Hollywood strings

Hi - I'm having issues properly setting up Hollywood Strings with my Sonar Platinum. The Plug In manager found it and I'm able to insert the plug in into a song, but I can't figure out how to properly set up the input and output so that I can use the plug-in with my external controller (Yamaha S90 es keyboard). I think this is just a settings issue possibly having to do with proper midi routing...
 
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
 
John

Hi - thank you very much for your reply. Here's where I'm at:
 

• I set the S90 to transmit on channel 1
• Midi data is going into Sonar vis USB (from S90 "USB TO HOST" output to USB input in back of my computer)
• I did download the latest driver (was not installed before because I was using standard midi cables which I now replaced with USB thanks to your suggestion)
• I do have the input echo enabled
• HS is configured as a simple instrument

Still can't get anything to work...I think it's something simple and I'm just not setting it up correctly.
 
Not sure how it plays into the setup, but I run a Focusrite Scarlett 18i20 USB audio interface.
 
Since switching from midi cables to USB, I cannot even get midi signal to sonar directly (even without HS inserted).
 
When setting up a basic midi track, should I be setting the INPUT to:
NONE
ALL INPUTS 
FOCUSRITE USB MIDI IN
VIRTUAL CONTROLLER
 
And each of the above gives me the following choices:
MIDI OMNI
MIDI CH 1...16
 
The OUTPUT allows for the following choices:
FOCUSRITE USB MIDI OUT (this is only choice before I insert the HS plug in)
PLAY 1 (this choice is added in addition to the above after I insert HS)
 
Then of course there is the MIDI CHANNEL selection which gives choices of NONE and 1-16.
 
Also, how would the INPUT/OUTPUT/MIDI CHANNEL settings change for the track that pop up when I insert the HS plugin?
 
Perhaps my issue is basic setup of I/O and channel? This is all fairly new to me...I'm learning!
 
Thank you VERY much!

While you should be able to use Hollywood Strings (aka Play) as a simple instrument, I don't recommend it. Primarily, i don't because Play is multi-timbral and can receive midi on up to 16 channels playing 16 different parts. All of that complexity is hidden as a Simple Instrument, and therefore you can't see how Sonar is routing the midi. Also, many of the Play libraries, including Hollywood Strings, have patches/articulations that use Mod Wheel data to set volume/dynamics, so if you think everything is routed correctly, move the mod wheel and see if you start to hear what you are playing.
 
Regards,
Dan

This is great progress.

I will have to bow out here as I do not actually own Hollywood Strings.  Hopefully someone who does will step in.

You might want to, however, have a look at page 94 of the PLAY user guide as therein it has a section entitled "Using PLAY as a Plug-in with Sonar".  Might be worth the read.