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1.
Select Options-MIDI Devices. You will see the MIDI Devices dialog box, which lets you choose
instruments on MIDI inputs and outputs.
Device selected for MIDI input
2.
Look at the left window. Notice that it shows devices on MIDI Inputs; make sure that all devices in
this window are highlighted. If a device isn't highlighted, click on it once to select it for MIDI
Input.
3.
Look at the window on the right. Notice that it shows devices on MIDI Outputs. SONAR numbers
its MIDI Outputs by the order of the devices in this window. The device on top is on Output 1, the
one below it is on Output 2, and so on.
4.
Highlight one device at a time in the Outputs window and click Move Selected Devices to Top to
change its order. Then highlight all the devices that appear in the window to select them for
output.
Tip!
Be sure to enable (highlight) MIDI output devices in the MIDI Devices dialog
(use the Options-MIDI Devices command). If you don't do this, you won't
hear any of your MIDI instruments when you play songs in SONAR.
Using MIDI Devices After Making Driver Changes
If you later add or remove drivers using the Drivers icon of the Windows Control Panel, SONAR reacts
in the following way:
If you remove a Control Panel driver, SONAR will not use the device it belongs to the next time you
run the program. Any other devices you had selected using the Options-MIDI Devices command
will remain selected.
If you add a driver through the Control Panel, SONAR does not automatically use it. You must use
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Devices selected for MIDI output
Device not
selected for MIDI
output
Click here to
change order of
MIDI devices

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