The scan button is greyed out, and Cakewalk is not properly scanning for plugins on startup. (Just coming from SONAR Professional, where I would use both scan on startup and Manual Scan without issues). Click the + button of the FX rack to open the FX rack menu. Choose Insert Audio FX. Cakewalk categorizes the VST effects by type. Thus, you may find your NI effect plug-ins in one of the predefined categories or under Uncategorized.
The VST Settings section lets you manage VST effect and instrument plug-ins.
The VST Settings section contains the following settings:
This window lists the folders that are scanned for VST plug-ins. “Scanning” a VST plug-in means adapting the plug-in’s file format so that the plug-in works in SONAR.
Add. This button opens the Browse for Folder dialog box, which allows you to select a new folder to be scanned.
Remove. To remove a folder from the to-be-scanned list, first select the folder, and then click the Remove button.
Folder defaults. Click this button to open a dialog box of folder options. These settings will set options for all the VST plug-ins in all the folders listed in the VST Scan Folders list. For more information, see To set options for all plug-ins in a folder.
Scan for VST Plug-ins On Startup. If this option is checked, the folders listed in the VST Scan Folders window are searched for new plug-ins whenever you start SONAR. Any previously unscanned plug-ins are then scanned. Checking this option causes SONAR to search for unregistered VST plug-ins on startup. If you prefer to run the VST Configuration Wizard manually, you can disable this option.
Re-scan Failed Plug-ins. Checking this option causes any plug-in(s) that didn’t scan correctly to be rescanned during the next scan.
Re-scan existing plug-ins. Checking this option causes plug-in(s) that did scan correctly to be rescanned during the next scan. This is a way to implement any changes you’ve made to the Folder defaults settings.
Scan VST Folders. Click this button to immediately scan the folders listed in the VST Scan Folder(s) list.
Reset All VST Plug-ins. Click this button to remove all scanning records and settings from all your VST plug-ins. Use this button if you want to completely start over.
32-bit VST effects and instruments are loaded into “servers”, and each server can address up to 4GB of RAM. BitBridge supports up to 32 independent plug-in servers, and each server can address up to 4GB of RAM, allowing access to a massive 128GB of RAM. This allows SONAR x64 to address all available RAM in your computer.
By default, SONAR manages memory automatically, and will allocate and allow access to all available RAM dynamically as plug-in's are used. This is done by dynamically creating new BitBridge servers only when necessary, up to a maximum of the available RAM.
Server loading is either automatic or customizable, giving you full control over which server to load plug-ins into. To enable automatic server loading, select Automatic (Based on available RAM). To manually manage BitBridge servers, select the server that you want plug-ins to be loaded into.
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After a specific server is selected, all plug-ins subsequently loaded will be loaded into that specific server, bypassing SONAR's automatic memory management. This also applies when you load a project that contains VST plug-ins.
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At this point, you should have a basic mix. Everything is generally where you want it to be and it's time to use some audio effects to tweak it all to perfection. Effects placed directly on an audio track are called inserts.
In the Console view, locate the effects bin for the track you’d like to work with. If you don’t see the effects bin, click the Console view Modules menu and make sure FX Bin is selected.
Point to Audio FX, then point to Cakewalk or Sonitus:fx and choose any one of the available effects.
Right-click on the effect in the effects bin and choose Delete to remove the effect.
Compressor/Gate. This plug-in affects the loudness of the sound. It can limit how loud a sound can get. It can also limit how soft a sound can get before it's completely turned off.
EQ. EQ can accentuate or turn down a certain frequency range in a sound. For example, if you have an unwanted high-pitched buzz on one of your tracks, an EQ may be able to turn that high frequency down without affecting the sound of the instrument.
Reverb. Reverb creates an artificial space. It produces echoes that are similar to the natural echoes that happen when a sound bounces off the walls in a room.
Delay. Delay plug-ins have the ability to create an echo. However, it's typically more distinct than that of a reverb. It makes a sound repeat, often in a rhythmic, musical manner.
While adjusting track levels in a song, you might notice that some tracks are too dynamic. Sometimes they're too loud, other times too soft. In most modern music, the important elements in a mix are focused in a specific volume range. This is done with a compressor.
Add the Compressor plug-in to the track labeled Kick.
Figure 27. ProChannel EQ module (Producer and Studio only).
Figure 28. Per-track EQ (SONAR X3 base version only).
Solo the tracks named Tension Climbing and Chirppy Synth.
Add the Sonitus:fx Equalizer plug-in to the Tension Climbing track.
Grab one of the numbered nodes and drag it around. Boost the selected band until you find the frequency range that interferes with Chirppy Synth. When you find it, turn down the selected band by dragging the node downward.
Chirppy Synth, which sounds very dry and lifeless. Applying a delay might give it more depth.
Add the Sonitus:fx Delay plug-in to Chirppy Synth.
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This is a good starting point. Sometimes the best way to familiarize yourself with a new effect plug-in is to dig in and start tweaking. Next, we'll apply some reverb to the project. Think of a reverb effect as an artificial room. We could add a separate reverb to each track, but when multiple reverbs are running at the same time it can sound “cloudy”. This might be because our ears are used to hearing sounds bounce of walls naturally. A reverb on each track would sound like you have one instrument in one room, another instrument in another room, and so on.
Instead, we will add a single reverb effect to a bus, then send each track to that bus, at varying levels. This is where SONAR's advanced mixing environment offers a lot of flexibility. We will add a control to each track, which adjusts how loud a copy of the track's sound is sent to the bus. This will sound more natural since it's similar to the behavior of an actual acoustic space. All of the different sounds can interact with each other in the “virtual room” we're creating with the reverb.
We want to add this send to all tracks, so go to Edit > Select > All to select all tracks.
Right-click on one of your tracks in the Sends section of the strip and choose Insert Send Assistant. If you don’t see the Sends section in your Console view, click the Console view Modules menu and make sure Sends/Bank/Patch is selected.
Click New Bus. This will create a new reverb bus instead of routing the tracks to an existing bus.
Set the Reverb control to 0.0 dB and the Dry control to -Inf.
Notice that a send control named Reverb has been added to each track. To enable or disable a send, click the On/Off button located on each track’s Send control.
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