Basic Question

[TamaSabian]

Hi. This is a really basic problem but I need to know how to solve it because I want to help a friend of mine. He uses SONAR 2.0 and every time he opens a midi track (those provided with the software) and try to change de soundfonts (SB Live 5.1) the sound doesn´t change, it still playing piano. But when he arm a new midi track and change to piano roll view, the sound font is the one he choose. I remember someone else ask the same question but I can´t find that thread.

Thanks

[James Argo]

I was asking the same thing. It's SONAR bugs. I still have no clue what went wrong, but SONAR doesn't work that good on MIDI side (conjunction with Creative's SB Live! and the driver...). All I did was soloing, click and chose each track's MIDI out port again, and again, and again, until it sounds right. Every single track. Also watch out for that channel issue. Channel 10 is for preset synth GM drums only. Avoid sellect this channel. select the MIDI out, the bank, the patch over and over to make it sounds right. Once you have the "sounds right version", save the project. The problem won't appear anymore after you reload it.

[crosstudio]

when you make a change to the midi bank/patch to change the sound, is there another track with the same midi channel? if so, the other midi track will keep switching back to the default sound (piano).

so be sure that each track is on a separte midi output channel.

[James Argo]

No cross, I'm sure everything about it. No mess. I know how to deal with Cakey and MIDI before. Believe me, it's SONAR's issue. I emailed TTS for this, and still no reply.
Papa James

[AlChuck]

If it is a bug, it would be that way for all of us, and I sure am not having any trouble with it in SONAR 2, nor have I in any of the prior versions of SONAR or Cakewalk Pro Audio...

[Paul881]

Nor me

[gascap]

Check each track with 'Event List' (for patch/bank changes- especially at the first beats of the piece.) This plagued me to no end ONE time. I doubt it's a bug.

[James Argo]

'kay.. okay... chill down everybody...
I guess it was my fault picking a wrong word "BUGS" to name it. Lets call it ...ummhhh, "ANT". May be this issue goes to some specific card / driver / Win version / memory setting/ etc. May be those who has no problem with it has different stuff, or different setting. But I have checked it in 2 different PC's.

(PIII 866, 256M, SB Live! DE 5.1, Win XP Home, Microsoft driver, AudioHQ installed.)
and
(PII 450, 128M, SB Live! DE5.1, Win 98SE, Microsoft driver, AudioHQ installed.)

They both just do the same. This is not happening with my old CWPA 9. I guess I'm just waiting for TTS releasing SONAR's service pack or sumthin to go. Or... gimme a hint guys.

Thank yous... I love yous...
Papa James