Reference Guide

1404 Cyclone
Using Cyclone
To play a pad with recorded MIDI data
1. Record some MIDI data into a SONAR MIDI track.
2. In the MIDI track’s Output field, choose Cyclone. Cyclone must have been already inserted into
the project in order for it to appear as a choice in the Output field.
3. In the MIDI track’s Ch field, choose the number of the Cyclone Pad that you want to trigger with
this MIDI track.
See:
“Controlling individual pads—volume, pan, mute, solo, sync, looping, and content” on page 1404
“Mixing down Cyclone” on page 1405
“Loop editing” on page 1405
“Keyboard shortcuts in Cyclone” on page 1406
Controlling individual pads—volume, pan, mute, solo, sync,
looping, and content
Each Pad has the following controls:
• Volume knob. Turn to adjust.
• Pan knob. Turn to adjust.
• Folder icon. Click this to import a loop to an individual Pad.
• Mute button. Click this to mute or unmute the loop that’s assigned to an individual Pad.
• Solo button. Click this to solo or un-solo the loop that’s assigned to an individual Pad.
• Sync button. Click this to synchronize (or unsynchronize) the Pad’s loop to SONAR‘s pitch and
tempo.
• Loop button. Click this to cause or prevent the Pad’s loop from repeating indefinitely between
its track length markers that are in the Pad Editor.
To export a sound bank
1. Click the Export Sound Bank button in the Cyclone toolbar.
The Save As dialog box appears.
2. Navigate to the directory where you want to save the Sound Bank.
3. Enter a name for the Sound Bank.
4. Click OK.
Cyclone saves your Sound Bank. All wave files assigned to pads are saved. You can choose that
Sound Bank in any Cyclone project SONAR automatically saves your current Cyclone settings, so
you do not need to save a Sound Bank unless you want to use these settings in a different project.