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Using MIDI Devices After Making Driver Changes
If you later add or remove drivers using the Drivers icon of the Windows Control
Panel, SONAR reacts in the following way:
• If you remove a Control Panel driver, SONAR will not use the device it belongs
to the next time you run the program. Any other devices you had selected
using the Options-MIDI Devices command will remain selected.
• If you add a driver through the Control Panel, SONAR does not automatically
use it. You must use the Options-MIDI Devices command to enable the new
driver in SONAR’s list.
Defining Your MIDI Instrument or Sound Card
Once you have selected your MIDI Input and Output devices, SONAR, by default,
plays back MIDI sequences using a General MIDI instrument definition. If you are
using a synthesizer or sound card that does not adhere to the General MIDI
standard, you may want to define that instrument. For information about
instrument definitions, see Chapter 16, Using Instrument Definitions.
SONAR Basics
SONAR’s menus and toolbars give you quick access to all the features of
SONAR. Some menu choices and tools display dialog boxes that let you choose
among various options, or type in the values you want. If you click in most views,
in time rulers, or on certain other items with the right mouse button, you see a
popup menu that provides quick access to many common operations.
The project is the center of your work in SONAR. If you’re a musician, a project
might contain a song, a jingle, or a movement of a symphony. If you’re a post-
production engineer, a project might contain a 30-second radio commercial or a
lengthy soundtrack for a film or videotape production. By default, every project is
stored in a file (known as a project file). The normal file extension for a SONAR
work file is .
CWP.
SONAR organizes the sound and music in your project into tracks, clips, and
events.
Note:
After you add or remove a driver with the Drivers icon in the
Windows Control Panel, you must restart Windows for the change
to take effect.
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