Reference Guide

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Stand-alone synths
Software instruments
7. Record some MIDI data in the MIDI track, or play any MIDI controller that’s an input for the MIDI
track.
When you play your MIDI controller or play back the recorded MIDI data, you should hear the stand-
alone synth through your sound card’s outputs. If you don’t, make sure you’re playing in the right
range and that your monitor speakers or headphones are turned up, and that none of the relevant
tracks are muted.
See:
“Recording a stand-alone synth” on page 827
Recording a stand-alone synth
There are several ways to record a stand-alone synth:
• You can use the synth’s wave capture function, if it has one. See your synth’s documentation for a
procedure. Make a note of where the resulting captured Wave file is stored, and then you can
import the file into SONAR by using the File > Import > Audio command.
• You can connect your sound card’s outputs to your sound card’s inputs, either internally or
externally, depending on your sound card’s design. After you do this, you need to arm an audio
track in SONAR and select one of your sound card’s wave drivers as an input. Start recording,
and make sure the MIDI track that is routed to the synth is playing back.
• You can use your sound card’s wave capture or what-you-hear option, if it has one. See the
following procedure.
To record a stand-alone synth with your sound card’s Wave Capture
function
1. Pick a destination audio track and set the Input field to Stereo.
2. Arm the destination track.
3. Mute or archive any tracks that you don’t want to record to the destination track.
4. If SONAR’s metronome is set to use any software synth to produce a click, disable the recording
metronome. To do so, click the Record Metronome button in the Control Bar’s Transport
module, or go to Edit > Preferences > Project - Metronome and clear the Recording check
box.
Note: If you have more than one sound card installed, select the one that your stand-alone synth
uses as an output.