#Signal path music how to#

#Signal path music how to#

It’s a powerful tool so it’s important to know how to use it within your signal flow. When activated, audio passes through your ProChannel first and then hits the FX Bin – where other effects can be inserted. The ProChannel is an analog mixer chock full pro effects embedded right into the Console View. Buses are separated in SONAR from the Tracks section to keep tracks from getting disorganized in heavy mixing environments. Many people also use Buses for duplicating audio signals for effects processing. For example, Drums can be easily mixed down to 1 stereo bus from as many as 25 audio tracks.

Now that you have an understanding of a track’s basic signal flow in SONAR let’s move on to Buses and their functionality in SONAR.īuses are typically used for sub-mixing multiple audio tracks. This basic outline of an audio track is the first step in understanding how where your audio travels within SONAR.

Track Output – The connection between your track and other possible locations in the DAW like a Bus or Main Output Turning it right puts the audio on the right side of the stereo mix and turning the knob left places the audio signal on the left side of the stereo mixįader – Volume adjustment for the audio signal after effects and panning are applied Pan Pot – A balance adjustment for the stereo image. Trim Knob – A volume adjustment mostly used to reduce the incoming audio signalįX Bin – Point of insertion for audio effects Track Input – The connection between your audio interface and your audio tracks Tracks runs up and down in this view and it is where most of your mixing will be spent.Īudio Source – Where the audio originally comes from If you go to Views > Console a mixer will appear.