SONAR LE Documentation is based on the full version of SONAR. Some screenshots, folder paths, features and other references may differ from your installation.

Table of Contents

Getting started

Introduction

Tutorial 1 – Creating, playing, and saving projects

Tutorial 2 – Using the Browser

Tutorial 3 – Recording vocals and musical instruments

Tutorial 4 – Playing and recording software instruments

Tutorial 5 – Working with music notation

Tutorial 6 – Editing your music

Tutorial 7 – Mixing and adding effects

Tutorial 8 – Working with video

Tutorial 9 – Exporting, CD burning and sharing

Controlling playback

Recording

Arranging and editing

Tools

Control Bar overview

Inspectors

Browser

AudioSnap (Producer and Studio only)

Working with loops and Groove Clips

Editing MIDI events and continuous controllers (CC)

Drum maps and the Drum Grid pane

Editing audio

Software instruments

Mixing

Surround Mixing (Producer and Studio only)

ProChannel (Producer and Studio only)

Using Region FX

ARA Audio Random Access

Melodyne (Producer and Studio only)

Sharing your songs on SoundCloud

Sharing and backing up your projects on Gobbler

Automation

Window management

Templates and key bindings

Notation and lyrics

Instrument definitions

System exclusive data

Synchronizing your gear

Audio file management

Improving audio performance

External devices

Using CAL

Troubleshooting

Hardware setup

MIDI files

Initialization files

New features in SONAR X3

Comparison

Included plug-ins

Cyclone

Menu reference

Beginner’s guide to Cakewalk software

Dialog box reference

View reference

Glossary

 

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