Instruction Manual

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Stand-alone Synths
Software Synthesizers
Stand-alone Synths
Some soft synths can be run independently of SONAR’ and do not need to
be inserted to the Synth Rack or an FX bin to use. After you install this kind
of synth and restart your computer, the name of the synth’s MIDI driver
appears in SONAR’s MIDI Devices dialog box under Outputs.
See:
Playing a Stand-alone Synth
Recording a Stand-alone Synth
Playing a Stand-alone Synth
SONAR plays this kind of synth by seeing it as additional MIDI outputs in
both the MIDI Devices dialog box and in MIDI tracks’ output fields.
To Play a Stand-alone Synth
1. Use the Options-MIDI Devices command to open the MIDI Devices
dialog box.
2. In the Outputs field, make sure the name of your stand-alone synth’s
MIDI driver is highlighted, and click OK.
3. Click the Output field of an unused MIDI track to display the output
menu.
4. Select the name of the stand-alone synth’s MIDI driver.
5. If your stand-alone synth is multi-timbral, change the track’s MIDI
channel to the same one that the synth uses for the sound you want to
hear.
6. Select a bank and patch on your stand-alone synth, if you haven’t
already.
7. Record some MIDI data in the MIDI track, or play any MIDI controller
that’s an input for the MIDI track.
When you play your MIDI controller or play back the recorded MIDI data,
you should hear the stand-alone synth through your sound card’s outputs. If
you don’t, make sure you’re playing in the right range and that your monitor
speakers or headphones are turned up, and that none of the relevant tracks
are muted.