Reference Guide
1298 Initialization files
Initialization file format
Variables in the [Options] section
Variable Type Default value What it does
ChaseDelay=<num> Integer 20 (2 seconds) This line specifies the sync chase delay in 1/10
seconds. During SMPTE/MTC sync, when the position
is determined, playback begins at a later time to allow
for setup. This line specifies the delay amount. If this
value is too long, you always have to wait after starting
playback before SONAR locks. If this value is too
short—especially on slower computers—then it will try
to play before it’s ready, which will cause a spurt of
notes to catch up when it actually starts, the effort of
which could also cause sync to give up if the CPU is
really overtaxed.
FlywheelAmount=<num> Integer 5 (½ second) This line specifies the SMPTE flywheel time in 1/10
seconds. This is the maximum dropout time length
SONAR will allow before aborting sync.
MfxLookAhead=<ticks> Integer 960*4 Defines how much extra MIDI data is sent to MFX
plug-ins, so that they have extra room to quantize
events into the future. Lower values mean MFX plug-
ins can work more "just in time." Example:
MfxLookAhead=480.
SendResetsToSoftSynths=
<0 or 1>
Boolean 0 This variable controls (globally) whether SONAR
sends MIDI controller resets to DXi’s.
This variable should be set in the [OPTIONS]
section. Legal values are:
0 (default): Resets are not sent to DXi’s
1: SONAR will send MIDI controller resets to DXi’s.
This is what SONAR already does for hardware
synths. For example:
If you are freezing synth tracks that have MIDI
controller messages, setting this variable to TRUE (1)
will ensure that synths will have their MIDI controllers
reset before a freeze operation.
GeneralMidiSMFs=<0 or 1> Boolean 1 (enable) This line controls whether or not SONAR creates a
General MIDI setup measure when loading Standard
MIDI Files.
LyricTrack=<num> Integer 3 (track 4) This line specifies which track is to contain lyrics from
Type 0 Standard MIDI files. A zero means track 1, a 1
means track 2, and so on.
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