Reference Guide

Introduction

Starting SONAR

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” on page 1105.

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

your sound card or MIDI keyboard, or if you just want to change the MIDI outputs and devices that

you are using, follow the steps in this section.

Choose Edit > Preferences > MIDI - Devices to open a dialog box in which you select the MIDI In

and MIDI Out devices that SONAR will use. Each item in the list is a MIDI Input or MIDI Output from

drivers installed using the Windows Control Panel.

1. Select Edit > Preferences to open the Preferences dialog, then click MIDI - Devices. This

dialog lets you choose instruments on MIDI inputs and outputs.

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 Edit > Preferences > Audio - Driver Settings command and

clicking Wave Profiler.