Instruction Manual

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Inserting Soft Synths

Software Synthesizers

for having a higher number after the name. Every copy appears in a

separate row in the drop-down menus of synth and audio track inputs and

MIDI track outputs.

To Insert a Soft Synth from the Synth Rack View or

1. If you want to use the Synth Rack view, open the Synth Rack view with

the Views-Synth Rack command, and click the Insert button to

display the popup menu of installed soft synths.

2. If you want to use the menu command, use the Insert-Soft Synths

command to display the popup menu of installed soft synths.

3. In the popup menu, click the name of the soft synth you want to insert.

The Insert Soft Synth Options dialog appears, unless you’ve previously

unchecked the Ask This Every Time checkbox that’s in the dialog. If you

have, SONAR inserts the soft synth according to the preferences you

set the last time you used the Insert Soft Synth Options dialog. If you

need to open the Insert Soft Synth Options dialog when it’s hidden, click

the Insert Soft Synth Options button in the Synth Rack view toolbar.

4. Choose options from the Insert Soft Synth Options dialog according to

the following:

• If you want to create a MIDI track that uses the soft synth as an

output, check the Create These Tracks: MIDI Source checkbox.

• If you want to create a single synth track that acts as an output for

Output 1 of the soft synth, check the Create These Tracks: First

Synth Audio Output checkbox.

• If you want to create separate synth tracks for each of the soft

synth’s outputs, check the Create These Tracks: All Synth Audio

Outputs checkbox.

• If you want to use existing MIDI and audio tracks to play the soft

synth, uncheck all of the Create These Tracks options. SONAR

adds the soft synth to the audio track input and MIDI track output

menus. You need to set an existing MIDI track’s Output field to the

soft synth, and set an existing audio track’s Input field to the soft

synth (the audio track will then become a synth track).

• If you want to open the soft synth’s interface from this dialog, check

the Open These Windows: Synth Property Page checkbox.