Controlling individual pads—volume, pan, mute, solo, sync, looping, and content

Each Pad has the following controls:

Volume knob. Turn to adjust.

Pan knob. Turn to adjust.

Folder icon. Click this to import a loop to an individual Pad.

Mute button. Click this to mute or unmute the loop that’s assigned to an individual Pad.

Solo button. Click this to solo or un-solo the loop that’s assigned to an individual Pad.

Sync button. Click this to synchronize (or unsynchronize) the Pad’s loop to SONAR‘s pitch and tempo.

Loop button. Click this to cause or prevent the Pad’s loop from repeating indefinitely between its track length markers that are in the Pad Editor.

To export a sound bank

1.	Click the Export Sound Bank button in the Cyclone toolbar.

The Save As dialog box appears.

2.	Navigate to the directory where you want to save the Sound Bank.

3.	Enter a name for the Sound Bank.

4.

Click OK.

Cyclone saves your Sound Bank. All wave files assigned to pads are saved. You can choose that Sound Bank in any Cyclone project SONAR automatically saves your current Cyclone settings, so you do not need to save a Sound Bank unless you want to use these settings in a different project.

To import a sound bank

1.	Click the Import Sound Bank button on the Cyclone toolbar.

The Open dialog box appears.

2.	Navigate to the directory where you saved your Sound Bank, select it and click OK.

Cyclone loads the loops and associated settings that make up the Sound Bank you loaded.

To clear the contents of a project

Click the Trash icon in the Cyclone toolbar.

Cyclone deletes all loops from your project.