Reference Guide

1130 Instrument definitions
Creating instrument definitions
To remove a bank or patch name list
1. In the Instrument tree in the Patch Names for Banks folder of the instrument you’re editing,
highlight the bank and patch names list.
2. Press the DELETE key, or right-click on the bank name and choose Delete from the pop-up
menu.
To set or clear the Drum flag
• Right-click on the bank in the Instrument tree, and choose Drums from the pop-up menu.
See also:
“Creating and editing patch name and other lists” on page 1125
“Copying name lists” on page 1127
“Assigning the Bank Select method” on page 1127
“Assigning patch names” on page 1129
“Assigning note names” on page 1130
“Assigning controller, RPN, and NRPN names” on page 1132
Assigning note names
Each patch may have a list of up to 128 names for notes. Usually, note names are labels for
percussion instruments. For example, the pitch C3 may really be “Kick Drum,” and D3 may be
“Snare.” Because a drum machine may provide different drum kits for each patch, SONAR lets you
specify a different list of note names for each patch. The Piano Roll and Event List views show you
these note names.
You can assign a note name list to each patch. You can also assign a default note name list to the
instrument, which is used for all patches for which you haven’t assigned a specific note name list.
Each patch can also be assigned a special Drum flag, which indicates that this patch contains drum
sounds. If you set this flag, the Piano Roll view will display drum notes as diamonds, and the Staff
view will use percussion notation.
There are several standard note name lists provided with SONAR:
Note name list Contents
0...127 The numbers 0 through 127
Diatonic The default MIDI note names (like C4, E5, and so on)
General MIDI Drums The default instrument names for the General MIDI drum patch
Table 204.