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the ReWire Instrument, and set an existing MIDI track’s Output field to the ReWire
Instrument. The existing audio track will then become a synth track.
• If you want to open the ReWire Instrument’s interface from this dialog, check the Open These
Windows: Synth Property Page checkbox (
always check this option : ReWire Instruments
do not sound unless their property pages are open).
• If you opened this dialog from the Insert menu and want to open the Synth Rack view, check
the Open These Windows: Synth Rack View checkbox.
• If you want to open this dialog every time you use the Insert-ReWire Instrument command,
or click the Insert button in the Synth Rack view and choose aReWire instrument from the
popup menu, check the Ask This Every Time option. If you always insert ReWire Instruments
in the same way, you can uncheck this option so you don’t have to deal with the dialog each
time. To open the dialog when the option is unchecked, click the Insert Soft Synth Options
button in the Synth Rack view toolbar.
5. Click OK to close the dialog.
SONAR adds your ReWire devices to the audio and synth track Input menus and the MIDI track
Output and Channel menus, creates any tracks you requested, adds the ReWire instrument to the
Synth Rack view, and opens the ReWire application’s interface.
6. If you get an error message about a MIDI Input problem from your ReWire application, click OK
and then use SONAR
’ s Options-MIDI Devices command to open the MIDI Devices dialog and
select the MIDI In port to want to use to record into SONAR . Use your ReWire application’s menus
to choose a different MIDI In port for your ReWire application. If your MIDI interface only has one
input, you have to decide whether you want to use your MIDI controller in SONAR
or in your
ReWire application. If you want to use your controller in your ReWire application, deselect your
MIDI In port in SONAR
’ s MIDI Devices dialog, and select that input in your ReWire application.
7. In the MIDI track whose output is the ReWire synth track, click the drop-down arrow in the
Channel field to display the names of the available ReWire devices in your ReWire instrument.
8. Click the name of the device you want to use.
9. Make sure that the synth track you want to hear the ReWire instrument through has the
appropriate ReWire channel listed in its Input field.
Now you can record MIDI data in the MIDI track and hear it through the synth track. If you want to
use different synth tracks for each ReWire device, see the following procedure.
Note : Always close your ReWire applications before closing a SONAR project.
To Use Separate Synth Tracks for Each ReWire Device
1. Open SONAR , insert a ReWire instrument, and choose All Synth Audio Outputs option in the
Create These Tracks field of the Insert Soft Synth Options dialog. Make sure you choose to open
the Synth window, and click OK.
SONAR inserts the ReWire instrument and creates multiple synth tracks.
2. In your ReWire application, assign the devices you want to use to the outputs or channels you want
to use. For example, in Propellerheads Reason, you use the back panel of the mixer to drag cables
from a device to the output channel you want to use for that instrument.
3. In SONAR , set the Output field of a MIDI track to the name of your ReWire application, and set
the Channel field to the name of the ReWire device you want to play with this track.
4. Record some MIDI data in the track and play it. Find the synth track whose Input field lists the
output channel you patched your device into—the playback meter lights up as you play the MIDI
track that plays your device.