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Converting MIDI to Audio
The following options cover three basic MIDI setups:
• If your MIDI tracks play back through a DXi soft synth, use either the File-
Export-Audio or Edit-Bounce to Track(s) commands (see the procedures in
“To Export Your DXi Tracks as Wave, MP3, or Other Type Files” on page 408,
and “To Convert Your DXi Tracks to New Audio Tracks” on page 407).
• If your MIDI tracks play back through your sound card’s synthesizer, see the
procedure below.
• If your MIDI tracks play back through external MIDI modules, simply connect
their analog outputs to the inputs on your sound card, and record to new audio
tracks.
To Convert a Sound Card’s Synth Tracks to a Stereo Audio
Track
1. Pick a destination audio track and set the Input field to Stereo-(name of your
sound card).
Note: If you have more than one sound card installed, select the one that your
synth uses as an output.
2. Arm the destination track.
3. Mute or archive any tracks that you don’t want to record to the destination
track.
4. If SONAR’s metronome is set to use any software synth to produce a click,
disable the metronome during recording option in the Project Options dialog
box. To do this, select Options-Project to open the Project Options dialog box,
select the Metronome tab and uncheck Recording in the General section.
5. Open your sound card's mixer device. This is normally done by double-clicking
the speaker icon on the Windows taskbar, or by choosing Start-Programs-
Accessories- Multimedia-Volume Control-Options-Properties.
6. Open the sound card’s recording control window (the command is probably
Options-Properties-Adjust Volume For Recording) and make sure all
boxes below Adjust Volume For Recording are checked.
7. Click OK, and locate the slider marked MIDI, Synth, Mixed Input, or What
You Hear. Check the Select box at the bottom, then close the window.
8. In SONAR, click the Record button.
SONAR records all the MIDI tracks that are assigned to the sound card synth as a
stereo audio track.
After you finish recording, mute the MIDI tracks that you just recorded so you
don’t hear them and the new audio track at the same time.
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