Instruction Manual

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Controlling Live MIDI Playback—MIDI Echo
Controlling Playback
synths as you can hook up to your MIDI interface or run on your computer.
You can also have multiple performers on different controllers sending MIDI
data to either the same synth or multiple synths. Each SONAR track allows
you to select what MIDI input ports and channels the track will respond to.
The Output field of the track determines what instrument will sound when
the track receives the data. Each track’s Input Echo button determines
whether the track echoes MIDI data.
The Input Echo Button
Each MIDI track has an Input Echo button, which controls whether the track
will echo MIDI data or not. The button has three states: on , dimmed ,
and off . When the button is on, the track echoes MIDI data. When the
button is dimmed, the track echoes MIDI data because the track is the
current track. When the button is off, the track does not echo any data, even
if it is the current track. The off position on a current MIDI track is only
available if you disable the Always Echo Current MIDI Track option in the
General tab of the Global Options dialog (Options-Global command). The
dimmed position becomes unavailable with this setting.
There are several ways to turn Input Echoing on:
• Click a track’s Input Echo button so that it is on.
• Click a track to make the track the current track (if the Always Echo
Current MIDI Track option on the General tab of the Global Options
dialog is enabled). In this situation (which is the default), if the track’s
Input Echo button is not on, it appears dimmed, to show that this track
echoes data because it is the current track.
• If the Always Echo Current MIDI Track option on the General tab of the
Global Options dialog is disabled, make a track the current track, and
use the Tracks-Input Monitor/Echo command (or click the track’s
Input Echo button).
Storing Favorite Configurations
If you want a track to respond to more than one port or channel, you must
create a preset input configuration. If you create some favorite
configurations of MIDI input options, not only will they be stored with the
project you created them in, but you can save each one as a preset to load
in any MIDI track in any project you want. Clicking the dropdown arrow in a
track’s Input field displays the Inputs dropdown menu, which has the
Manage Presets choice that allows you to create and store your favorite
combinations of MIDI input choices.
To Play One Synth at a Time from One or More MIDI