User guide

SONAR 3 / SONAR 4
There is no one-way to proceed, but for the sake
of this article let’s continue with what a Motif ES
with mLAN can provide in the way of routing
AUDIO and MIDI. Make sure LOCAL CONTROL is
OFF: [UTILITY] > [F5] MIDI > [SF2] SWITCH.
Select mLAN as your MIDI I/O and Sonar as your
“MODE-A” Remote Setting assignment.
• Press [ENTER] to SET
• Press [STORE] to write UTILITY settings to ROM
• Use Auto Connector to establish communication
• Start the Graphic Patchbay (as described earlier)
• Launch SONAR 3.1.1 (please update your Sonar to
this version or later for proper functioning)
• Create a New Project
• Click on OPTIONS > MIDI Devices…
• Select the appropriate “mLAN MIDI In” and “mLAN
MIDI Out” Ports. In the example above:
mLAN MIDI In | mLAN MIDI Out - Motif ES
mLAN MIDI In(2) | mLAN MIDI Out (2) – PLG150/ext
mLAN MIDI In(3) | mLAN MIDI Out (3) – Multi Part
mLAN MIDI In(4) | mLAN MIDI Out (4) – Remote
• Click OK
• Return to OPTIONS
• Click on “Instruments …” if you plan on using the
SONAR Instrument Definition to select your
programs. "mLAN MIDI OUT/1” through “mLAN
MIDI OUT/16” connect to Motif ES ALL
• Click OK
• Click OPTIONS > AUDIO…
• ON the GENERAL TAB make setting appropriate for
your computer. If ASIO is not an option…Go to the
Advanced tab and select it.
• Click on the ASIO Panel…
Your mileage will vary depending on your computers
muscle. Here you see a computer running with a 2 ms
buffer and Latency of 4ms Send and 6ms Receive,
operating at 24bit. If you get scratchy audio you may
need to increase the Preferred Buffer Size.
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