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Changing track settings
Controlling playback
Figure 52. The MIDI - Devices section
A. These devices are not selected
When you first run SONAR it asks you to select MIDI devices. You may want to change these
selections in the future. You can do so by selecting different devices in Edit > Preferences > MIDI -
Devices.
Your computer is usually equipped with at least one audio device—your computer sound card. Your
setup may have several different audio output devices, or you may have a multichannel sound card
that presents itself to your computer as though it were several different devices, one for each stereo
pair. In SONAR, audio tracks are assigned to main outs or buses. Each main out represents a
hardware device. You use the Output control to assign a track in a project to the main or bus you
want to use.While you need to choose the MIDI output devices you want to use before you assign
them to tracks, all of your audio devices can be assigned to tracks freely. You do not need to
configure them the way you do MIDI devices. If you have a voice modem or speakerphone in your
computer, however, you might want to set up SONAR so that it won’t use those devices. Also, note
that some dedicated audio equipment has specific setup requirements. For more information, see
“Improving audio performance” on page 1181.
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