CAKEWALK sonar x3, Reference Manual

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ReWire
Software instruments
To use separate synth tracks for each ReWire device
1. Open SONAR, insert a ReWire instrument, and choose the All Synth Audio Outputs option in
the Create These Tracks field of the Insert Soft Synth Options dialog box. 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.
Now you can use separate effects for each of your ReWire devices.
See also:
“Mixing down ReWire instruments” on page 874
“Automating ReWire instruments” on page 874
“ReWire troubleshooting guide” on page 874
Routing MIDI data to ReWire instruments
Some ReWire applications can create large numbers of instruments. You can send a track’s MIDI
data to any of these instruments by selecting the specific instrument in the
MIDI channel menu of
the relevant track.
To send MIDI data to a specific ReWire instrument
1. In the SONAR MIDI track that contains the recorded MIDI data you want to send, make sure that
the
Output menu is set to the correct ReWire device.
2. Then use the Ch menu in the same track to choose the instrument you want to send to. This also
works if you just want to use this track to play your MIDI controller through a particular instrument
in the ReWire application.
Note: Always close your ReWire applications before closing a SONAR project.