Reference Guide

Dialog Reference

Controllers/Surfaces dialog

control data to SONAR.

• Output Port. Use this field to select the MIDI port that the control surface will use to receive

MIDI control data from SONAR.

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Controllers/Surfaces dialog

External Devices

Controllers/Surfaces dialog

Using the Options > Controllers/Surfaces command opens the Controllers/Surfaces dialog. This

dialog allows you to enable as many control surfaces as you want to control with SONAR, and

configure the control surfaces’ interfaces.

This dialog also has controls to configure the WAI display (Where Am I display) and ACT indicators.

The Controllers/Surfaces dialog has the following fields and buttons:

Connected Controllers/Surfaces List

This is a list of all the control surfaces that are currently active and enabled in your project. The list

has the following columns:

• Controller/Surface column. This column lists the names of all the control surfaces that are

currently active and enabled in your project.

• In Port and Out Port columns. These columns list MIDI input and MIDI output drivers that

each control surface uses to communicate with SONAR. You can click the drop-down arrow next

to the name of each one to select a different driver.

• ACT column. This column contains a check box for each enabled control surface that allows

you to use ACT with each controller/surface. The property page for each controller/surface also

has a check box to enable ACT, and this check box must also be enabled in order to use ACT.

• WAI column. This column contains a check box for each enabled control surface that allows

you to show or hide the WAI markers for each individual surface.

• WAI color column. This column contains a drop-down menu for each enabled control surface

that allows you to change the color of the WAI markers for each individual surface.

Add Button

Clicking this button opens the Controller/Surface Settings dialog, which lets you to add another

control surface to the list.

Delete Button

Clicking this button deletes and disables a selected control surface from the list. You can re-enable it

by clicking the Add button and selecting it from the drop-down menu.