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To Disable the Default MIDI Echo Setting
• If you want to turn off the automatic MIDI echoing of the current track,
disable the Always Echo Current MIDI Track option in the General tab of the
Global Options dialog (Options-Global command). If you then turn off the
current track’s Input Echo button and play your keyboard, SONAR will not
produce sound.
To Play Multiple Synths from a MIDI Keyboard
1. Choose a synth for each track that you want to play by using each track’s
Output, Channel, Bank, and Patch fields.
2. In the Input field of each track that you want to play, click the dropdown
arrow and choose the MIDI input port and channel that you want the track to
respond to from the following options:
• None—this option actually sets the Input field to Omni: with this setting
the track will respond to any MIDI input coming in on any port (MIDI
interface input driver) on any channel.
•(name of MIDI input driver)-MIDI Omni—choosing this option causes
the track to respond to any MIDI channel coming from the named MIDI
interface input driver.
•(name of MIDI input driver)-MIDI ch 1-16—choosing this option
causes the track to respond ONLY to whatever MIDI channel you choose
coming from the named MIDI interface input driver.
• Preset—if you’ve created any preset collections of input ports and
channels, you can select one here.
• Manage Presets—if you want to create or edit any preset collections of
input ports and channels, you can select this option (see following
procedure).
3. Make sure that the Input Echo button on each track that you want to play is
turned on.
To Create or Edit a Preset Input Configuration
1. In the Input field of a track that you want to select inputs for, click the
dropdown arrow and choose Manage Presets from the dropdown menu.
The MIDI Input Presets dialog appears.
2. In the Input Port column, find the input port that you want to use for this
track (if you only use a single-port MIDI interface, you’ll only see one choice).
3. To the right of the input port, select the MIDI channels that you want this
track to respond to on this MIDI port.
4. Select channels for any other MIDI port that’s listed, if you want to use
channels on that port also.
5. If you want to save this configuration, type a name for it in the window at the
top of the dialog, and click the disk icon to save it.
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