Signal flow

You control the mixing and playback of an audio track as follows:

To do this	Do this
Add a real-time audio effect to the track	Right-click in the FX Rack and select an effect from the list (for more information, see Using real-time effects“).
Remove an effect	Select the effect and press DELETE or right-click and select Delete.
Send audio data from the track to a bus	Insert a send in the track controls by right-clicking in the track controls and selecting Insert > Send > [name of bus you want the data to go to]. Click the FX tab at the bottom of the Track pane, and then click the track’s Bus Enable button so that it turns green, and set the Bus Send Level and Bus Send Pan (for more information, see Stereo buses”).
Mute the track	Click the Mute button.
Solo the track	Click the Solo button.
Arm the track for recording	Click the Arm button.
Set the Pan level	Adjust the Pan control.
Set the Send Pan to mirror the source track pan	Right-click the Send Pan control and choose Follow Track Pan from the pop-up menu. This setting is only active when the send has the same interleave as the bus that the send feeds into, and is set to Post Fader. If enabled, the Send Pan control no longer affects the output.
Set the Volume level	Adjust the Volume fader.
Select the output	Click the drop-down arrow in the Output field and choose one from the list.
Select the input	Click the drop-down arrow in the Input field and choose one from the list.

SONAR displays volume in dB (decibels). When adjusting the volume or bus send level controls, a value of 0 dB indicates full signal strength; positive values, up to 6 dB, indicate a signal gain; negative values indicate an attenuated signal. When adjusting the Pan control, the value is displayed on a scale that ranges from 100%L (hard left) 100%R (hard right).

See also:

Sidechaining signal flow

External Insert signal flow.

Patch point signal flow.