Instruction Manual

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Assigning Instruments
Instrument Definitions
synth receiving on channels 11 through 16. In this case, you’d use three
different instrument definitions for your one and only MIDI output.
To Assign Instrument Definitions to MIDI Outputs and
Channels
1. Choose Options-Instruments to display the Assign Instruments dialog
box.
2. Select one or more MIDI outputs and channels from the Output/
Channel list (use Shift-click and Ctrl-click to select multiple outputs and
channels). You can also drag through a bunch of channels to select
them. For example, if you want to assign the first 16 MIDI channels on
output 1 to a certain MIDI module, drag through the first 16 items in the
Output/Channel list to select them.
3. Choose the instrument definition to which the selected outputs and
channels should be assigned from the Uses Instrument list. A black line
connects the two lists. If your MIDI module’s name doesn’t appear in
the list and you don’t want to use General MIDI bank and patch names
for it, see Importing Instrument Definitions.
4. To save these changes permanently, check the Save Changes for Next
Session box.
5. Click OK to apply your changes.
From now on, the bank, patch, controller, and note names from the
assigned instrument definition are used throughout SONAR on any track
that uses one of the output/channel combinations you selected in the
Output/Channel list.