Reference Guide

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Inserting soft synths
Software instruments
To insert a soft synth from the Synth Rack or menu
1. If you want to use the Synth Rack, open the Browser and click the Synth button , then click
the Insert button to display the pop-up menu of installed soft synths.
2. If you want to use the menu command, use the Insert > Soft Synths command to display the
pop-up menu of installed soft synths.
3. In the pop-up menu, click the name of the soft synth you want to insert.
The Insert Soft Synth Options dialog appears, unless you’ve previously unchecked the Ask
This Every Time check box that’s in the dialog. If you have, SONAR inserts the soft synth
according to the preferences you set the last time you used the Insert Soft Synth Options
dialog. If you need to open the Insert Soft Synth Options dialog when it’s hidden, click the
Insert Soft Synth Options button in the Synth Rack.
4. Choose options from the Insert Soft Synth Options dialog according to the following:
• If you want to create a MIDI track that uses the soft synth as an output, check the Create
These Tracks: MIDI Source check box.
• If you want to create a single synth track that acts as an output for Output 1 of the soft synth,
check the Create These Tracks: First Synth Audio Output check box.
• If you want to create separate synth tracks for each of the soft synth’s outputs, check the
Create These Tracks: All Synth Audio Outputs check box.
• If you want to use existing MIDI and audio tracks to play the soft synth, uncheck all of the
Create These Tracks options. SONAR adds the soft synth to the audio track input and MIDI
track Output menus. You need to set an existing MIDI track’s Output field to the soft synth,
and set an existing audio track’s Input field to the soft synth (the audio track will then become
a synth track).
• If you want to open the soft synth’s interface from this dialog, check the Open These
Windows: Synth Property Page check box.
• If you opened this dialog from the Insert menu and want to open the Synth Rack view, check
the Open These Windows: Synth Rack View check box.
• If the synth you’re inserting can create or send MIDI data, and you want to record or redirect
this MIDI data, enable the Enable MIDI Output check box.
• Any automation data you create for this synth is displayed by default on the Synth track for this
synth. If you want to display this data on a different track, choose the track in the Display
Automation On menu.
• If you create some new knobs on the Synth Rack to control certain parameters on a particular
synth, you can display the same knobs every time you insert that synth by enabling the Recall
Assignable Controls check box.
• If you want to open this dialog every time you use the Insert > Soft Synths command, or click
the Insert button in the Synth Rack view and choose a synth from the pop-up menu, check the
Ask This Every Time option. If you always insert soft synths in the same way, you can
uncheck this option so you don’t have to deal with the dialog each time. To open the dialog
when the option is unchecked, click the Insert Soft Synth Options
button in the Synth
Rack.