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.

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.

 

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Recording a stand-alone synth