Reference Guide

Introduction

Starting SONAR

Migrating preferences

If you have a previous version of Cakewalk installed, SONAR will detect it and give you the option of

migrating certain preferences from a single earlier version.

When you choose to migrate preferences, SONAR migrates the following settings from an earlier

Cakewalk version:

Running Wave Profiler

The first time you start SONAR, it automatically runs the Wave Profiler utility. Wave Profiler

determines the proper MIDI and Audio timings for your sound card and writes them to a file that

SONAR refers to when using the card. Wave Profiler does not change the sound card’s DMA, IRQ,

or port address settings.

Wave Profiler detects the make and model of your sound card, which determine the card’s audio

characteristics. If Wave Profiler finds a card that has a WDM driver, it only profiles that card. If you

want to use more than one sound card at a time, and they don’t both have WDM drivers, you must

force the one with the WDM driver to use that driver as an older, MME driver. It is not necessary to

run the Wave Profiler for a sound card using an ASIO driver. For more information about Wave

Profiler, WDM, and MME, see The Wave Profiler.

When Wave Profiler determines the kind of card you have, always accept the default settings.

Setting up the MIDI In and MIDI Out devices

When you start SONAR for the first time, it checks your computer to find all the MIDI input and

output devices you have installed (such as sound cards and MIDI interfaces). However, sometimes

you need to tell SONAR exactly which devices you want it to use. If you’re not getting sound from

Setting Description

Global Options Settings in the Global Options dialog. Open by selecting Options >

Global.

Key Bindings Your customized key bindings for controlling SONAR using your MIDI

keyboard or computer keyboard.

Instrument Definitions Files used to control specific MIDI instruments.

Audio data directory (WaveData

folder) and Picture Cache directory

locations

SONAR uses the Data directory and Picture Cache directories from the

previous Cakewalk version for storing project wave files and their

waveform image files.

Table 4.

Note: You can run the Wave Profiler again at a later time (for example, if you install a new

sound card or driver) by choosing the Options > Audio General tab command and clicking

Wave Profiler.