I seem to remember somewhere we have a setting that allows us to set a time value as to how long to process sound after the last audio plays for example to allow for the delay or reverb tail to finish...
 
I can't seem to find it? Can anyone point me in the right direction? I hate having to specify the time ruler setting everytime I do an export...
 
Thanks...
Keni
 

Audio will render to the end of the selection;  just extend the selected time range.

You can also extend the end of a clip to where you want the file, or song, to end.

The setting to allow reverb tails to finish playing is in Preferences Audio somewhere but it's a checkbox not a time value.

Hi Keni
In the preferences you have Audio/playback and recording/ you have a fade option for beginning and end of the song that you can set the milliseconds you want to fade at the end of the song. Maybe this will help.

I usually just drag the end of another clip to wherever I want the cut off point to be.

The first thing I do before starting a final mix is determine (by listening) exactly where I want playback/export to stop, and drop a marker there named "End". I also place one where I want the song to begin and label it "Start". If necessary, I slip-edit a track (any track) to make sure playback doesn't stop before the End marker.
 
Then, before exporting, I press CTL-A to select all tracks, jump to the Start marker and press F9, jump to the End marker and press F10. This method assures that reverb tails and fadeouts aren't truncated, that no external trimming will be needed, and that every export will produce identical results.
 

Thanks everybody...

Though nobody mentioned the option I distinctly remember... I've used all of the above at various times but as a default, I was usually able to do the export without having to set anything... It would default to the 1:01 for the start and finish as many seconds beyond the last event as I had set...

So if none of you (who are well more versed in Sonar than I) know of it, it must be a thing of the past... Lost recently as I had been using the default for so long....

Thanks for all the reminders and ideas... Bitflipper... I totally forgot the from/to shortcut, that will be handy...

I'll still look for the setting I was referring to and post if/when I find it...

Keni

Could this be the forum thread you were looking for?
 
http://forum.cakewalk.com...px?high=export+sustain
 
 

Hi Dan... I haven't looked at the link yet, but I just realized that the setting I was thinking of is for the Freeze options... Not related to export...
 
So I guess I've been lucky having either an extended envelope or hidden track or such that allowed the export's time range to default longer than I needed.... I don't typically set such at mix time as I like to do my fades and such during mastering... tho sometimes I must do some fading in the original mix of course...
 
In Freeze Options we have a checkbox and related value box for Freeze Tail Duration....
 
But I guess as long as I remember to set a start and end point, I can use the F9/F10 (Thanks bf) and quickly establish the time range...
 
...bit of a pain as I must also select the tracks... not a big deal, but I have so often simply been able to allow a default range/track selection and do my exports... I kept thinking of this Freeze option thinking it might be related to export as I've recently had a few songs that forced me to create the export setting... ;-)
 
Thanks Everybody...
Keni