Reference Guide

No MIDI Outputs—SONAR dialog

The No MIDI Outputs - SONAR dialog box appears the first time you run SONAR, if no MIDI output

devices are selected in Edit > Preferences > MIDI - Devices, or when another program is using

your system’s MIDI outputs. This dialog box lets you choose, or decide not to choose, an output.

For more information, see “To choose MIDI devices” on page 216

Normalize dialog

The Normalize dialog box appears when you use the Process > Apply Effect > Normalize

command. This dialog box has the following controls:

• Presets window. Use this window and the Save and Delete buttons that are next to it to save

and manage any normalization presets that you decide to keep.

• Normalize Level slider. Drag this slider up or down to control the volume of a selection so that

the highest sample level reaches the level of the slider.

• Percentage field. This field is linked to the Normalize Level slider. This field displays the

percentage of possible normalization, from 0 to 100%.

• dB field. Like the Percentage field, this field is linked to the Normalize Level slider. Typing

values into this field moves the slider, just as moving the slider changes the values in this field.

The dB values range from -INF (silent) to 0 dB (loudest level).

Note Names dialog

The Note Names dialog box appears when you right-click the piano keyboard that’s located on the

left side of the Piano Roll view. This dialog box lets you specify whether to use the settings assigned

in the Assign Instruments dialog box or different settings you specify, or drum mode.

Clicking the Configure button opens the Assign Instruments dialog box.