Reference Guide

826 Software instruments
Stand-alone synths
ReWire tracks silent when using metronome record count-in
When using a metronome count-in and recording, any ReWire tracks will be silent at the start of
recording. The silence period will equal the count-in duration. To fix this issue, disable metronome
count-in (go to Edit > Preferences > Project - Metronome and set Record Count-in to 0).
See:
“ReWire instruments” on page 821
“Inserting a ReWire instrument” on page 822
“Routing MIDI data to ReWire instruments” on page 824
“Mixing down ReWire instruments” on page 824
“Automating ReWire instruments” on page 825
Stand-alone synths
Some soft synths can be run independently of SONAR and do not need to be inserted to the Synth
Rack or an effects bin to use. After you install this kind of synth and restart your computer, the name
of the synth’s MIDI driver appears in SONAR’s MIDI Devices dialog box under Outputs.
See:
“Playing a stand-alone synth” on page 826
“Recording a stand-alone synth” on page 827
Playing a stand-alone synth
SONAR plays this kind of synth by seeing it as additional MIDI outputs in both the MIDI Devices
dialog box and in MIDI tracks’ Output fields.
To play a stand-alone synth
1. Go to Edit > Preferences > MIDI - Devices.
2. In the Outputs field, make sure the name of your stand-alone synth’s MIDI driver is highlighted,
and click OK.
3. Click the Output field of an unused MIDI track to display the Output menu.
4. Select the name of the stand-alone synth’s MIDI driver.
5. If your stand-alone synth is multi-timbral, change the track’s MIDI channel to the same one that
the synth uses for the sound you want to hear.
6. Select a bank and patch on your stand-alone synth, if you haven’t already.