Reference Guide

804 Software instruments
Inserting soft synths
• If you want to create separate synth tracks for each of the soft synth’s outputs, check the
Create These Tracks: All Synth Audio Outputs check box.
• If you want to use existing MIDI and audio tracks to play the soft synth, uncheck all of the
Create These Tracks options. SONAR adds the soft synth to the audio track input and MIDI
track Output menus. You need to set an existing MIDI track’s Output field to the soft synth,
and set an existing audio track’s Input field to the soft synth (the audio track will then become
a synth track).
• If you want to open the soft synth’s interface from this dialog box, check the Open These
Windows: Synth Property Page check box.
• If you opened this dialog box from the Insert menu and want to open the Synth Rack view,
check the Open These Windows: Synth Rack View check box.
• If the synth you’re inserting can create or send MIDI data, and you want to record or redirect
this MIDI data, enable the Enable MIDI Output check box.
• Any automation data you create for this synth is displayed by default on the Synth track for
this synth. If you want to display this data on a different track, choose the track in the Display
Automation On menu.
• If you create some new knobs on the Synth Rack to control certain parameters on a particular
synth, you can display the same knobs every time you insert that synth by enabling the Recall
Assignable Controls check box.
• If you want to open this dialog box every time you use the Insert > Soft Synths command, or
click the Insert button in the Synth Rack view and choose a synth from the pop-up menu,
check the Ask This Every Time option. If you always insert soft synths in the same way, you
can uncheck this option so you don’t have to deal with the dialog box each time. To open the
dialog box when the option is unchecked, click the Insert Soft Synth Options button in
the Synth Rack.
5. Click OK to close the dialog box and insert the synth.
SONAR adds the soft synth to the audio track Input and MIDI track Output menus, and creates any
new tracks that you requested. The new tracks already have the correct inputs and outputs patched.
Now you can record MIDI data in the soft synth MIDI tracks, and/or play the soft synth from a MIDI
keyboard or controller. See “Playing a soft synth” on page 810.
To insert a soft synth in an effects bin
1. In either the Track view, Track Inspector or Console view, right-click the effects bin of an unused
audio track or bus.
The plug-in menu appears.
2. Under Soft Synths, choose the name of a soft synth.
Note: If you patch a soft synth into a bus that has no audio track assigned to it, the soft synth
does not sound. Always use a bus that has at least one audio track sending data to it.