Reference Guide

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Starting SONAR
Introduction
Figure 6. The MIDI - Devices section
2. Look at the top window. Notice that it shows devices on MIDI Inputs; make sure that all devices
in this window are checked. If a device isn’t checked, click on it once to select it for MIDI Input.
3. Look at the window on the bottom. Notice that it shows devices on MIDI Outputs. SONAR
numbers its MIDI Outputs by the order of the devices in this window. The device on top is on
Output 1, the one below it is on Output 2, and so on.
4. Check one device at a time in the Outputs window and click Move Checked Devices to Top to
change its order. Then check all the devices that appear in the window to select them for output.
See “MIDI - Devices” on page 1569.
Using MIDI devices after making driver changes
If you later add or remove drivers using the Drivers icon of the Windows Control Panel, SONAR
reacts in the following way:
• If you remove a Control Panel driver, SONAR will not use the device it belongs to the next time
Tip: Be sure to select MIDI output devices in Edit > Preferences > MIDI - Devices . If you don’t do
this, you won’t hear any of your MIDI instruments when you play songs in SONAR. You do not need
to enable any MIDI output devices if you are strictly using software instruments.