Adding a Soft Synth to an Existing MIDI track

Hi guys
 
This may be a stupid question but I have always created MIDI tracks by dragging the soft synth I want and letting it be created via the pop-up dialog, or by inserting instrument from the track menu.  However, I decided to create my own project template with 8 MIDI tracks and a couple of Audio tracks as a quick way start project.  Everything was fine until I went to add the soft synths to the existing MIDI tracks and I suddenly discovered I didn't know how to, I expected an ADD instrument menu option for each track, or if I tried to drag a soft synth onto the track I was greeted with the insert soft synth dialog and a new MIDI track would be created, the track menu  option for add instrument only has a CREATE button not an ADD or a select existing track prompt.  I have gone back to the tutorials and documentation but all I can find is the ways I have always done it, no way of adding to existing track, or have I missed something?
 
Apologies if it is a stupid question but an answer to a stupid guy would be gratefully appreciated.
 
Cheers
 
Andy 

An instrument track consists of two tracks, a midi track and synth track. The easiest way to see the settings, is to insert a Instrument Track, right click and select 'Split Instrument Track'. This is what you are aiming to duplicate.
 
You have the Midi Track, so insert a synth track, and when the 'Insert synth soft synth Options' box appears just select just one of the three 'Synth Audio Output' options.
 
You now have both the synth and Midi, so you need to assign the output of the midi track to your synth.
 
If you want to combine the two tracks to make into an single Instrument track, right click and choose 'Make instrument track'

Thanks guys, much appreciated.  I just thought there would be a simple drag and drop a soft synth from the browser onto an existing MIDI track to make a single instrument track.  Truth be told I normally create a synth from the track menu and output to an audio track so I can keep the CPU overhead down if I would be using a fair number of synths, especially Kontakt synths.  But I will follow your guidance,
 
Cheers
 
Andy
 

Andy3252
Thanks guys, much appreciated.  I just thought there would be a simple drag and drop a soft synth from the browser onto an existing MIDI track to make a single instrument track. 

 
-Insert the synth like always
-then hold SHIFT and CNTRL While clicking on your old Midi track,
-then drag that midi clip/data from the old track to the new.
-delete old one

First of all, thanks for asking the question.  For years I have wanted to revisit/update some of my old tunes and sketches by "putting them into softsynths." However, it was much easier to connect old gear and route the files to the hardware (the old-fashioned way I used to do in Dr. T's KCS, Cakewalk for MS-DOS, and later versions)--until I finally asked Google: "In SONAR X3, how do I send my midi files to SoftSynths" and I found this thread.
 
While all the background info on types of tracks, how to insert a softsynth, etc. is interesting, I just wanted something quick, without a lot of cutting-and-pasting, etc.
 
This is a wonderful answer: 
 
"Give your MIDI track focus and then open up the inspector (Press " i ").  Look down the bottom, just above the track name is the destination of that MIDI track.  Click on the little down arrow and you should see a list of all your MIDI ports and loaded soft synths.  Choose which ever soft synth you wish this MIDI track to drive."
 
THANK YOU!!!!
 
Steve