CAKEWALK SONAR - My Keyboard Doubles Every Note I Play; I Don’t See the Clips Pane in the Track View

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7. Click on the instrument in the Uses Instrument list.
8. Click OK when you are done.
If your manufacturer or instrument doesn’t appear, check our web site to see if an
updated instrument definition is available. You can also create your own
instrument definition. For more information on instrument definitions, see
Chapter 16, Using Instrument Definitions.
My Keyboard Doubles Every Note I Play
When your keyboard doubles the notes, each note seems heavier or thicker than
usual, as if two notes of the same pitch are emitted when you press the key. Also,
you may find that you can play only half as many notes at one time before some of
the held notes drop out.
This can occur when MIDI echo is enabled. The keyboard plays the note for the key
you’ve pressed. At the same time, the note is sent through the MIDI interface and
echoed back to the keyboard, where it is played a second time.
The best way to resolve the problem is to disable Local Control on the keyboard,
following the instructions that came with the keyboard. This stops the keyboard
from playing independently. The keys you play still produce sound on the keyboard
because they are echoed back by the MIDI interface. In many cases, SONAR
disables local control automatically when the program is started, but this is not
always possible.
It’s also possible that your keyboard is transmitting information on two channels
at once. To see if this is so, create a new project and record two notes from the
keyboard. Then look at what you’ve recorded in the Event list view. If you see four
notes displayed instead of two, then your keyboard is transmitting on two
channels. See the documentation for your keyboard to learn how to correct the
problem.
I Don’t See the Clips Pane in the Track
View
The splitter bar may be so far to the right that the Track pane fills the entire
Track view. Here’s how to solve the problem:
1. Place your cursor over the splitter bar. It is located on the far right side of the
Track view, just to the left of the vertical scroll bar. When you place the cursor
over the splitter it changes to a double-headed arrow.
2. Click and drag the splitter bar to the left. You should be all set.