Reference Guide

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Preferences dialog
MIDI - Instruments
Figure 473. The Instruments section
The Instruments section lets you choose one or more output/channel configurations and assign an
instrument to it or them.
SONAR lets you assign a MIDI instrument definition to each available MIDI output and channel. The
assignments you make determine the MIDI bank names, patch names, note names, and controller
names that you see during your SONAR session.
Suppose that you have a Roland GS compatible synthesizer attached to MIDI output 1. By assigning
all 16 channels of MIDI output 1 to the Roland GS instrument definition, you ensure that the bank,
patch, note and controller name lists you see displayed in SONAR are the ones that match your
synthesizer.
Often, you want to assign a different instrument to channel 10, which is usually used for percussion.
For example, you might assign the Roland GS instrument definition to channels 1 through 9 and 11