CAKEWALK SONAR - Using MIDI Sync with Drum Machines

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To Use MIDI Sync with SONAR as the Master
1. Configure your external MIDI devices to receive MIDI Sync.
2. Click or on the Sync toolbar to use the Internal or Audio clock source.
3. Choose Options-Project, and click the Sync tab.
4. Check the Transmit MIDI Start/Continue/Stop/Clock box.
5. For most applications, check the Transmit MIDI Song Position Pointer box.
6. If you are using a drum machine to play patterns or loops, check the Use Start,
Never Continue option and disable the Transmit MIDI Song Position Pointer
option.
7. In the MIDI Sync Output Ports field, check off the output ports that you want
to send the sync signal out of.
8. Click OK.
From now on, the transport controls in SONAR control playback on the external
MIDI devices.
Using MIDI Sync with Drum Machines
The most flexible way to use a MIDI drum machine is to record the notes it
generates into SONAR, then use that machine as a MIDI playback device. This
lets you edit, cut, paste, and copy your drum parts like any other clip. You can use
MIDI Sync to record the notes from the drum machine into SONAR as follows:
1. Use the drum machine’s pattern-composing facilities to compose your drum
part.
2. Configure the drum machine to be a slave device that receives MIDI Sync
messages.
3. Configure SONAR to send MIDI Stop/Start/Continue/SPP messages.
4. Record the drum part from SONAR. The drum machine starts automatically
when recording begins and stops automatically when you press Stop.
5. Switch the drum machine out of MIDI Sync mode so that it acts simply as a
sound-producing module.
Locate Delay for SPP
Recipient
Some older MIDI devices take a small amount of time to
respond to SPP messages. This option causes SONAR to delay
briefly after sending an SPP message, to give the slave device
time to respond. The delay is in 1/18ths of a second. Enter 1 for
a 1/18th second delay, 2 for 2/18ths of a second, or 18 for a full
second delay.
MIDI Sync Output Ports Choose the outputs that your slave devices are connected to
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