Reference Guide

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Using the Synth Rack Browser
• Insert Synths. This submenu lists all available soft synths. Click the desired soft synth to
insert it in the current project and add an Instrument track. You can also preview MIDI files
through any active soft synth in the Media Browser.
• Insert ReWire Devices. This submenu lists all available ReWire devices. Click the desired
ReWire device to insert it in the current project and add an Instrument track. You can also
preview MIDI files through any active ReWire device in the Media Browser.
• Insert Synth Options. Opens the Insert Soft Synth Options dialog (see “Insert Soft Synth
Options dialog” on page 1528), which lets you specify what happens when you insert a new
soft synth.
• Synth Properties. Opens the user interface for the selected soft synth. You can also double-
click an empty space in the synth’s Synth Rack row to open the synths user interface.
• Delete Synth. Deletes the selected soft synth or ReWire device from the current project.
• Enable MIDI Output. If the selected soft synth can create MIDI data from built-in
arpeggiators or other components, select Enable MIDI Output if you want to record or redirect
this new MIDI data.
• Freeze Synth . Freeze whichever soft synth currently has focus in the Synth Rack. Each
synth also has its own Freeze and Thaw buttons at the end of its individual control strip in the
Synth Rack. See “Freeze tracks and synths” on page 829 for more information.
• Unfreeze Synth. Unfreeze whichever soft synth currently has focus in the Synth Rack.
• Quick Unfreeze Synth. Quick unfreeze whichever soft synth currently has focus in the Synth
Rack.
• Freeze Options. Open the Freeze Options dialog, which lets you specify what happens
when you freeze a synth.
• Unload Synth on Disconnect. When this option is selected, you can freeze a soft synth or
disconnect the synth in the Synth Rack view and free up the memory that the synth was using.
With some synths this can be a lot of memory, especially with synths that use samples. Of
course, if you remove the synth from your computer’s memory, reconnecting or unfreezing the
synth will take the same amount of time that it did when you originally loaded the synth.
• Force MIDI Echo Through Current Track. Select this option to force incoming MIDI data to
always echo through the current track, even if the current track’s Input Echo button is in the
Off position, and regardless of which synth has focus in the Synth Rack.
Note 1: Always close any ReWire applications in their own interfaces before deleting them from
SONAR.
Note 2: Deleting a soft synth from the Synth Rack view does not delete the tracks associated
with the soft synth, but does change the associated MIDI track’s output to the next lower-
numbered output.