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Thanks for the comments peeps! 🎶🎧👍🩷

Copilot also said: Here's a quick recap: Tracking (Recording): Disable Sonarworks Reference 4 and use the direct monitoring feature of your Zoom UAC-232 for latency-free monitoring. Mixing: Enable Sonarworks Reference 4 to ensure accurate monitoring and a balanced mix. Rendering (Exporting): Disable Sonarworks Reference 4 to ensure the calibration curve doesn't affect your final audio file. This workflow allows you to get the most accurate sound during mixing and ensures your final rendered files are true to the mix without any unintended alterations. 🎶

Even though this topic is "solved" you can still give your responses and experience with this process.

My Question to Copilot: So I use Reference 4 when I am mixing down but I disable it when I am rendering down? Copilot Response: Exactly! You use Sonarworks Reference 4 while mixing to ensure accurate monitoring and a balanced mix. Then, when you are rendering (exporting) your final audio file, you disable the Sonarworks Reference 4 plugin to prevent the calibration curve from affecting the exported audio. If you need a quick recap: Mixing: Enable Sonarworks Reference 4 for accurate monitoring. Rendering/Exporting: Disable Sonarworks Reference 4 to ensure your final mix isn't altered by the calibration. Let me know if there's anything else you're curious about or if you need further assistance with your audio projects! 🎶 Copilot also said this: Yes, you need to bypass the Sonarworks Reference 4 plugin every time you export audio from Cakewalk Sonar. If you don't bypass it, the correction will be applied to your master bus mixdown, which can imprint your unique calibration EQ curve on the rendered audio. To bypass the plugin, make sure to fully disable it in your DAW, not just the calibration bypass inside the Reference plugin. This ensures that the rendered audio remains unaffected by the calibration settings. Does that help clarify things?

Sonar Reference 4 and rendering music in Cakewalk How do I use Sonar Reference 4 with Cakewalk Sonar? Do I need to turn off Sonar Reference 4 when I render files?

My new song, hope you like. Simple and sweet. 😉

Hey awesome Cakewalk peeps! Here is my latest song, I hope you like, thanks for listening! Best to you! RexRed 💝

Hey awesome Cakewalk peeps! Tonight I made a new tutorial for you. Finding Creativity Cakewalk Sonar 2024 | MIDIMakerTV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ufJ3zwBn3w In this tutorial I make a new song from scratch. Please like and click the bell for "all" notifications and you can join me in the live chat this can be a way to get you music out there though the live chat and the YouTube Cakewalk community. This channel is about making music, music that will go on and get millions of listens on my other channel. You will learn vital Cakewalk tips and keys to success as my music has been getting an average of two million listens a month for the last 5 years. Come along and be part of the community I am building @midimakertv I already have 1000+ subscribers. I need 3500 hours of viewing to get this Cakewalk channel monetized. 😁 Leave comments if you like as well. Best to you! RexRed

It might be time to have a "formal release" and dedicated website with all the splash and pomp the new Cakewalk Sonar DAW truly deserves. 😁

Me, being a user of Cakewalk since Cakewalk for MSDOS, I think I am entitled to "gush" when an update improves the performance to such a superlative degree as is the case. 😎 Having nearly 400 published original songs created in Cakewalk, I have an "invested" interest in the well being of this DAW... 🎵

Thanks Andy! I am still adjusting to the song, not sure what to make of it yet. My ears get tired and I need a break to come back and listen to it fresh again. The lead vocal may be a bit too hot in the first and second verse and there are a few lines that may need adjusting. Thanks for the awesome compliment and all the best to you buddy! 🌞

This song is not done yet, I am thinking of adding a lead guitar part in the solo section and there are a few minor edits in the mix. Maybe some drums in the chorus part?

Hey Cakewalk peeps! Here is my latest song, Hope you like! Let me know if you have and critiques and suggestions! Best to you! Rex

Very very loud signals can clip but I have not experienced that yet. That is why there is no gain on the device. Just look at what is recording, if your signal is in the ballpark but clipping occasionally in the track view you are golden. Just pay attention if it is way too high or way too low. I have had it clip a ton and still not be any noticeable distortion at all in the recording. The algorithm used by the Zoom UAC-232 to switch between the two 24-bit converters is designed to minimize any changes in the color of the sound. Here’s how it works: Seamless Switching: The algorithm continuously monitors the input signal and seamlessly switches between the two converters based on the signal level. This ensures that the transition is smooth and does not introduce any noticeable artifacts or changes in sound color. High-Quality Components: The converters and other components used in the UAC-232 are of high quality, which helps maintain the integrity of the audio signal. High-quality components are less likely to introduce coloration to the sound. Precision Matching: The two converters are precisely matched to ensure that their output is consistent. This means that when the algorithm switches between them, the sound remains consistent and transparent. Digital Signal Processing (DSP): The DSP algorithms used in the UAC-232 are designed to handle the switching process efficiently, ensuring that the audio signal remains clean and free from distortion or coloration. By using these techniques, the UAC-232 can switch gains without altering the color of the sound, providing high-quality, transparent audio recordings.

I am not sure what you mean, it never clips and there is no noise level. So the final result is a 32 bit floating point recording that sounds pristine (better than my Fireface). The converters are facilitating a 32 bit algorithm. The Zoom UAC-232 uses two 24-bit A/D converters for each input to achieve high-quality audio recording without the need for gain adjustments. Here’s how it works: Different Input Gains: Each of the two A/D converters is set to a different input gain range. This means one converter handles quieter signals, while the other handles louder signals. Automatic Switching: The UAC-232 constantly monitors the data from both converters and automatically selects the one that provides the best recording results. This ensures that the audio is captured without clipping or introducing noise, regardless of the input signal level. Wide Dynamic Range: By combining the data from both converters, the UAC-232 can achieve a wider dynamic range than would be possible with a single A/D converter. This design allows the UAC-232 to capture a broad range of sound levels, from very quiet to very loud, without the need for manual gain adjustments, ensuring high-quality, clip-free recordings. Then the algorithm turns the two signals into a 32 bit recording. The end result of having 2 x 24 bit recorders one set for low gain and the other for high gain is a wider dynamic range when they are both combined allowing for a performance with dynamic range to be capture flawless and then saved in a 32 bit format. Then you can use Cakewalk to lower and raise the volumes to the median.