Quickest way to check for phase alignment on two different tracks with Sonar X3?

thefyn

Karyn
He's adding a delay to move one track in time by a handful of sample.
 
In Sonar the standard way would be to zoom in so you can see the wave forms and then just nudge one of the clips until they're in phase.
 
 

That is how I attempted it, but the GUI would not allow me (I could not figure it out) to zoom in on two separate tracks to that degree, with the waves directly above each other.  Is there a different track view that allows for this?  
 
Can you upload a screenshot of you doing this on different tracks?  I want to have the vertical timeline to intersect both zoomed in tracks on the peak of one wave so I can shift the other track to mimic it.
 
 

I'm at work, not at my DAW, but I can talk you though it.
 
In normal track view with snap turned OFF.
 
on the left of the clips, drag one track to just below (or above) the track you want to match to.
Grabbing the bottom edge of the track header, drag down to make it bigger (maybe to half screen size).
Repeat this with the second track so you have both tracks really big.
Click in the timeline to place the nowtime marker at a sensible place, then using the zoom buttons (bottom right of track window) zoom in until you see the wave forms clearly.
Reposition the nowtime marker to a good (easily recognisable) point on one of the waveforms.
Grab the second clip and drag it so the wave aligns at the same point on the nowtime marker.
 
When you've done this a few times it becomes automatic and only takes a couple of seconds.  Quicker than inserting delays and calculating sample offsets.
Because you're aligning to the nowtime marker you can get it just as accurate as any of the other methods.
 
If you're using this method to align two sources, eg, a DI and a miced input, start by joining any individual clips in the track you're going to move else you'll have to align each one individually.  You can always split it up again later when you edit.