Instruction Manual

806 Instrument Definitions
Instrument Definition Tutorial
3. Scroll down to the Roland XP-10 Var #08 list and click its + sign to
expand it.
4. Compare the names on the Var #08 list with the patch names of the
Vari 1 instruments on the Roland’s display screen. You’ll see they are
the same.
5. Let’s substitute the Var #08 list for the Var #01 list that SONAR
currently lists as the XP-10’s second bank, which has a bank change
number of 128:
• In the Instruments tree in the left window, click the Roland XP-10
entry to expand it, and then expand the Patch Names for Banks list
that’s directly under it.
• Expand the Patch Names tree in the right window and find the
Roland XP-10 Var #01 list (if there is one) and right-click it to
display the popup menu.
• Choose Edit from the popup menu, and change the name from
Roland XP-10 Var #01 to Roland XP-10 Var #011.
• In the same tree find the Roland XP-10 Var #08 list and change the
name from Roland XP-10 Var #08 to Roland XP-10 Var #01.
• Drag the newly renamed list from the Patch Names tree in the right
window to the Patch Names for Banks tree in the left window.
• In the Bank Number dialog box, enter 128, and click OK.
6. Click the Close button to close the Define Instruments and Names
dialog box and click OK to close the Assign Instruments and Names
dialog box.
Examine the new bank and patch data in a track that uses 1-Roland XP-10
as an output. In the Bnk field, select 128 Roland XP-10 Var #01, then look
at the dropdown list of patches in the Pch field. The list should now have the
same names that the Roland keyboard uses for its Vari 1 bank.
The Roland XP-10, like most MIDI keyboards, allows you to create your
own sounds and store them in one or more User banks. You can create
patch name lists in SONAR that are the same as the names you gave to
each of your own sounds.
Checking Bank Numbers
You can calculate bank numbers by using the methods described in
Assigning the Bank Select Method, but you might find it easier to use the
following method: