Shortcuts can save an awful time and help eliminate reliance on the mouse, especially when in the middle of recording. When Recording: ‘F4’ – show transport box ‘F2’ – to arm recording Press ‘R’ to start ‘Space Bar’ to stop When listening: ‘Space Bar’ to play ‘Space Bar’ to stop ‘w’ return to beginning Menu […]
Category: Using Sonar
Midi and Vst setup – Sonar
Click on the midi track number, As shown below. It it will turn yellow To assign the ‘Vst instrument’ Left Click the box the arrow is pointing at. Choose Vst instrument. For Vst Instruments that have several instruments assigned to different channels. If you have setup your VST to have multiple instruments on channels 1-16 […]
How do I add a vst instrument – Sonar
How to Add ‘Vst’ Instrument – ‘Insert’ – ‘Soft Synth’ As you can see there is now a list of instruments now available. I will now add ‘Cakewalk TTS-1’
Using Staff view – Sonar
—->>>>Links to video guides at bottom of page To edit or write midi data we need to bring up the staff view screen. Hold the ‘ALT’ key and press ‘7’ You should now see this screen. Look at the interface at the top of the new screen. You can enter notes by highlighting the pencil […]
Setting up sound card in Sonar
Go to – ‘Options’ – ‘Audio’ Choose your preferred sound card from the drop down menu. Now we choose which kind of driver you need. If you are sure your sound card supports ‘ASIO’ then choose that option. If it doesn’t then try ‘WDM’ If you experience problems then choose ‘MME’ Make sure you click […]