Reference Guide

Initialization Files

Initialization File Format

Variables in the [Options] Section

Variable Type Default value What it does

MfxLookAhead=<ticks> Integer 960*4 Defines how much extra MIDI data is sent to MFX

plug-ins, so that they have extra room to quantize

events into the future. Lower values mean MFX plug-

ins can work more "just in time." Example:

MfxLookAhead=480.

SendResetsToSoftSynths=

<0 or 1>

Boolean 0 This variable controls (globally) whether SONAR

sends MIDI controller resets to DXi’s.

This variable should be set in the [OPTIONS]

section. Legal values are:

0 (default): Resets are not sent to DXi’s

1: SONAR will send MIDI controller resets to DXi’s.

This is what SONAR already does for hardware

synths. For example:

If you are freezing synth tracks that have MIDI

controller messages, setting this variable to TRUE (1)

will ensure that synths will have their MIDI controllers

reset before a freeze operation.

GeneralMidiSMFs=<0 or 1> Boolean 1 (enable) This line controls whether or not SONAR creates a

General MIDI setup measure when loading Standard

MIDI Files.

LyricTrack=<num> Integer 3 (track 4) This line specifies which track is to contain lyrics from

Type 0 Standard MIDI files. A zero means track 1, a 1

means track 2, and so on.

SendLocalOff=<0 or 1> Boolean 1 (enable) This line determines whether or not SONAR should

send a Local Control OFF message during startup.

SendLocalOn=<0 or 1> Boolean 0 (disable) This line determines whether or not SONAR should

send a Local Control ON message at exit.

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