Reference Guide

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Controlling live MIDI playback—MIDI echo
Controlling playback
To create or edit a preset input configuration
1. In the Input field of a track that you want to select inputs for, click the drop-down arrow and
choose Manage Presets from the drop-down menu.
The MIDI Input Presets dialog box appears.
2. In the Input Port column, find the input port that you want to use for this track (if you only use a
single-port MIDI interface, you’ll only see one choice).
3. To the right of the input port, select the MIDI channels that you want this track to respond to on
this MIDI port.
4. Select channels for any other MIDI port that’s listed, if you want to use channels on that port also.
5. If you want to save this configuration, type a name for it in the window at the top of the dialog
box, and click the Disk icon to save it.
Now, when you choose inputs for other tracks, you can choose the preset you saved by clicking the
Presets option in the track’s Input drop-down menu. If you want to edit a preset, select it in the top
window of the MIDI Input Presets dialog box, edit it, and click the Disk icon. If you want to delete a
preset, select it in the same dialog box and click the X button to delete it.
To use multiple performers on multiple tracks
1. For performer number 1, click the Input drop-down menu(s) of the track(s) you want that
performer to play, and choose the port and MIDI channel that performer 1’s keyboard is sending
data to SONAR on.
2. Repeat step 1 for all other performers.
3. If there is any track that you want more than one performer to play, create a preset of the input
ports and channels that you want that track to respond to (see previous procedure).
4. Make sure the Input Echo button is on for each track you want to play.
To turn MIDI echo (and input monitoring) on or off for all tracks
Click the Input Echo On/Off All Tracks button in the Control Bar’s Mix module.
Figure 56. The Mix module.
See:
“Local control” on page 232