Converting midi to audio

Software synth or hardware synth.

If a soft synth freeze the track.

1. If you have access to the MP3 encoder inside SONAR then export as an MP3.  
2. If not export to audio wave file and then use a product to convert to MP3.

If it is a hardware synth, then you need to record the audio into SONAR and use either method 1 or or 2 above.

You need to connect the audio out of your hardware synth to the input's of your sound card, (left to left right to right)

Then in SONAR insert a stereo audio track(default) with the input set to the inputs of your sound card that you have used from your synth.

As you have recorded the midi, you now need to arm the audio track, i.e. set it to record. Press W to rewind to the beginning, press R to record.  

Make sure that the levels in the meters do not go much higher than -10dB, if they do press the space bar to stop the transport.  Turn down the output of your synth until this level is archived.  Do the recording again.
 
When it reaches the end of the midi and all the sound has died away press the space bar to stop recording.  Disarm the Audio track to stop accidentally recording over the top of it.

You now have your audio recorded.  You then need to export the Audio to a wave file.

File > Audio > Export.  set the type to wave.  Set the bit depth to 24 (this will give you the best resolution), type a name in the title box.  Select a directory to export to. Hit OK.  Now you need to get yourself a wave to MP3 conversion program.   

Yes, ok. My synthesizer is a Roland RS-70 that goes through a Tascam FW-1804 interface. I recorded one midi track on Sonar 8. Now I just need to convert it to a wave file and save it to a certain kind of file extention so that I can download it to a flash drive, load it on my computer, convert it to an mp3 and send it by email to a friend. My brother set all my stuff up and showed me how to do a lot of things on Sonar. I remember him showing me that when the song is finished, I would need to Solo the midi track and press Record on an audio track so that I would then have a wave track of the midi track that I would then mute so to hear the audio wave track.  From there I would save the wave file, and it was a certain kind of file.. that I also don't remember which one... but that that would matter. I am unable to burn a CD on the computer that my Sonar 8 is on which is why he told me I would have to put it on a flash drive and do the rest on my computer. Does any of this make better sense? So sorry to be so lost. I would ask my brother but he is out of the country and this stuff is greek to me. I'm a song writer not a bloody geek... or a Greek (lol). I thank all who are taking time to help me.
 
Trisha

Thank you Sanderxpander. I'm pretty sure I'm hooked up right. When you say I'm not selecting the correct audio inputs on the audio track, is there anything else I'm supposed to select besides turning on the Solo on the midi track and then turning on the Record in the audio track? Then pressing Play. I did it before, I don't remember doing anything else to make it go. When I use the mic in the audio track, it records, but not the midi track. Wish I could remember.
 
Thanks again,
Trisha

Thanks Bruce, it was just me listing the steps I took. I made sure each time I was pressing record. It does record but doesn't pick up the midi. Like I said, I recorded my mic in the same track and it worked fine. Then I tried the midi track on Solo and the audio track on record, clicked Record, it lit up and the metronome started, then just straight lines, no notes. But thanks anyway.
 
Trisha

That was it Bruce. And now I remember how it was done. Yes! Thank you!
 
Now is there anyone who can tell me how to get this from the computer this wave file is on to my computer in a file I can send in an email so they can use it?
 
Thanks to Bruce and all who have taken the time to help me. Greatly appreciated!
 
Trisha

You can use Audacity
 
You also require to download LAME
 
You open the .wav file in audacity and export to .mp3.
Hope this will help.
Regards
Snehankur
 
edit: somehow not being able to put the link to the download webpages

It's true that a wav file can be large, but just to cover all the bases, you can just drag the wave file from Sonar onto your desktop.  It will probably have some funky name, but you can always rename it like any other Windows file.