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SoundFont Banks dialog
depending on whether you choose Ascending or Descending in the Order field.
• Size. Choosing this option causes SONAR to put the biggest tracks (tracks that contain the
most events) either first or last, depending on whether you choose Ascending or Descending in
the Order field.
• Output. Choosing this option causes SONAR sort the tracks by output.
• Channel. Choosing this option causes SONAR to sort the tracks by their MIDI channels, in
either Ascending or Descending order.
Order
This field determines whether SONAR sorts the tracks by putting the tracks with higher numbered
characteristics at the top or bottom of the Track window.
See:
To Sort the Tracks
See also:
To Drag a Track to a New Position
To Insert a Single Track
SoundFont Banks dialog
The Options > SoundFonts command opens the SoundFont Banks dialog box, which you use to
load banks of SoundFonts patches into a SONAR project. SoundFonts are banks of sounds
produced by Creative Labs that you can load into SONAR or other SoundFont-compatible
sequencers, and control by using MIDI program change commands. To use SoundFonts in SONAR,
you must have three things:
1. A Creative Labs SoundFont-compatible soundcard installed, such as the AWE 32 or 64, or SB
Live
2. The SoundFont Manager software and sounds
3. Your SoundFont-compatible soundcard chosen as an Output in SONAR’s MIDI Devices dialog
box (Options > MIDI Devices)
OR
• You can use SoundFonts without a SoundFont-compatible soundcard if you install the LiveSynth
Pro software synthesizer that comes with SONAR.
When SONAR opens a .cwp or .mid file, it looks in the same folder for a .sf2 file with the same base
name (the base name is the same as the project name. but without the extension on the end). If one
exists, SONAR loads that .sf2 file into the project, and the sounds in that .sf2 file become available in
that project as MIDI patches. Saving the project as a .cwp file (but not as a .mid file) also saves the
attachments you make between the project and .sf2 files.