Reference Guide

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Controlling playback
Changing track settings
Assigning Inputs & Outputs
You assign each track to a MIDI or an audio output using the Output drop-down in the Track view.
From then on, material on that track will be sent to the appropriate output device.
To assign a track to an output
1. Click the Output drop-down of the track you want to assign.
2. Select the output you want to use.
To assign a group of tracks to the same output, select the tracks you want to assign, then hold down
the CTRL key and assign the Output control in any selected track. All selected tracks will be
assigned to the same output.
Notification when track/bus outputs are assigned to silent output
When you load a project, SONAR checks to see if the exact same output ports are assigned as
when the project was saved. SONAR’s port assignments can change if you load the project on a
different hardware configuration or change driver models. If there is any discrepancy between the
port assignments that were saved and the ports that are used in the current configuration, the ports
are set to “None” and the Silent Buses Detected dialog displays all track and bus outputs from the
current project that have been assigned to a silent output.
The Silent Buses Detected dialog also appears if any track or bus output is assigned to None as a
result of changing the audio configuration. For more information, see “Silent Buses Detected dialog”
on page 1676.
Note: If you rearrange your MIDI output devices after making output assignments, you may find
MIDI information being sent to different instruments than you expect. Also, SONAR allows you
to define instruments that are associated with certain outputs and channels. If you use this
feature, the name of the output will change to reflect the instrument you have chosen.
Note: Outputs that are used by the External Insert plug-in (see “External Insert plug-in (Producer
and Studio only)” on page 846) cannot be assigned to track and bus outputs. The only
exceptions are master buses that have other instances of the External Insert plug-in routed to
them.