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2.
In the Inputs column, select your sound card's MIDI In device or the MIDI In for your external
MIDI interface. For help with these settings, seethe online help topic "Setting Up the MIDI In and
MIDI Out Devices."
3.
Click OK.
Setting Up Playback
During recording, SONAR will play the rest of a project as usual. Depending on what instrumental part
of the project you are going to record, you may want to mute one or more tracks, or solo certain tracks.
For example, if you are going to record a new piano part, you might want to mute the old piano part so
that you're not competing with it while recording (you can also record over the old piano part—arm the
piano track and make sure Overwrite is the selected mode in the Record Options dialog box, which you
open with the Transport-Record Options command). To mute any track, click the track's Mute button
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Since this is a new project, there is no need to mute or solo any track.
You can also set other playback options, such as the tempo ratio, to make your recording session easier.
Recording MIDI
Now you'll record a track in the project. Do the following:
1.
Make sure your instrument is turned on and set up to transmit MIDI data.
2.
If you don't have an unused MIDI track in the project, create a new MIDI track by right-clicking in
the Track pane and selecting Insert MIDI Track from the menu that appears.
3.
In a MIDI track, click the Arm button
MIDI Omni, meaning that this track will record incoming MIDI data from any channel).
4.
On the Transport toolbar, click Record
The metronome counts off two measures, then SONAR starts recording.
5.
Play your MIDI instrument.
6.
When you finish recording, click the Stop button
If you've played any notes, a new clip appears in the Clips pane in the track you recorded on. If no new
clip appears, see "I Can't Record from My MIDI Instrument" in the Troubleshooting section of the
online help for some troubleshooting hints.
Listening to the Recording
Let's play back your performance on your sound card. For an added dimension, we'll open a few other
views in the process. Do the following:
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(arming a track automatically sets the Input field to
, or press r.
, or press the Spacebar.
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