Boss BR-800

So I'm new to Midi... and after a few minutes of messing with Sonar LE, I got it to make sounds with the most basic Wavetable and Roland G5 synth. 

After a few hours of fiddling with the system, I found 3 other embedded synths and was able to make sounds as well.  When selecting notes, I was able to get the synth sounds.  When running "play," the midi tracks would not make any sound.  I clicked "quantize" under the FX section and for some reason, that worked.  My current assumption is that I could download new synth racks and get them to work.

I plugged in a Korg Kaoss pad to my M-Audio interface (since the Boss Br-800 doesn't have a midi-in-out).  I ran the midi-out from the Kaoss to the in of the M-Audio and in to out.  My assumption was that I could access the synth sounds from the Kaoss and have that run on my computer.  The sound banks on the Kaoss light up and cycle with the different selections on Sonar (all off by 1... so if I select 74 on my computer, 73 lights up on my Kaoss)... but I don't get any sound yet.  I have a midi-synth keyboard that I'll try also to see if I can learn something about it... then apply it to the Kaoss.

Hey Casi! My system is up and running.  Make sure your I/O settings are entered properly and that you have the BR listed as a controller.

The instructions that come with the BR should guide you through the initial setup.  Remember, your computer may treat this as a new sound card... so there might be some interaction issues with other sound cards or drivers.

If you can let me know what specifics you've tried, I can give you some more help.  Good luck!

Check what your I/O settings are... do you have the O set to master?  Also, set the Master to BR800 and plug headphones into it... you should be able to hear sound.

There should be something at the end of the manual for how to have the BR800 act as a control surface.  I think that might steer you in the right direction.