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Changing track settings
Controlling Playback
4. When all devices are selected in the order you want, click OK.
See:
MIDI Devices dialog
Creating friendly names for MIDI output and input devices
You may find that a name you make up yourself for a MIDI device is easier to remember or more
descriptive than a device’s original name. The friendly name for a MIDI device is the name you will
see places such as MIDI track Input and Output menus, and the Controllers/Surfaces dialog, if
you enable the Use Friendly Names To Represent MIDI Devices check box at the bottom of the
MIDI Devices dialog.
To make up a friendly name:
1. Choose Options > MIDI Devices to display the MIDI Devices dialog.
2. Double-click the name of a device in the Friendly Name column, type a new name, and press
ENTER.
3. Enable the Use Friendly Names To Represent MIDI Devices check box at the bottom of the
MIDI Devices dialog.
4. Click OK.
Assigning Inputs & Outputs
You assign each track to a MIDI or an audio output using the Output drop-down in the Track view.
From then on, material on that track will be sent to the appropriate output device.
To assign a track to an output
1. Click the Output drop-down of the track you want to assign.
2. Select the output you want to use.
To change the output setting for more than one track at a time, select the tracks you want to change
and choose Tracks > Property > Output.
To assign the same audio input port to multiple tracks
1. In the Track view, select the tracks whose audio input port you wish to assign.
Note: If you rearrange your MIDI output devices after making output assignments, you may
find MIDI information being sent to different instruments than you expect. Also, SONAR allows
you to define instruments that are associated with certain outputs and channels. If you use this
feature, the name of the output will change to reflect the instrument you have chosen.
Note: Outputs that are used by the External Insert plug-in (see “External Insert plug-in” on
page 632) cannot be assigned to track and bus outputs. The only exceptions are master buses
that have other instances of the External Insert plug-in routed to them.