Instruction Manual

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Chords and Marks
To Display Notes on the Fretboard Using their MIDI
Channels
1. Set your MIDI Guitar to transmit on 6 consecutive channels. This is
often referred to as “MONO” mode. Refer to your MIDI Guitar device
documentation for more information.
2. Select and Arm a track.
3. If you want the data from all 6 strings to be recorded to a single track,
set the Input to OMNI. If you want each string on a separate track, you
need to set up each individual track to record on the corresponding
MIDI channel. The GT-30 Guitar Synthesizer template is designed to
do this, so you may want to open that from the Quick Start Menu or
from the File menu. To use the File menu method, choose File-Open
and choose Cakewalk Template from the Files of type field. Then
choose the Roland GT-30 Guitar Synthesizer template.
4. Open the Staff view.
5. Click the Staff View Layout button .
6. Click Define.
7. In the Method field, click MIDI Channel.
8. In the 1st Channel field, set SONAR to transmit on the same series of
MIDI channels that you chose in step 1. Select 1 for 1-6, 2 for 2-7, etc.
MIDI guitar devices can transmit in MONO using a different series of
MIDI channels, but SONAR needs to be listening to the same channels
in order to properly display the MIDI guitar input.
9. Click Close.
10. Click OK.
SONAR displays notes on the Fretboard based on their MIDI channels.
If you are planning to record or input notes from a MIDI guitar synth or MIDI
converter, you need to set this up on the instrument. In the case of the
Roland GT-30, for example, you set it to send on MIDI Channel 11, MONO.
This sends out each corresponding string on channels 11-16.
Chords and Marks
The Staff view lets you add and edit chord symbols, dynamic markings,
hairpin symbols, and pedal events. Like notes, these symbols are placed in