Newbie Challenges

Hi SkootaO my english is not the best but i'll try my best.
 
 
Let's start a small tutorial for your first issue.
 
Start a new project in X1 and chose Basic. In this project you got following chanels/tracks:
Tracks
- One audio track
- One midi track
 
Busses
- One master bus
- One metronome bus
- One preview bus
 
Main out
- One main out ( that's the output of your soundcard ).
 
At first load a synthesizer in your project. For example SI Electric Piano. A window will open and you can choose any options. We disable every option ( for more information of these options click on help of the right side or F1 on your keyboard ).
 
The Next go to your audio track and do following settings:
Input = Si Electric Piano - Primary Output Stereo
Output = Master
 
The Next go to your midi track and do following settings:
Input = Your midikeyboard or omni
output = Si Electric Piano
 
The Next go to your master bus and do following settings:
Output = Your soundcard
 
 
If you play now on you Midikeyboard you'll hear the Electric Piano.
 
 
Greetings Tomas
 
 

Not to be patronising, but I think your issue 1 (MIDI I/O) might be that you are not clear on what MIDI is about, so I suggest that you read up on MIDI in general first (either via the SONAR reference manual or via any number of on-line resources). My guess is that you will then be able to resolve this yourself. In essence, MIDI data does not result directly in any audio signal. On the positive side, it sounds like the MIDI from your keyboard is reaching Sonar just fine. You need to route it to a device (soft synth or back out to your hardware piano) that can interpret the MIDI data stream and make sound from it.
 
There is a series of ten-or-so tutorials that come with Sonar that you should work through and it will start to make sense. This will likely resolve your second issue, too.

Tomas M.
Hi SkootaO my english is not the best but i'll try my best.
 
 
Let's start a small tutorial for your first issue.
 
Start a new project in X1 and chose Basic. In this project you got following chanels/tracks:
Tracks
- One audio track
- One midi track
 
Busses
- One master bus
- One metronome bus
- One preview bus
 
Main out
- One main out ( that's the output of your soundcard ).
 
At first load a synthesizer in your project. For example SI Electric Piano. A window will open and you can choose any options. We disable every option ( for more information of these options click on help of the right side or F1 on your keyboard ).
 
The Next go to your audio track and do following settings:
Input = Si Electric Piano - Primary Output Stereo
Output = Master
 
The Next go to your midi track and do following settings:
Input = Your midikeyboard or omni
output = Si Electric Piano
 
The Next go to your master bus and do following settings:
Output = Your soundcard
 
 
If you play now on you Midikeyboard you'll hear the Electric Piano.
 
 
Greetings Tomas
 
 

Hi Tomas, Your english is perfect, and many thanks for taking the time to reply! I will try this from the beginning and see if i can get progress, then let you know what happens!

ChristopherM
Not to be patronising, but I think your issue 1 (MIDI I/O) might be that you are not clear on what MIDI is about, so I suggest that you read up on MIDI in general first (either via the SONAR reference manual or via any number of on-line resources). My guess is that you will then be able to resolve this yourself. In essence, MIDI data does not result directly in any audio signal. On the positive side, it sounds like the MIDI from your keyboard is reaching Sonar just fine. You need to route it to a device (soft synth or back out to your hardware piano) that can interpret the MIDI data stream and make sound from it.
 
There is a series of ten-or-so tutorials that come with Sonar that you should work through and it will start to make sense. This will likely resolve your second issue, too.

Thanks! I think i understand how it should work, and indeed have figured it out previously. Somehow the way i am routing through the audio and synth has changed though and i'm back to square one.
 
Are you able to give me a link to the tutorial videos? This is exactly what i need. You can follow a link from the Sonar application but it just takes me to a troubleshooting page which I found impossible to navigate...
 
Thanks again everyone!

You can't really use two USB soundcards at the same time. USB mics are basically useless because in order to use it you need to select it as your ASIO interface and that means not being able to use another ASIO interface for playback.
 
Use your Xonar soundcard, which has inputs and outputs. I'm not familiar with the brand, I hope it comes with a good ASIO driver.

Thanks. I did at one point try the usb mixer (and ASIO4ALL) and quickly learnt what everyone obviously already knows. Certainly didnt simply things...