Hi everybody i've got a big probleme with sonar ,when i take a rec the level is not the same is not realistic
i waiste time o get another mic(neumman) sound card or pre'amps the result is the same 5 year of sonar (8.5)
the audio is not realistic .
Some people do this audio comparaison ?
 
The waves import or bounces son good but rec a mic is the disastre!!

If I'm understanding the question properly, it sounds like you may need to gain your mic up if you're finding it sounds low in level. If you're going direct into your soundcard/interface and cant get enough level, you may need an external pre-amp - or check your soundcard/interface software, you may have input gain levels set low. Hope that makes sense ?   

Just a thought, if you're using a condenser mic make sure you've got +48V enabled on your preamp or interface software.
 

thanks for the reply, but when i say rec is not the level but the gain captation in the daw
i've take 2 rec 1 in sonar 1 in reaper or protools with same sound card the wave is not the same 
reaper or protools sound natural sonar sound like is don-t have impact or gain ? why ?
 

You need to rewrite your questions in a way we can understand them. 
 
Just to be sure you know this. Sonar has no control on recoding levels. They are controlled at the source. Your microphone your pre-amp and your audio interface all have control Sonar does not. 

How your Mic sounds is not down to your DAW. It's the audio interface and mic.

Would love to help but I don't understand your English. Be specific on exactly what you are doing here with Sonar. Step by step.

John
You need to rewrite your questions in a way we can understand them. 
 
Just to be sure you know this. Sonar has no control on recoding levels. They are controlled at the source. Your microphone your pre-amp and your audio interface all have control Sonar does not. 

John, you can have great levels going into Sonar and record nothing. Sonar has LOTS of control over recording levels and this may be a case of bad configuration or preferences. It sounds like he records on other DAW's but hasn't figured out how to get the same results from Sonar.
 
O/P tell us about your hardware and the configuration details. You should also go through Sonar preferences and see that they are the same as you use in the other DAW software. Bon chance'

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John
You need to rewrite your questions in a way we can understand them. 
 
Just to be sure you know this. Sonar has no control on recoding levels. They are controlled at the source. Your microphone your pre-amp and your audio interface all have control Sonar does not. 

John, you can have great levels going into Sonar and record nothing. Sonar has LOTS of control over recording levels and this may be a case of bad configuration or preferences. It sounds like he records on other DAW's but hasn't figured out how to get the same results from Sonar.
 
O/P tell us about your hardware and the configuration details. You should also go through Sonar preferences and see that they are the same as you use in the other DAW software. Bon chance'

Sorry you're wrong. Sonar has no control over levels in record mode. This is unintuitive but true. The way it works is the audio goes directly to disk and its monitored by Sonar. That is why its important to keep the record meters at unity to get an accurate reading. Changing them will not actually change the audio coming in but will give you inaccurate readings. 
 
I should add the reason this is the way it is is because Sonar does not have any control over the A/D converters. A signal could already be clipped and show as low on the record meters if you lower them. 
 
All levels need to be carefully adjusted at the source and at the input chain for recording. 

ok thx a lot but iam a french user so excuse my english i think is maybe in preferencial but i don't know how to ajust or got not the same of reaper protools buta natural take of rec 
if i give a louder in the mic i've got saturation not DB !
 
 

So that sounds like you can set the inputs so hot that the signal distorts, but what you record is very quiet and distorted. Sounds like a set up problem in Sonar. Please post some information about your system or it will be impossible to give suggestions.