CAKEWALK SONAR - Creating and Editing Patch Name and Other Lists

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To Save an Instrument Definition
1. Click Close to close the Define Instruments and Names dialog box.
2. Click OK.
SONAR saves the instrument definition in the
MASTER.INS file.
To Export an Instrument Definition
1. In the Define Instruments and Names dialog box, right-click an Instrument
name in the Instrument tree and choose Export from the menu to display the
Export Instrument Definition dialog box.
2. If you don’t want to save the file in the folder that’s listed in the Save In field,
navigate to the folder in which you do want to save the file.
3. Enter a file name and click Save.
SONAR saves the file, with the filename extension .
INS.
Note: Exporting instrument definitions allows you to share them with other
SONAR users.
Creating and Editing Patch Name and Other Lists
You can create and edit the various lists in the Names tree that make up each
instrument definition. Patch name, note name, and controller name lists can
contain up to 128 entries, numbered 0 through 127. RPN and NRPN name lists
can contain up to 16,384 entries, numbered 0 through 16,383.
To Create and Edit Name Lists
• To create, edit, or work with name lists, go to the Names tree of the Define
Instruments and Names dialog box, and follow the directions in the following
table:
To do this… Do this…
Create a new name list Duplicate an existing Patch Names or other list by doing one
of the following: expand the folder that contains the name list,
highlight the name list and press the Ins (Insert) key; highlight
the folder and press Shift-Insert; or right-click any folder or
name list and choose Add Names List from the menu.
Then type a name for the list and press Enter.
Delete a name list Highlight the names list and press the Del (Delete) key; or
right-click on the name list and choose Delete from the menu.
You will see a warning if the list is used by any instrument
definition. If you delete the list anyway, the instrument
definition will change automatically.
Add the next item in a
name list
Highlight a name and press the Ins key, or right-click on a
name and choose Add Name from the menu. Then enter the
name.