Reference Guide

Hardware Setup
This appendix contains additional details on configuring your equipment for use with SONAR.
See:
Connect Your MIDI Equipment
Set Up to Record Digital Audio
Connect Your MIDI Equipment
If you are using a MIDI interface (such as an MPU-401 or Sound Blaster MIDI option) with an
external MIDI keyboard, you need to connect the equipment using MIDI cables.
It is possible to connect your equipment in some rather complex ways that may cause problems. If
you call for technical support with a problem concerning equipment that doesn’t seem to be
responding, we’ll probably suggest that you reconnect things in one of the ways listed below before
we explore the problem further. Also be sure to check the Troubleshooting chapter before calling us.
There are two methods that fit many circumstances. The one you choose depends on whether your
keyboard has:
• All three types of MIDI jacks: In, Out, and Thru
• Only two types of MIDI jacks: In and Out
If you have only one keyboard, read “If Your Keyboard Doesn’t Have a MIDI Thru Jack” on page 923
(regardless of whether you have MIDI Thru or not).
If Your Keyboard Has a MIDI Thru Jack
If your keyboard has three MIDI jacks—In, Out, and Thru—then use the following diagram.