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Tutorial 4 – Playing and recording software instruments
1. On the File menu, click Open.
2. Naviagate to My Documents/Cakewalk/SONAR/Sample Content/Tutorials.
3. Click on the file named Latin.cwp and click OK.
If you press Play, you are not likely to hear anything. That's because this project does not contain a
software synth for the MIDI tracks to play through. Since there are 11 tracks in this project, it would
be best to use one synth track and route them all to the same instrument. Some instruments, such
as the Cakewalk TTS-1 can output more than one type of sound. These instruments are known as
multi-timbral synths. They know what notes are played through each sound based on the MIDI
channel they are sent over. If you examine the Track Properties dialog of each track in this project,
you'll notice that each one is set to its own channel. No two tracks share the same channel.
Let's insert the Cakewalk TTS-1:
1. Go to Insert > Soft Synths > Cakewalk TTS-1.
The Insert Synth Options dialog appears.
2. In the Create These Tracks area, click First Synth Audio Output.
3. In the Open These Windows area, click Synth Property Page.
4. Click OK.
A new synth track is inserted in your project.
Note: If you would like a detailed explanation of each option, click Help.