Instruction Manual

574 Software Synthesizers
ReWire
5. Click OK to close the dialog.
SONAR adds your ReWire devices to the audio and synth track Input
menus and the MIDI track Output and Channel menus, creates any
tracks you requested, adds the ReWire instrument to the Synth Rack
view, and opens the ReWire application’s interface.
6. In the MIDI track whose output is the ReWire synth track, click the drop-
down arrow in the Channel field to display the names of the available
ReWire devices in your ReWire instrument.
7. Click the name of the device you want to use.
8. Make sure that the synth track you want to hear the ReWire instrument
through has the appropriate ReWire channel listed in its Input field.
Now you can record MIDI data in the MIDI track and hear it through the
synth track. If you want to use different synth tracks for each ReWire
device, see the following procedure.
Note: Always close your ReWire applications before closing a SONAR
project.
To Use Separate Synth Tracks for Each ReWire Device
1. Open SONAR, insert a ReWire instrument, and choose All Synth Audio
Outputs option in the Create These Tracks field of the Insert Soft Synth
Options dialog. Make sure you choose to open the Synth window, and
click OK.
SONAR inserts the ReWire instrument and creates multiple synth
tracks.
2. In your ReWire application, assign the devices you want to use to the
outputs or channels you want to use. For example, in Propellerheads
Reason, you use the back panel of the mixer to drag cables from a
device to the output channel you want to use for that instrument.
3. In SONAR, set the Output field of a MIDI track to the name of your
ReWire application, and set the Channel field to the name of the
ReWire device you want to play with this track.
4. Record some MIDI data in the track and play it. Find the synth track
whose Input field lists the output channel you patched your device
into—the playback meter lights up as you play the MIDI track that plays
your device.
Now you can use separate effects for each of your ReWire devices.