(Old) Rookie Mixing-Export Question

Yes to all of the above.
 
RE: Bounce...I'm
1. highlighting (selecting) tracks to export
2. going to the file menu, selecting export
3. and this is the screen: http://screencast.com/t/eunvu37kE
Is that not supposed to say Bounce?

You should setup buses. I have a Master buss plus I like to have sub buses for drums and instruments and vocals and so on. I also use aux buses which return to the master buss.
 
When you have a master buss all sub buses should out to it. Then when you go to the export dialog select master bus as your source. If every audio track ends up going through that buss that will be what you export.  

Temporary Fix, but help needed.
 
So I can function right now and be able to mix/export (until tech support helps straighten me out), I copied a project, deleted the audio tracks. But the "project audio" folder is still the "copied" project folder.
S:\Sonar Song Files\Old Copied Song\Audio
 
...how do I change the new project's pathway to S:\Sonar Song Files\My New Song\Audio  ?

thedukewestern
The only safe way to move the location of the audio files is to SAVE AS from inside the session as a new project, and choose "copy audio" on the bottom.

TheDukeWestern! Thank you for that. So simple. And worked!
And regarding the routing...the thing is, all my old files work just fine with the OUT being Focusrite USB Audio 2.0 Audio Driver Mon 1. Consistently. And I know I need to learn the whole Master Buss thing, but when I've tried, I've not YET been up to the task, apparently. I'll get there. So... and yes, I agree, Sonar is sooooo capable, I'm sure I'm just not seeing where I tweaked something. :(

Buss... its super easy... its a group.  A buss is like a funnel,, you just pour stuff into it.  In fact your output to your usb is also considered a buss, its just sonar doesnt do anything with that other than allow you to turn it up or down.
 
Just go through all your channels in your session and set them to master to get started.  Thats it.  You more than likely did not hear a volume change when you did this before because your master buss is most likely set to zero... where it should be.   You may be confused as to WHY you would use a master buss... however... its simple, The reason to do this is so that you can say, eq your entire mix, or maybe use a compressor etc. inside that buss.   A buss simply allows you the same flexibility that a channel does, only we can send as many channels as we want to a buss.    It also allows you to gauge how loud you actually are mixing. 
 
In Sonar, console view, all your channels are on your left, and all your busses are on your right, and all the way to the right is your output section to your interface.    All your signals go from left... to right. 
 
 
 

thedukewestern
Buss... its super easy... its a group.  A buss is like a funnel,, you just pour stuff into it.  In fact your output to your usb is also considered a buss.
 
Just go through all your channels in your session and set them to master to get started.  Thats it.  You more than likely did not hear a volume change when you did this before because your master buss is most likely set to zero... where it should be.   You may be confused as to WHY you would use a master buss... however... its simple, The reason to do this is so that you can say, eq your entire mix, or maybe use a compressor etc. inside that buss.   A buss simply allows you the same flexibility that a channel does, only we can send as many channels as we want to a buss.    It also allows you to gauge how loud you actually are mixing.  

Thank you for the easy explanation. So...just setting them to Master is using an pre-existing buss, that is just a core part of any project, in this case, the Master Buss? I'll try this now with an old song that "works", and a new song that hasn't worked. :)

chamlin
 
Thank you for the easy explanation. So...just setting them to Master is using an pre-existing buss, that is just a core part of any project, in this case, the Master Buss? I'll try this now with an old song that "works", and a new song that hasn't worked. :)

Absolutely... and say... maybe you want to .... brighten up the whole mix... now you have a place to do it... or ... compress the whole mix just a touch.  The master buss is the the happenin hotspot in town that all the kids wind up at to party=-)

This is thankfully solved. Yes, the key boxes were TRACK MUTE/SOLO and TRACK AUTOMATION. Really grateful for your help.
 
And I do NOT know why the box checking didn't do anything when BRISTOL JONESY suggested that above.
 
You guys are the best. AND, btw, once I got this working right, I also tested everything with the MASTER BUSS and it works as well. Now I'm a friggin' professional, right? :)
 
Thanks to all.