Instruction Manual

562 Software Synthesizers
Playing a Soft Synth
4. Set the soft synth’s parameters (choose sounds, effects, etc.), and drag
its interface out of the way (the soft synth’s interface does not have to
be open for the soft synth to sound).
5. If you want to save your soft synth settings, type a name in the Presets
field, and click the Disk icon that’s next to the Presets field.
6. Record some MIDI data into the MIDI track.
When you play back the recorded MIDI data, you should hear the soft synth
through your sound card’s outputs. If you don’t, make sure your data is in
the right range; a bank, patch, and channel are selected; your monitor
speakers or headphones are turned up; and that none of the relevant tracks
are muted.
You can add effects to each of the synth tracks. You can also add MIDI
effects to your soft synth MIDI tracks.
To Play a Soft Synth from a MIDI Controller
1. Make sure your controller is set to local off.
2. Make sure that the Audio Engine button in the Transport toolbar is
depressed.
3. Insert a soft synth into your project (see Inserting Soft Synths, if
necessary).
Note: If you patch a soft synth into a bus that has no audio track
assigned to it, the soft synth does not sound. Always use a bus that has
at least one audio track sending data to it.
4. In the MIDI track that sends its output to the soft synth, choose a MIDI
channel.
5. Open the soft synth’s interface (if it’s not open already) by clicking the
Properties button in the Synth Rack view, or by double-clicking the
name of the soft synth if it’s patched into the FX bin of an audio track.
Note: You can also open a soft synth’s interface by double-clicking its
name where it appears in a MIDI track’s Out menu or a synth track’s In
menu.
6. Set the soft synth’s parameters (choose sounds, effects, etc.), and drag
its interface out of the way.
7. If you want to save your soft synth settings, type a name in the Presets
field, and click the Disk icon that’s next to the Presets field.