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I have Sonar 1.3.1 under WinXP
2 s/cards - Santa Cruz and Audiophile - each has 1 midi port.
I have midi hardware which has PC editing software which appears in Sonars tools menu. It would be nice to be able to open a prog to edit my sounds while Sonar is open but it won't let me - because the midi ports are in use!
First of all...
The "share drivers" option is no use - it only applies to audio ports. Cakewalk inform me that Sonar will not share midi drivers.
The midi ports ARE multiclient.
I've looked at Hubis and Midi Yoke - they are not the answer as I can see no way to place them on the actual ports - they are designed to patch application midi ports together. What would be needed is a virtual "Y" chord that splits a midi in as 2 seperate devices and another that appears as 2 outs that actualy feed the real midi out.
Getting extra midi ports won't help either (and not selecting them in Sonar) because then I won't have access to my midi gear in Sonar.
Maybe this can be solved by getting Sonar 2 but I haven't seen it mentioned in the specs. I'm not sure what puzzles me most about this - the fact that something so basic can't be done or that I seem to be the only one with the problem.
I have Sonar 1.3.1 under WinXP
2 s/cards - Santa Cruz and Audiophile - each has 1 midi port.
I have midi hardware which has PC editing software which appears in Sonars tools menu. It would be nice to be able to open a prog to edit my sounds while Sonar is open but it won't let me - because the midi ports are in use!
First of all...
The "share drivers" option is no use - it only applies to audio ports. Cakewalk inform me that Sonar will not share midi drivers.
The midi ports ARE multiclient.
I've looked at Hubis and Midi Yoke - they are not the answer as I can see no way to place them on the actual ports - they are designed to patch application midi ports together. What would be needed is a virtual "Y" chord that splits a midi in as 2 seperate devices and another that appears as 2 outs that actualy feed the real midi out.
Getting extra midi ports won't help either (and not selecting them in Sonar) because then I won't have access to my midi gear in Sonar.
Maybe this can be solved by getting Sonar 2 but I haven't seen it mentioned in the specs. I'm not sure what puzzles me most about this - the fact that something so basic can't be done or that I seem to be the only one with the problem.