Instruction Manual

788 Instrument Definitions
Importing Instrument Definitions
To Clear Instrument Assignments
1. Choose Options-Instruments to display the Assign Instruments dialog
box.
2. Select the MIDI outputs and channels whose assignments you want to
remove from the Output/Channel list.
3. Choose <default> from the Uses Instrument list. A black line connects
the two lists.
4. Click OK when you are done.
You don’t really clear instrument assignments—you reassign them to use
the default (General MIDI) instrument definition. After you reassign the
output/channel combinations, the default (GM) bank, patch, controller, and
note names are used throughout SONAR on any track that uses one of the
output/channel combinations you reassigned in the Output/Channel list.
See also:
Importing Instrument Definitions
Creating Instrument Definitions
To Import Instrument Definitions
To Create a New Instrument
To Rename an Instrument
To Add a Bank or Change the Patch Names for a Bank
To Create and Edit Name Lists
Importing Instrument Definitions
When you install SONAR, a few common instrument definitions are already
set up for you and ready to use. SONAR also includes several hundred
additional instrument definitions that you can import.
These instrument definitions are stored in text files in your SONAR folder,
organized largely by manufacturer. For example, all the instrument
definitions for Roland gear are stored in the R
OLAND.INS file; all the
instrument definitions for Yamaha gear are stored in the Y
AMAHA.INS file.
The M
ISC.INS file contains miscellaneous instrument definitions.
If SONAR does not include an instrument definition for your MIDI
instrument, you can find additional and updated instrument definitions on