Reference Guide

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ReWire

Software Instruments

in the same way, you can uncheck this option so you don’t have to deal with the dialog each

time. To open the dialog when the option is unchecked, click the Insert Soft Synth Options

button in the Synth Rack view toolbar.

5. Click OK to close the dialog.

SONAR adds your ReWire devices to the audio and synth track Input menus and the MIDI track

Output and Channel menus, creates any tracks you requested, adds the ReWire instrument to

the Synth Rack view, and opens the ReWire application’s interface.

6. In the MIDI track whose output is the ReWire synth track, click the drop-down arrow in the

Channel field to display the names of the available ReWire devices in your ReWire instrument.

7. Click the name of the device you want to use.

8. Make sure that the synth track you want to hear the ReWire instrument through has the

appropriate ReWire channel listed in its Input field.

Now you can record MIDI data in the MIDI track and hear it through the synth track. If you want to

use different synth tracks for each ReWire device, see the following procedure.

To Use Separate Synth Tracks for Each ReWire Device

1. Open SONAR, insert a ReWire instrument, and choose the All Synth Audio Outputs option in

the Create These Tracks field of the Insert Soft Synth Options dialog. Make sure you choose to

open the Synth window, and click OK.

SONAR inserts the ReWire instrument and creates multiple synth tracks.

2. In your ReWire application, assign the devices you want to use to the outputs or channels you

want to use. For example, in Propellerheads Reason, you use the back panel of the mixer to drag

cables from a device to the output channel you want to use for that instrument.

3. In SONAR, set the Output field of a MIDI track to the name of your ReWire application, and set

the Channel field to the name of the ReWire device you want to play with this track.

4. Record some MIDI data in the track and play it. Find the synth track whose Input field lists the

output channel you patched your device into—the playback meter lights up as you play the MIDI

track that plays your device.

Now you can use separate effects for each of your ReWire devices.