• SONAR
  • Using the Roland Integra-7 with Sonar Platinum (p.5)
2016/03/12 18:53:18
DANDERMAN123@DSLEXTREME.COM
I just downloaded the Roland Parameter Guide for the Integra-7, there might be some help there.
 
2016/03/13 01:03:39
mekake
However, i still don't like the Integra-7 only have 4 slot A,B,C,D. I need all the sound to pick from the Sonar without loading. Hopefully the new Integra may have to create this potential. The Integra-7 editor command doesn't work well or I still don't know how to use it.
2016/03/13 08:24:27
Sanderxpander
This is a (typically Roland) stupid limitation on the Integra itself.
2016/03/14 19:31:43
DANDERMAN123@DSLEXTREME.COM
A baby step:
 
By setting up Studio Set  6 as the default set and writing that into Integra-7 memory, I can now use one of the drum sound banks. Over on the ProChannel box, I have my snare drum channel to 10.  The bank is set to: 11328 - Integra-7 Preset SN Drum Kit and the patch is set to:  2:Studio Kit.  This setting holds even if I turn off everything and turn it back on (assuming I saved it in SONAR); in other words, I have a workable setting for drums in SONAR for the Integra-7 that I can tweak, just like a real Midi module.
 
 
2016/03/15 15:22:39
DANDERMAN123@DSLEXTREME.COM
Another baby step.
 
I have the Instrument Definition File for the Integra-7, but now I have figured out one way to get it to work for me:
 
Making sure that the default Studio Set in the Integra-7 startup file is Rock Band 6 (I just arbitrarily picked that one), then when I assign channels, I made sure that the Bank chosen is 11456 - Preset SN Acoustic Tone 1- 128 (or 129 -256, either works). Then I can pick an instrument within those 2 banks, and get a Supernatural Instrument.  I think I have a Supernatural bank loaded in Integra memory at startup, which then allows Studio Set 6 to work.
 
anyway, now I have some functionality and it works every time, so it's good to go for now.
 
2016/07/16 14:44:37
DANDERMAN123@DSLEXTREME.COM
Well, it's been a few months, and the Integra-7 is now fully functional. Sonar pulls up the various banks available, and I can assign patches to Sonar tracks, just like a Sound Canvas module.
 
 
2017/01/26 09:22:41
DANDERMAN123@DSLEXTREME.COM
I noticed a little strange behavior, somehow, between sessions with Sonar, some channels assigned to the Integra-7 using its pre-sets instead trigger sounds from the GM2 bank. The problem is that there are 256 pre-set sounds per bank, whereas GM2 only has 128. That means that if my channel is set to Pre-set 66, it plays GM2 sound 66, which is totally different.
 
No idea why my pre-sets are migrating in this manner. Perhaps it has something to do with turning off the Integra-7 before my laptop is shutdown, leaving SONAR to fend for itself in assigning parts for that moment, and so it defaults to GM sounds. Maybe.
 
2017/01/26 14:55:18
riojazz
Hi.  I see we're back to it.
 
I have an Integra-7 and use it only for SONAR and Band-in-a-Box.  The SONAR patches are still a mystery, but often after I have set patches the 'normal' way in BIAB, using MSB/LSB, those sounds hold when I drag the MIDI tracks into SONAR.  Why this works, I don't know.  The only way I can explain it is that, not only does SONAR have difficulty sending patches to the Integra-7, it might not be sending anything in some cases (thus it does not override what BIAB already sent).
 
I wish I could help.
2017/01/26 15:07:46
DANDERMAN123@DSLEXTREME.COM
Well, I have conquered the Integra-7 in the sense that I can control patch changes within SONAR. The key is to make sure that the Integra-7 is set up to load a specific bank when it is turned on. In my case, I load Rock Band 6. Then, I can use the .INS file for the Integra-7, and choose from one of many banks in the file that "align" with Rock Band 6, and everything is hunky dory.
 
To fix today's problem, I simply reloaded Rock Band 6 as the default instrument bank, and things are back to normal. I think that the module somehow load GM2 as the default bank somehow in the last few days.
 
2017/01/26 20:36:31
riojazz
I did a little testing today and although I could set whatever upper bank patch I needed, I can't get them to persist.  Very annoying.
© 2026 APG vNext Commercial Version 5.1

Use My Existing Forum Account

Use My Social Media Account