Left-over Notes at the Start of Exports

Here's a very common problem I encounter.  I have a song with as gentle fade on the master bus during the final (decaying) note.  For example, the piano, guitar, bass, and strings have played the final note.  Piano, guitar, and bass are fading/decaying naturally.  The strings have an automated fader fade.  Master has an automated fader fade.
 
Sometimes when I export, I get a short string sound at the start of the exported wave.  It seems as though the final note of the song is still sounding but gets cut off abruptly.  I try to prevent this by playing the balnk measures at the start of the song before exporting, but that does not always work.
 
Surely there is some way to prevent this.  Ideas?

I've had that happen and found that it also does it sometimes when I hit play at the beginning of the track.  I've went to the beginning and hit play (sometimes a couple of times) until it doesn't play the note.  Then it exports fine.  Now I when I'm ready to export I always try to remember to check the playback at the beginning of the recording before I actually export it.

gustabo

townstra
I've had that happen and found that it also does it sometimes when I hit play at the beginning of the track.  I've went to the beginning and hit play (sometimes a couple of times) until it doesn't play the note.  Then it exports fine.  Now I when I'm ready to export I always try to remember to check the playback at the beginning of the recording before I actually export it.  

^ That's exactly what I do.

Me too. Although it is easy to forget.  It would be great if Sonar could automatically and silently flush the buffers either when stopping or starting transport.  I can't think of a reason why this would be desired behavior for anyone.

My favorite way to export remains bouncing to track with everything selected, using audible bounce so I can make sure everything sounds the way it should. Not only can I then drag the final mix wherever I want, when I save the project it saves the mix too.

Hi there folks,
 
in X1 and X2 preferences, Audio -> Playback and Recording "Play Effects Tails After Stopping".
Check that setting.
 
In X3 that setting has been changed, and is now "Always Stream Audio Through FX".
 
Hope that helps.
 
Cheers - Cliff

That's a great idea, Craig, I hadn't thought of that, but I'll definitely be trying it going forward.
 
Thanks!
 
John

mettelus
Craig has dropped that golden nugget a few times now. I think it deserves its own place in Dan's Tips thread. It is an incredibly nice feature, and one that does not readily come to mind until someone mentions it.

Wait until you see my video on mastering in Sonar...I'm finding out all sorts of cool things. Don't have a planned arrival date, but want to get this going ASAP.