Reference Guide

Introduction

Starting SONAR

Remapping using friendly driver names

When Use friendly names to represent audio drivers is selected in Options > Audio > Drivers,

SONAR can intelligently remap devices across different hardware configurations or driver models by

using your assigned friendly driver names, even if the hardware names do not match.

This can be very useful if you switch driver modes and load projects you worked on earlier in another

driver mode, or if you collaborate with other people who have different hardware configurations. As

long as you set up friendly names that match, all outputs will be automatically remapped.

Automatic MIDI port remapping for control surfaces

SONAR persists the names of MIDI ports that are assigned to control surfaces. This ensures that the

correct MIDI ports are assigned to control surfaces, even if you add or remove other MIDI devices.

Starting SONAR

There are many different ways to start SONAR. Here are a few:

• Double-click the SONAR icon on your desktop.

• Click the Start button, and choose Programs > Cakewalk > SONAR 8.5 (Studio or Producer >

SONAR 8.5 (Studio or Producer).

• Click the Start button, point to Documents, and choose a SONAR project from the menu.

• Double-click the SONAR program or any SONAR document from the Windows Explorer or the

Find menu.

Note: The Missing Audio Outputs dialog is not shown if there is only a single missing output

port and only one available output port. In this case, SONAR will automatically assign the

missing output port to the available output port.

Note: Remapping with friendly names takes precedence over the actual hardware device

names.