Reference Guide

Software Instruments

Stand-alone Synths

To Play a Stand-alone Synth

1. Use the Options > MIDI Devices command to open the MIDI Devices dialog box.

2. In the Outputs field, make sure the name of your stand-alone synth’s MIDI driver is highlighted,

and click OK.

3. Click the Output field of an unused MIDI track to display the Output menu.

4. Select the name of the stand-alone synth’s MIDI driver.

5. If your stand-alone synth is multi-timbral, change the track’s MIDI channel to the same one that

the synth uses for the sound you want to hear.

6. Select a bank and patch on your stand-alone synth, if you haven’t already.

7. Record some MIDI data in the MIDI track, or play any MIDI controller that’s an input for the MIDI

track.

When you play your MIDI controller or play back the recorded MIDI data, you should hear the stand-

alone synth through your sound card’s outputs. If you don’t, make sure you’re playing in the right

range and that your monitor speakers or headphones are turned up, and that none of the relevant

tracks are muted.

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Recording a Stand-alone Synth

There are several ways to record a stand-alone synth:

• You can use the synth’s wave capture function, if it has one. See your synth’s documentation for a

procedure. Make a note of where the resulting captured Wave file is stored, and then you can

import the file into SONAR by using the File > Import > Audio command.

• You can connect your sound card’s outputs to your sound card’s inputs, either internally or

externally, depending on your sound card’s design. After you do this, you need to arm an audio

track in SONAR and select one of your sound card’s wave drivers as an input. Start recording,

and make sure the MIDI track that is routed to the synth is playing back.

• You can use your sound card’s wave capture or what-you-hear option, if it has one. See the

following procedure.

To Record A Stand-alone Synth with your Sound Card’s Wave Capture

Function

1. Pick a destination audio track and set the Input field to Stereo.

2. Arm the destination track.

3. Mute or archive any tracks that you don’t want to record to the destination track.

Note: If you have more than one sound card installed, select the one that your stand-alone

synth uses as an output.