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Many instruments have descriptive names for their banks and patches. SONAR
stores these names in an instrument definition. For more information about
instrument definitions, see Chapter 16, Using Instrument Definitions. If you are
using an instrument that supports General MIDI, your patch list will contain the
128 sounds that are defined by the General MIDI specification.
Note that a single MIDI channel can only play one patch at a time on each
instrument assigned to that channel. Therefore, if two or more MIDI tracks are set
to the same output and channel but have different bank and patch settings, the
patch of the highest-numbered track will be used for all the tracks.
In some projects you want the sound played by a track to change while playback is
in progress. You can accomplish this using the Insert-Bank/Patch Change
command. When you start playback in the middle of a project, SONAR searches
back through the track to find the correct patch to use—either the initial bank and
patch or the most recent bank/patch change. Note that the Track view only shows
the initial bank and patch, even while a different bank and patch are being played
back. The only way to see and edit a bank/patch change is in the Event List view.
For more information, see “The Event List View” on page 318.
To Assign an Initial Bank and Patch to a Track
1. Right-click on the Track titlebar (the top of the track which contains the track
name) and select Track Properties.
The Track Properties dialog box appears.
2. In the Track Properties dialog box, choose the desired bank and patch from
the dropdown lists.
Note to Experts:
Different MIDI instruments use different types of commands to
change banks. SONAR supports four common methods for changing
banks. For information about the bank selection method you should
use with your MIDI gear, see your MIDI equipment’s documentation.
Tip:
If your bank name is too long to fit in the bank field, hold your cursor
over the bank name. A tooltip appears with the complete bank name.
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