#Cakewalk sonar instrument definitions how to#
#Cakewalk sonar instrument definitions Patch#

Naturally, I soloed the tracks etc to make sure the JV wasn't picking up a MIDI patch change from another track, even though it should be on its own port. I hope later I will snap to some simple thing I am overlooking but right now I am baffled. I could use the Fantom VS pedal steel, but it is WAY different and won't fit some of the tracks. This is a big deal because I am importing/upgrading a project that uses that sound on 8 songs! I finally hung it up after two hours of going in circles last night. Instead of a Pedal Steel, I am getting some kind of saw-tooth synth pad. I have checked the Bank and Patch numbers 20 times-I looked at the documentation but know them by heart anyway. The JV is playing the MIDI notes, but is not setting to the right instruments.

I set one port up specifically for the JV-1080 and used the Pop Card ins definition since I need a sound from the card (what you call the long-winded approach). The Tyros2 accepts the patch changes fine the JV, not so much. I will check the old machine and if I can't recover the files, I will create some by combining the various expansion card files with the base instrument files.īy the way, I am having some odd behavior. (There is a similar thread about instrument definitions, but since it referred to importing, I thought I should start a new topic.)

Since I can always type in bank and patch numbers from hard copies, this is not a huge deal, but it would be more productive to have this all on board. I actually like the JV oboes and saxes better than Vienna!) (For example, the JV expansions have excellent woodwinds and pedal steel. I will mostly use these two modules for older tracks I created in the past, but there are some really cool sounds in each. The same question would apply to the Kurzweil PC2R that has an orchestral expansion card. It seems like Sonar is wnating me to pick either the basic JV or the expansion cards for a single port. For example, if the JV is connected to MIDI port A of my interface, when I go to the event list, I should see the four banks of built-in JV sounds PLUS the four expansion cards-but I do not remember how I did that.

#Cakewalk sonar instrument definitions how to#

I can load the JV instrument definitions, and I can also load the expansion card definitions, but I can't remember how to make them all available on one port. I can't quite remember one piece of the puzzle.įor example, my trusty JV-1080 has four expansion cards. My previous Sonar version was very old and on a different machine, so I am trying to set up instrument definitions for all the old sample players I still use from time to time (JV-1080, Kurzweil PC2R, Tyros2).