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Finding and previewing audio loops
Tutorial 2 – Using the Browser
Previewing MIDI groove clips
In addition to audio loops, the Browser also allows you to preview MIDI groove clips. Let’s try this
now with one of the clips included with SONAR. Unlike audio loops, MIDI groove clips require a soft
synth or instrument track to play through.
1. Click the Browser’s Synth button to open the Synth Rack.
2. Click the Insert button , point to Insert Synths and select Cakewalk TTS-1.
The Insert Soft Synth Options dialog box appears.
3. Clear all of the check boxes except for Single Track Instrument, Recall Assignable Controls,
and Ask This Every Time.
4. Click OK.
Cakewalk TTS-1 is added to your project.
Now that we have a synth in our project that we can preview MIDI groove clips with, let’s find some
and give them a listen.
1. Click the Media button to show the Media Browser.
2. In the Browser, click the Content Location drop-down list and select MIDI Library.
3. Double click the Smart Loops folder and select the file named Bangin 10.mid.
Before we can preview a MIDI groove clip, we need to tell SONAR what instrument or synth we
would like to preview it with.
4. Click the Media button , point to Synth Preview Output and select Cakewalk TTS-1 1 on
the submenu.
5. Now that SONAR knows what synth to play MIDI groove clips through, select the groove clip
named Bangin 10.mid just as you did with the audio loop previously.
6. Click the Play button in the Browser.