Sonar Instrument Definitions Roland

RE: Instrument definitions 2011/01/06 13:48:01 Hello David, I am brand new to the Cakewalk forum having just installed Sonar 8.5 earlier this year and am learning to use it. Instrument definitions are a powerful feature that make it easier for you to find the banks, patches, and controllers of your MIDI instruments.

It really isn't all that hard to import and assign instruments in any Cakewalk Product. Step 1} Go to Options/MIDI Devices to make certain your device is recognized and activated. Step 2] Got to Options/Instruments and then click on the Define button on the dialogue that appears.

This brings up another dialogue that has an Import button. Click on that and a file selector appears which you can use to load the INS file. Step 3] Use Shift Click or Control Click from the Instruments menu to highlight the MIDI channels of the device and point them at the instruments you wish to select on the right side of the window. This process has not changed a lick on any version of Cakewalk I've used in the past 20 years and once it's complete you can select any instrument you'd like from your machine's repertoire directly with a right or left click on each track's edit parameters. Cakewalk also puts out complete series of video tutorials on all their products explaining everything the software is capable of. Here's one on instrument definitions. Absinthe 3 Full Rip Raring.

Hope this helps:) Gary;) Posts: 15 Joined: 16:16, 26 March 2016.