Arming Tracks For Recording - CAKEWALK SONAR User Manual

To Choose a MIDI Input in the Console View
1. At the top of a MIDI track module, click the Input button.
A popup menu of MIDI channels appears.
2. Choose an input from the following:
• None—this option actually sets the Input field to Omni: with this setting the track will record
any MIDI input coming in on any enabled port (MIDI interface input driver) on any channel.
• All Inputs-(MIDI Omni or MIDI ch 1-16)—with this setting the track will record any MIDI
input coming in on any enabled port (MIDI interface input driver) on any channel, unless you
choose a particular MIDI channel instead of MIDI Omni. Then the track will only record input
that's on the MIDI channel you chose.
• (name of MIDI input driver)-(MIDI Omni or MIDI ch 1-16)—choosing this option causes
the track to record any MIDI channel coming from the named MIDI interface input driver,
unless you choose a particular MIDI channel instead of MIDI Omni. Then the track will only
record input that's on the MIDI channel you chose, from the named input driver.
• Preset—if you want to record multiple data from multiple ports and/or channels, you need to
select a preset collection of those ports and channels. You can select one here (to create
presets, see next line).
• Manage Presets—if you want to create or edit any preset collections of input ports and
channels, you can select this option (see "To Create or Edit a Preset Input Configuration" on
page 174).

Arming Tracks for Recording

SONAR lets you record any number of tracks at one time. You indicate the tracks you want to record by
arming the tracks. You can arm a single track or several tracks at one time. Each track records
material received though its selected input. Whenever a track is armed, not only does the track's R
button turn red, but the Clips pane that's to the right of that track's controls turns a reddish hue.
To Arm One or More Tracks for Recording
• To arm a track in the Track view, click
Or
• To arm a track in the Console view, click
button on the left side of the Console view must be depressed).
Or
• To arm several tracks at the same time, select one or more tracks in the Track view, then right-
click and choose Arm from the popup menu.
A track's Arm button turns red to indicate that the track is armed for recording.
To Disarm All Tracks at Once
• Click the red Arm label that's located in the Status bar at the bottom of the SONAR window.
Or
• Click the red Arm button in the Playback State toolbar, which you can display by using the View-
Toolbars command and checking Playback State in the Toolbars dialog box.
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(to see the Arm button in the Console view, the MSR
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