Using Sonar FX While Recording?

[Dibubba]

Hi Crew - 

Is there a way, in the current version, to apply FX (e.g. VST's within a Channel's FX Section) *while recording* ?  In previous versions, there wasn't... which is why I have so much outboard hardware! 🤪

I'm wondering if Sonar caught up, and I missed it.

Thanks! 👍

[Chaps]

All the FX will affect what you hear but are not recorded with the audio, as far as I know . If you want the FX to be added permanently to the recorded audio you can select the track/clip and in the top menu click Process>Apply Effect>Audio Effects. This will write the FX to the selected audio and, if you want, remove the FX from the FX bin. Or you can bounce the track to a new track and then you can delete or archive the original audio. Not writing the FX to a track while recording is. IMO, a much more flexible option than recording the FX as you record.

[Amberwolf]

If you can tolerate the latency, you can use input monitoring on the track to pass all input of that track while recording thru the fx bin.   But it still records it clean onto the track. 

[57Gregy]

I think that by using a AZux Tracks, you can direct the output of the track that's being recorded to another track and then have one track with the effect in the bin and the other track with the effected audio.
A plus is that by deleting the FX in the original track, you now have a clean and dirty recording.
Aux Tracks have been around for a while, so not new to Cakewalk Sonar.

Edited 2 hours ago by 57Gregy
clarification

[57Gregy]

If you've already read the above, that should be 'Aux Tracks' and not 'Patch Points"
And it may not record on both tracks?

To record an audio track that contains effects
1. Insert the desired time-based plug-in effect(s) in the effect bin on the audio track.
2. Click the audio track’s Output control and select New Aux Track on the pop-up menu.
3. Arm the Aux track for recording.
For details, see “Arming tracks for recording” on page 355.
4. Begin recording.
For details, see “To Record Audio” on page 363.
copied from page 994 of the Reference Guide.

[Starship Krupa]

2 hours ago, Dibubba said:

Hi Crew - 

Is there a way, in the current version, to apply FX (e.g. VST's within a Channel's FX Section) *while recording* ?  In previous versions, there wasn't... which is why I have so much outboard hardware! 🤪

I'm wondering if Sonar caught up, and I missed it.

Thanks! 👍

Curious, why do you want to print FX while recording? You can monitor them while recording, then bounce the recorded track and the FX will be baked in just as if you had printed them while recording.