SI Bass and Recording

Hello, I'm trying to add a bass track using SI Bass. I can hear it and the input meter is showing when I play it but when I arm the track to record there's no input??? There's gotta be a way to do this. Need help. Thanks

How have you set it up? You are recording on a MIDI-track, right?

Check to make sure this option is activated... press P to access Preferences. Then choose the MIDI > Playback and Recording category. Then put a checkmark next to the option called Always Echo Current MIDI Track.

Scott

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  Yes of course. When I play the bass, the input meter's going. But when I have the track armed to record, the input meter is basically grayed out. It's weird.

You cannot record the SI Bass by manipulating the SI Bss GUI, that is strictly for auditioning purposes. To record SI Bass without a MIDI keyboard either drag the patterns to the track, use the step sequencer or the Piano Roll View to enter the MIDI notes.

All above is true-,anyway I 'd just like to chime in,and say I think most of the ole 32bit Studio Instruments ARE GREAT,especially,what they "can" sound like,and hope they don't dump them anytime soon.

The only one,I thought was a tad meh,was the electric piano,but that appraisal,is coming from a guitar player,so no biggie.

Coming into Sonar/computers of "any kind",a little under 2 years ago, Studio Instruments,was and is a total gas,and so easy to use[the GUI's] of a LOT of the other brands,are way more complicated-my Komplete "Abbey Road" 60's Drums,will ONLY show the "kick drum" in the mixer,no matter,how much hair I remove from my scalp!,and some of "it" is expensive stuff,and a little over-rated,compared to the instant jamming rock/pop/funk band vibe of Studio Instruments.

Cheers
Bob

P.S.To the OP,a USB MIDI controller,even a cheapie,like my M-Audio Key-Rig 49,is totally faultless,and necessarry to record MIDI playing,unless you want to trigger synths via MIDI patterns,but both is viable.