Quickest way to burn this Sonar 4 project to CD?

[dmbpettit]

I recorded a banquet a couple of weeks ago that included various guest speakers. Now I am trying to break it all down to CD that has multiple tracks so that listeners can bounce around if they want. With in the Sonar Project there are 4 individual tracks, one for each of the mics that were used. I did it this way so I could just record the whole night straight through so that I could go sit at one of the tables in the audience.

I am now finding it cumbersome to split all this up. What I am doing now is cutting and pasting what I want as a track on the CD as its on SOnar Project. So eventually I will have 12-15 sonar projects that will get burned to CD.

Am I going about this all wrong or is this the only way to accomplish this?

[EddieRay]

I think you're going the right way. The listeners will appreciate it.

I just finished creating 63 CD tracks from a recording of my parents' 50th wedding anniversary/jam session a few months ago. The event was recorded to 4-track cassette tape and then dumped to my PC. I broke each song and speech into its own Cakewalk file (don't know if that's the same as a SONAR project though). That is, I played back each piece to a seperate Cakewalk file, saved it, then went on to the next piece. I think dumping the entire tape to a PC fileIt was quite a bit of work and completely filled 3 CDs.

[gullfo]

if you've already got the individual files and don't plan on any additional processing by adding additional tracks - then maybe using a tool like Sony's CD Architect is a better choice. You can drag and drop the files, add effects, use an overall master effect (like limiter, gates, etc...) and then cut to a CD.

[mixsit]

Originally Posted by dmbpettit

I recorded a banquet a couple of weeks ago that included various guest speakers. Now I am trying to break it all down to CD that has multiple tracks so that listeners can bounce around if they want. With in the Sonar Project there are 4 individual tracks, one for each of the mics that were used. I did it this way so I could just record the whole night straight through so that I could go sit at one of the tables in the audience.

I am now finding it cumbersome to split all this up. What I am doing now is cutting and pasting what I want as a track on the CD as its on SOnar Project. So eventually I will have 12-15 sonar projects that will get burned to CD.

Am I going about this all wrong or is this the only way to accomplish this?

Why would you need separate projects? You can split, mix, and bounce them to new tracks, then export them (or export them directly) all from the one project.
Maybe I'm missing the intent.
Wayne

[EddieRay]

Originally Posted by mixsit

Why would you need separate projects? You can split, mix, and bounce them to new tracks, then export them (or export them directly) all from the one project.
Maybe I'm missing the intent.
Wayne

Is a SONAR project the same as a Cakewalk file? I have not tried using a single file for multiple purposes.

[minofifa]

ya i would do it wayne's way,
take the four tracks you have and bounce them to a single track, one that you are happy with in terms of the mix.

Then from there highlight the part of the track you want to be a track on your CD and export that part as a .wav. when done you should have all the parts you need.

There are also programs avaibable that will take a long wav file and slpit it into smaller ones wherever you designate it to in terms of the playback time. if you know the times of where you want the file to be slpit, you can do this task pretty easy.

[dmbpettit]

Will highlighting the part of the track that I want, export my changes made by fx or will I have to 'apply' the effects?

[mixsit]

Originally Posted by dmbpettit

Will highlighting the part of the track that I want, export my changes made by fx or will I have to 'apply' the effects?

Yes. When you 'bounce to tracks' or 'export', any real-time effects are included. 'Apply' writes effects inserted in a track, permanently I believe. An exception would be outboard effects that would have to be recorded into the project as tracks and then they could be included in the mix/export.

Originally Posted by EddieRay

Is a SONAR project the same as a Cakewalk file? I have not tried using a single file for multiple purposes.

Not sure what Cake file you mean. There are CWP's and the older 'WRK project files, the raw cake track data files (what's the . name? ) and the final wav files.
Wayne here.