Best way to create several guitar tracks

Put your GR plug-in on a bus and either set the outputs of the  6 gtr tracks to that bus or insert a send an each track that points to that bus if you want the dry signal to still go somewhere else. The inputs don't matter, it's only going to record onto the track that you have armed for recording.

paulo
Put your GR plug-in on a bus and either set the outputs of the  6 gtr tracks to that bus or insert a send an each track that points to that bus if you want the dry signal to still go somewhere else. The inputs don't matter, it's only going to record onto the track that you have armed for recording.

But i want different effects for each instance. If i understand you correctly that only will let me use 1 specific Guitar Rig setting.

mudgel
You can create the track with the plugin once and save that as a track template. In future you can just insert from track template and your track, plugin and any settings are their for you. Inserting an audio track in the first place is as easy as pressing just the Insert key
Or in track view right click Insert Track nominate how many of what sort and away you go. It's worthwhile reading the online help. It's very thorough and will quickly prove to be a great resource Press F1 for help or got to the following link

Thanks but not sure if i understand you. Wouldn't this be the same as inserting a new track and a new Guitar Rig for each new guitar i want to record? The thing i want to avoid?

Yes, i'm in the process of reading. It's iust so much and sometimes i can't figure out specific issues.

Like the cable insert for instance as mentioned above. If i have 2 tracks with the cable in the first insert it uses both tracks when i play the guitar. It affects both tracks. How do i avoid that without moving my cable to the second insert of my octa capture?

Clone your first track 5 times.

you want to select comping mode.
You start recordings doi you the then stop recording. When you next start recording Sonar will play over what's already been recorded on a different lane within the same track. When you expand track view there are 2 icons in the left lower corner. The left most icon toggles lanes view on and off. The following part of the help file should get you going.

https://www.cakewalk.com/...elp=Recording.11.html#

Also each track has an input and output widget where you can over ride any automatically chosen input.

MediumPimpin

paulo
Put your GR plug-in on a bus and either set the outputs of the  6 gtr tracks to that bus or insert a send an each track that points to that bus if you want the dry signal to still go somewhere else. The inputs don't matter, it's only going to record onto the track that you have armed for recording.

But i want different effects for each instance. If i understand you correctly that only will let me use 1 specific Guitar Rig setting.

Correct. Your OP gave me the impression that you didn't want multiple instances though. As has been said, track templates are your friend if you want GR to automatically be plugged in on a guitar track when you open one, but then you say that you don't want that either ? I'm not sure I'm following what you're asking any more. BTW GR is a bit of a cpu hog, so you might have to manage that situation a bit if you're going to have several instances working at once.

paulo

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paulo
Put your GR plug-in on a bus and either set the outputs of the  6 gtr tracks to that bus or insert a send an each track that points to that bus if you want the dry signal to still go somewhere else. The inputs don't matter, it's only going to record onto the track that you have armed for recording.

But i want different effects for each instance. If i understand you correctly that only will let me use 1 specific Guitar Rig setting.

Correct. Your OP gave me the impression that you didn't want multiple instances though. As has been said, track templates are your friend if you want GR to automatically be plugged in on a guitar track when you open one, but then you say that you don't want that either ? I'm not sure I'm following what you're asking any more. BTW GR is a bit of a cpu hog, so you might have to manage that situation a bit if you're going to have several instances working at once.

Well apparently i'm forced to open a new guitar rig for each track i iust learned so that question is not valid anymore.

I think you need to tell us a little bit more about what it is you want to do.

mudgel
I think you need to tell us a little bit more about what it is you want to do.

I want to record 6 guitar tracks. Or 6 bass tracks or 6 keyboard tracks.

I plug in 1 guitar to the first input of my octa. 1 bass to the second. A keyboard in the usb.

I then start a track, i record the guitar. I then start a new track and record the bass guitar and start a new midi track and record the keyboard.
Now i want to record another guitar track but this causes problems.
I start a new track but now track 1 and 4 both use the guitar in my left octa capture input. It i play the guitar it shows in both tracks. It uses the settings from Guitar Rig from track 1. Same goes for any new track for the bass or keyboards. How do i avoid this without having to plug the guitar in yet another input? How do i seperate the guitar on 2 or more tracks with 1 input.

Ok even more simple. Let's say your audio interface only has 1 single input. How the hell do you record 10 tracks with it. Because every new track will pick up the same guitar. So it will pick up the guitar rig from every single track instead of just the one you're working on.

mudgel
I think if you're completely new to DAWs (Digital Audio Workstations) then it would be good for you to spend a few days or weeks with the online help or if you've downloaded the help and tutorials files have a look around for a file they ends in *.chm.

I don't want to presume your level of knowledge but you seem a bit new to all this so forgive me as I don't want to sound condescending.

Quite new yes so sorry for any stupid/annoying questions.

mettelus
SONAR will only record to an armed track. In your situation with tracks 1/4 above, track 1 should no longer be armed, and should also have input echo disabled. I am presuming you have track 1's input echo on so you are hearing it. There is no need to change any input jacks on your audio interface, just be mindful of what you are telling SONAR to actually do.

Input echo is a specific button? Edit: oh i know what you mean. But then how do i record while playing back? I need to hear the other guitar from the old track sometimes when playing a new track.

mudgel
Where I am it's way past my bedtime. Mettelus will keep you going I hope. Al the best.

Thanks. We're almost there i think :) sleep well.

Ok, well i think i'm starting to get it. I will go through this thread again when i'm using Sonar again. Thanks for all the help!

mudgel
Couldn't sleep. Thought I'd check in. Keep hanging in there do the tutorials over and over till you get it. Sounds really basic but in the early days I went back to them all the time. Even now when there's a special feature I don't use often comes up, I do some refreshing from the manual that's what it's there for. All the best

I will for sure. Thanks!