Reference Guide

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ReWire
Software instruments
• If you want to create separate synth tracks for each of the ReWire Instrument’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 ReWire Instrument, uncheck all of
the Create These Tracks options. SONAR adds the ReWire Instrument to the audio track
Input and MIDI track Output menus. You need to set an existing audio track’s Input field to
the ReWire Instrument, and set an existing MIDI track’s Output field to the ReWire
Instrument. The existing audio track will then become a synth track.
• If you want to open the ReWire Instrument’s interface from this dialog box, check the Open
These Windows: Synth Property Page check box (always check this option: ReWire
Instruments do not sound unless their property pages are open).
• If you opened this dialog box from the Insert menu and want to open the Synth Rack, select
the Open These Windows: Synth Rack View check box.
• If you want to open this dialog box every time you use the Insert > ReWire Instrument
command, or click the Insert button in the Synth Rack and choose a ReWire instrument from
the pop-up menu, check the Ask This Every Time option. If you always insert ReWire
Instruments 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.
SONAR adds your ReWire devices to the audio and synth track Input menus and the MIDI track
Output and Channel menus, creates any tracks you requested, adds the ReWire instrument to
the Synth Rack, and opens the ReWire application’s interface.
6. In the MIDI track whose output is the ReWire synth track, click the drop-down arrow in the
Channel field to display the names of the available ReWire devices in your ReWire instrument.
7. Click the name of the device you want to use.
8. Make sure that the synth track you want to hear the ReWire instrument through has the
appropriate ReWire channel listed in its Input field.
Now you can record MIDI data in the MIDI track and hear it through the synth track. If you want to
use different synth tracks for each ReWire device, see the following procedure.
To use separate synth tracks for each ReWire device
1. Open SONAR, insert a ReWire instrument, and choose the All Synth Audio Outputs option in
the Create These Tracks field of the Insert Soft Synth Options dialog box. Make sure you
choose to open the Synth window, and click OK.
SONAR inserts the ReWire instrument and creates multiple synth tracks.
Note: Always close your ReWire applications before closing a SONAR project.