plug-ins sidechain input on all selected tracks/buses, without having to manually edit each sources track/bus strip.

 

Note: Only sends can be added from the Manage Sidechain Sources dialog box, although Sonar also supports directly connecting a track or bus output to a sidechain.

The Manage Sidechain Sources dialog box contains the following settings:

Track/bus sources. A list of all potential sidechain sources. Selecting a source creates a send from the chosen source to the plugin's sidechain input. Deselecting an item deletes the send. Under Show These Sources, select the types of tracks/buses to show.

Disable All. Deselect all items in the source list.

Send Settings. Specify the following send settings, which are applied to newly added sends and will also modify any existing sends if changes are made to the settings:

Send Level. Controls volume of audio data sent from the source track/bus to the plug-ins sidechain input. Double-click the slider to reset to 0 dB, or click the slider, then press F2 to type a dB value.

Pre Fader. Pre (pre-fader) means that the Send signal is transmitted prior to the source track’s volume fader; post means the Send signal is transmitted after the source track’s volume fader.

Follow Track Pan. Set the Send Pan to mirror the source track pan. This setting is only active when the send is set to Post Fader. If enabled, the Send Pan control no longer affects the output. The Follow Track Pan setting will be applied but only affects playback when a send is a Post Fader send.

Show These Sources. Filter the list of displayed sources. Note that changes made to all items (not just shown items) will be applied. The filter is just a way to manage the list.

Tracks. Show tracks.

Aux Tracks. Show Aux tracks.

Buses. Show buses.

Hidden. Show hidden tracks and buses.

Archived. Show archived tracks.

 

See:

Routing and mixing digital audio

Sidechaining

 

See also:

Insert Send Assistant

To insert a send to an effect sidechain input