CAKEWALK SONAR User Manual page 145

determines what instrument will sound when the track receives the data. Each
track's Input Echo button determines whether the track echoes MIDI data.
The Input Echo Button
Each MIDI track has an Input Echo button, which controls whether the track will
echo MIDI data or not. The button has three states: on
. When the button is on, the track echoes MIDI data. When the button is
dimmed, the track echoes MIDI data because the track is the current track. When
the button is off, the track does not echo any data, even if it is the current track.
The off position on a current MIDI track is only available if you disable the Always
Echo Current MIDI Track option in the General tab of the Global Options dialog
(Options-Global command). The dimmed position becomes unavailable with this
setting.
There are several ways to turn Input Echoing on:
• Click a track's Input Echo button so that it is on.
• Click a track to make the track the current track (if the Always Echo Current
MIDI Track option on the General tab of the Global Options dialog is enabled).
In this situation (which is the default), if the track's Input Echo button is not
on, it appears dimmed, to show that this track echoes data because it is the
current track.
• If the Always Echo Current MIDI Track option on the General tab of the
Global Options dialog is disabled, make a track the current track, and use the
Track-Input Monitor/Echo command (or click the track's Input Echo
button).
Storing Favorite Configurations
If you want a track to respond to more than one port or channel, you must create a
preset input configuration. If you create some favorite configurations of MIDI
input options, not only will they be stored with the project you created them in, but
you can save each one as a preset to load in any MIDI track in any project you
want. Clicking the dropdown arrow in a track's Input field displays the Inputs
dropdown menu, which has the Manage Presets choice that allows you to create
and store your favorite combinations of MIDI input choices.
To Play One Synth at a Time from One or More MIDI Keyboards
• Since this is SONAR's default behavior, simply use the Up or Down arrow
keys on your computer keyboard to choose the current track (the current track
has a gold titlebar), and choose the synth you want to play by using the track's
Output, Bank, Patch, and Channel fields. With the default behavior, all MIDI
input from all ports and channels is merged and sent through the current
track. Notice that the track's Input field says Omni.
• If you've disabled the default behavior (see next procedure), you must make
sure that the current track's Input Echo button is lit up (on) before you can
play the synth that the track is patched to.
, dimmed , and off
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