Roland SCWS04 manual Recording Audio from SonicCell in Sonar, Selecting Audio to Record

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If no unused audio tracks are available in

 

If you haven’t yet selected a patch on SonicCell to play from this track,

the project, right-click below the project’s

 

use the SonicCell Editor to assign the desired patch to the part you

tracks, and select Insert Audio Track from the

 

want to use. Once you’ve done that, return to the MIDI track you’ve

popup.

 

been setting up.

Click the audio track to select it, and then its

 

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When you play your controller with your new track selected, you

the Restore Strip Size button to reveal the

track’s settings.

 

should hear the desired patch play in SonicCell.

 

 

8Record your SonicCell track as you would any other SONAR track— when you play it back, you’ll hear its SonicCell patch play. (You can shrink the track vertically by clicking its Minimize Track button once you’re done with it.)

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Repeat Steps 2-8 for other SonicCell tracks you want to sequence.

Click the track’s Input popup arrow and select the SonicCell output

 

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At this point, your track is sequenced, and you’ll hear it each time you

from which you want to record. To record

 

a mic or instrument connected to SonicCell’s Neutrik input jack—

 

play your project, including when you edit the track. However, the

 

select Left Roland SonicCell IN L.

 

sound is still coming from SonicCell itself—it hasn’t yet been recorded

 

 

 

as an audio track in SONAR. We’ll get to that in the next section.

 

Recording Audio from SonicCell in SONAR

a stereo device connected to SonicCell’s Neutrik and (LINE) R input

 

 

jacks—selectStereo Roland SonicCell IN L.

 

If you haven’t yet read the Using SonicCell as an Audio Interface

a SonicCell synth patch in stereo—selectStereo Roland SonicCell

 

 

Workshop booklet, read it now before proceeding. SonicCell offers lots

 

IN L.

 

of audio-interface options you’ll want to know about.

 

Make sure the track’s Output is set to Roland SonicCell OUT L. When

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Setting Up an Audio Track for Recording

you’re done, the track’s settings should look like this:

 

Selecting Audio to Record

1Open the project you want to work on, or create a new one.

You can spot audio tracks by the waveform icon to the left of a track’s name.

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Contents Using SonicCell with Sonar About the Workshop Booklets Configuring Sonar to Work With SonicCellSetting Up Sonar for SonicCell Audio Understanding the Symbols in This BookletClick the Drivers tab, and checkmark 1 Roland SonicCell in L Click Close to finish registering the SonicCell Editor Setting Up Sonar to Use the SonicCell EditorSetting Up Sonar for SonicCell Midi Sonar is now set up to exchange Midi data with SonicCellCreating a SonicCell Editor Track Using the SonicCell EditorPart-selection area Selecting a Patch for a Part Sequencing with SonicCell PatchesDigging Deeper Selecting Audio to Record Recording Audio from SonicCell in SonarTurn Off Software Monitoring EndBefore Recording SonicCell Audio-Recording Strategy