CAKEWALK SONAR - The Music Is Playing Back with the Wrong Instrument Sounds; How Do I Use SONAR to Access All the Sounds on My MIDI Instrument?

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negative value such as -INF in the Vol field, even though the volume envelope is at
its maximum level, the sum of the two values is still inaudible because the
negative value is so large.
Whenever you have mysterious levels in a track or bus, click the Envelope/Offset
Mode button that is in the Track view toolbar to switch modes, and then look in
the track or bus property fields to see what values show. Change the values to
neutral ones if you don’t want them to affect your levels.
The Music Is Playing Back with the
Wrong Instrument Sounds
If the tracks in your project are assigned to the same MIDI output and channel,
the same sound will be used for all of them. To fix this problem, simply assign each
track to a different channel (using the Channel control in the Track view), and
then choose the sound (or patch) you want to use for each one. If you are playing
songs through your MIDI keyboard or synthesizer, you need to 1) check that your
instrument is able to receive MIDI data on multiple channels, and 2) configure
your instrument to play a different patch on each channel (this is called Multi
Mode on many instruments). See the documentation for your instrument for more
information.
Another possibility is that you are playing back a GM (General MIDI)-authored
MIDI file on a non-GM compatible device.
How Do I Use SONAR to Access All the
Sounds on My MIDI Instrument?
SONAR is normally set up to access the 128 sounds that are part of the General
MIDI standard. SONAR also includes custom instrument definitions that match
the sounds on many popular instruments. To use a custom instrument definition:
1. Choose Options-Instruments to display the Assign Instruments dialog box.
2. Click the Define button to display the Define Instruments and Names dialog
box.
3. Click Import, and then choose the file for the manufacturer of your
instrument.
4. Choose your instrument from the list and click OK.
5. Click Close to return to the Assign Instruments dialog box.
6. Select from the Output/Channel list all the outputs and channels that are
being sent to that instrument.