Reference Guide

266 Recording
Recording music from a MIDI instrument
Recording music from a MIDI instrument
Once you have set your tempo and metronome, and armed one or more tracks, you are ready to
start recording.
To record MIDI
1. Set the Now time to the point in the project where you want to start recording.
2. Click or press R. If your metronome count-in is turned on, it will play the count-in.
3. Play or perform the material you want to record. As you record, SONAR displays a clip
containing the new material in the Clips pane (unless you have disabled the Display Waveform
Preview While Recording option in Edit > Preferences > Customization - Display).
4. Click or press the SPACEBAR key to stop recording.
To listen to the new material, set the Now time to the start of the clip and press the SPACEBAR or
click . If you’re not happy with the recording, use Edit > Undo or press CTRL+Z to erase the new
material.
When you stop recording, if you do not see a new clip in the Clips pane, you may have a problem
with MIDI input. See “Troubleshooting” on page 1251 for more information.
See:
“Recording specific ports and channels” on page 299