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How to Record CD Quality With Cakewalk

Cakewalk started life as an MS-DOS music sequencer program and grew into SONAR, a powerful and popular program for both sequencing MIDI music and recording audio. The compact disk was released in the early 1980s as the first digital media for sharing music. The standards set for sampling rate and resolution are now eclipsed by the capabilities of even a basic home computer. However, higher sampling rates have to be reduced to burn a CD of your music, so sometimes it makes sense to work in "CD quality."

Instructions

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      Set Cakewalk or Sonar to match CD audio specifications. Most versions of Cakewalk ProAudio and Sonar share very similar menus. Select "Options" from the toolbar. Select "Audio..." from the drop-down menu. Make sure your preferred device is selected for "Playback Timing Master" and "Record Timing Master."

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      Find the "Audio Driver Bit Depth" box on the "General" tab and change the value to "16." Under "Default Settings for New Projects" select a sampling rate of 44100 from the drop-down menu.

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      Click on the "Wave Profiler..." radio button. Select "Yes" on the subsequent pop-up window to run the audio profiler. Click on "Close" when the wave profile analysis is complete. Click "Apply," then "Okay," and Cakewalk or Sonar is ready to record at 16 bit, 44,100 kHz level, compatible with CD format.

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