Applies to Cakewalk Sonar and all Focusrite USB audio interfaces
This guide walks you through how to setup your Focusrite audio interface in Cakewalk Sonar on Windows, setup an audio track for recording, and start recording. To learn more about how to use Sonar, see Cakewalk's Help Centre:
Getting Started with Cakewalk Sonar
Please make sure you install the Focusrite audio driver and control software before going through these steps. If you haven't installed the Focusrite audio driver or control software, download them from here.
- Open Cakewalk Sonar.
- Click Edit → Preferences → Audio → Playback and Recording.
- Set the Driver Mode to ASIO.
- Click Audio → Devices.
- Under Input Drivers and Output Drivers tick all options labelled Focusrite USB ASIO.
- Click Apply and OK.
- Click Insert → Audio Track (or use Ctrl+T) to create a new track.
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Select the dropdown on the track settings.
- Select None → Focusrite USB ASIO and select the input you'd like to record.
- Click Record Arm on the track.
- Click Record in Sonar's transport controls.
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