I have read the manual and also read Sonar 2 power, but for the next two weeks I am away from my DAW and my books.
Here is what I am trying to do:
I would like to take three mono audio tracks (snare, kick and bass guitar) and send them to one of the compression plugs and smash the crud out of them. I would then like to ease that supercompressed sound in behind the original tracks.
I really want all of the original tracks to remain in tact, and just bring the compressed signal up or down as a group behind the original tracks.
So I figure I could do it by duping all the tracks, but I think there should be a more elegant way.
Take it slow, I'm not all that bright. I have NO external gear so I have to do it all in Sonar.
Thanks in advance.
Jim
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Easy... Make sure your project has at least one Aux send and
Easy...
Make sure your project has at least one Aux send and two main buses.
Make all three mono tracks go to Main A (Via I/O tab): this is your clean sound. You can adjust the volume levels with Volume or Gain. (As far as I can tell, both seem to affect the aux send levels anyway - only difference is Gain doesn't have an envelope for automation while Volume does)
Activate Aux 1 send on the FX tab for all three tracks. You can adjust the send levels as well. (Or even use volume and aux-send envelopes to automate direct and aux levels)
Put a compressor on Aux 1, and in the I/O tab for Aux 1, send the output to Main B
There you have it - Main A is your dry track, and Main B is your compressed track.
Feel free to get back to me if you need visual aids or other help. ;)