Assigning Note Names - CAKEWALK SONAR User Manual

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Assigning Note Names

Each patch may have a list of up to 128 names for notes. Usually, note names are
labels for percussion instruments. For example, the pitch C3 may really be "Kick
Drum," and D3 may be "Snare." Because a drum machine may provide different
drum kits for each patch, SONAR lets you specify a different list of note names for
each patch. The Piano Roll and Event List views show you these note names.
You can assign a note name list to each patch. You can also assign a default note
name list to the instrument, which is used for all patches for which you haven't
assigned a specific note name list.
Each patch can also be assigned a special Drum flag, which indicates that this
patch contains drum sounds. If you set this flag, the Piano Roll view will display
drum notes as diamonds, and the Staff view will use percussion notation.
There are several standard note name lists provided with SONAR:
Note name list...
0..127
Diatonic
General MIDI Drums
To See the Assignment of Note Name Lists to Patches
1. Expand the instrument definition by clicking the + sign next to the
instrument name.
2. Expand the Patch Names for Banks folder by clicking the + sign.
3. Continue expanding the tree by clicking the + sign, until the tree is fully
expanded.
Bank
The * indicates that this
note name list is the default
This is the name of a
note name list
Contents...
The numbers 0 through 127
The default MIDI note names (like C4, E5, and so on)
The default instrument names for the General MIDI
drum patch
Instrument name
Note name lists are
defined for three different
patches