I'm using an octa capture to record my guitar and i'm struggling a bit with adding new tracks.

What is the best way to record let's say 6 guitars all using the Guitar Rig plugin.
There has to be a better way than creating a new track each time and each track its own instance of Guitar Rig? Can i somehow create a new track without having to load the plugin again?

Also the input confuses me. I connect to the first input on my octa for the first track. But when i make a new track it uses the same input and it shows on both tracks. How do i seperate this without changing the cable to a new input every time?

Thanks!

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.

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 https://www.cakewalk.com/...t=SONAR&language=3

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.

Yes that's right that's why I suggested the alternative figuring that you want a different treatment for each of your guitar tracks.

If for example you had finished your recording and wanted to do something that uniformly treated all you guitar tracks then you would send them to a bus.

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?

mudgel
Yes that's right that's why I suggested the alternative figuring that you want a different treatment for each of your guitar tracks.

If for example you had finished your recording and wanted to do something that uniformly treated all you guitar tracks then you would send them to a bus.

I don't understand the alternative method you mentioned very well. Sorry.

Clone your first track 5 times.

MediumPimpin

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

That's the point. If you want different sounds for each guitar, then of course you need six instances of
Guitar Rig if you want to have all of them adjustable and active.
Or... you use only one instance and track, record guitar #1, and bounce the track, then clear or archive the original. Then change the sounds and record guitar #2 etc. That way you'd only have one instance of that resource hog VST active at a time. In this workflow you must remember to save the preset for each guitar in case you need to re-record something.

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#