Instruction Manual

214 Controlling Playback
Controlling Live MIDI Playback—MIDI Echo
Keyboards
• Since this is SONAR’s default behavior, simply use the Up or Down
arrow keys on your computer keyboard to choose the current track (the
current track has a gold titlebar), and choose the synth you want to play
by using the track’s Output, Bank, Patch, and Channel fields. With the
default behavior, all MIDI input from all ports and channels is merged
and sent through the current track. Notice that the track’s Input field
says Omni.
• If you’ve disabled the default behavior (see next procedure), you must
make sure that the current track’s Input Echo button is lit up (on) before
you can play the synth that the track is patched to.
To Disable the Default MIDI Echo Setting
• If you want to turn off the automatic MIDI echoing of the current track,
disable the Always Echo Current MIDI Track option in the General tab
of the Global Options dialog (Options-Global command). If you then
turn off the current track’s Input Echo button and play your keyboard,
SONAR will not produce sound.
To Play Multiple Synths from a MIDI Keyboard
1. Choose a synth for each track that you want to play by using each
track’s Output, Channel, Bank, and Patch fields.
2. In the Input field of each track that you want to play, click the dropdown
arrow and choose the MIDI input port and channel that you want the
track to respond to from the following options:
• None—this option actually sets the Input field to Omni: with this
setting the track will respond to any MIDI input coming in on any
port (MIDI interface input driver) on any channel.
•(name of MIDI input driver)-MIDI Omni—choosing this option
causes the track to respond to any MIDI channel coming from the
named MIDI interface input driver.
•(name of MIDI input driver)-MIDI ch 1-16—choosing this option
causes the track to respond ONLY to whatever MIDI channel you
choose coming from the named MIDI interface input driver.
• Preset—if you’ve created any preset collections of input ports and
channels, you can select one here.
• Manage Presets—if you want to create or edit any preset
collections of input ports and channels, you can select this option
(see following procedure).