Instruction Manual

212 Controlling Playback
Controlling Live MIDI Playback—MIDI Echo
To set these options, choose Options-Project and click the MIDI Out tab. If
you have set up a playback loop, enabling either of these options can cause
an audible delay when the loop is restarted.
Controlling Live MIDI Playback—MIDI
Echo
When you play your MIDI keyboard or controller, the sound that SONAR
produces is determined by what hardware or software synth SONAR sends
the incoming MIDI data to after SONAR receives the data. This is called
MIDI echo. By default, SONAR sends the data to the MIDI output or
software synth listed in the Output field of the current track. The current
track is the one whose titlebar has the lighter color—press the up and down
arrows on your computer keyboard and watch each track turn lighter in
succession as you change different tracks into the current track (you can
also click any of a track’s controls to make it current).
However, you can echo MIDI data to much more than just the current track,
or turn echoing off on the current track if you want. With a single keyboard
or controller, you can echo MIDI data to as many MIDI tracks as you want,
meaning that you can simultaneously play as many hardware and software
Option… How it works…
Zero Controllers When
Play Stops
If this option is enabled, SONAR zeroes (resets) the pitch
wheel, the pedal Controller, and the modulation wheel
Controller on all 16 MIDI channels whenever playback is
stopped. It also sends a “Zero All Continuous
Controllers” MIDI message, which turns off other
continuous Controllers on newer synthesizers. If you
experience frequent stuck notes when playback stops,
try checking this option.
Patch/Controller
Searchback Before Play
Starts
If this option is enabled, SONAR searches for and sends
the most recent patch change, wheel, and pedal events
on each output and MIDI channel before starting
playback. This ensures that all these settings are correct,
even if you start playback at an arbitrary point in your
project.