Recording external sequence

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2015/01/05 09:47:45 (permalink)

Recording external sequence

Hello
I am new to Sonar x3, and i need some help.
I record a song on a Korg Triton sequencer, and i dump it to Sonar x3 via midi hoping all the tracks will be separated
but they end up been all on track one in Sonar. there is 4 tracks of drums one piano one strings a bass and couple lead.
Is there a way to separate these tracks in sonar?
thanks 
JP
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    dubdisciple
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    Re: Recording external sequence 2015/01/05 10:05:57 (permalink)
    Not in front of Sonar at the moment, but I believe there is a CAL script in Sonar to do that. 
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    Re: Recording external sequence 2015/01/05 11:06:49 (permalink)
    Thanks,
    i think i remember sonar 8  have that  "RUN CAL" to do it
    but i can't find it on Sonar x3, if you find out something please post it.
    Thanks again.
     
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    Re: Recording external sequence 2015/01/05 11:10:58 (permalink)
    X3 has a "Run CAL" option under the Process menu
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    Re: Recording external sequence 2015/01/05 11:13:37 (permalink)
    What was your "dump" process?. The Triton should be able to save a Type 1 MIDI file with parts on separate tracks. But if that's not possible, the parts should be on different channels, and you can use Split Channel to Tracks.CAL.

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    Re: Recording external sequence 2015/01/05 11:50:23 (permalink)
    Thanks Brundlefly.
    My dump process was: i sync sonar with Triton via midi i click record in Sonar and everything start to record on channel 1 in sonar.
    Yes on the Triton it was saved on separate tracks, there is 10 tracks, with drums, piano, strings, and few more instruments but when i dump those tracks to sonar via midi
    i wasn't sure how to do it every track from Triton end up 1 track   in Sonar   "track 1 to be exactly"
    i you don't mind please give me step by step how to do it cuz i am new to sonar x3.
    thank you very much.
    JP
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    Re: Recording external sequence 2015/01/05 12:12:20 (permalink)
    The Channel setting on a MIDI track in SONAR is a forced output channel. Incoming data will be recorded with the channel information of the source. If you check the Event List view of the recorded track, I think you will find that all the parts are on separate channels, but they're being forced to play back on whatever output Channel you have set.
     
    By default, the Input setting on a MIDI track will be Omni, so it records all channels. In order to separate the channels on recording, you will want to create a separate track for each part, and set each track's Input to only record the corresponding channel. And it's not necessary to set a forced output Channel unless you're using a multitimbral soft synth that is set up to have parts on different channels than in the original tracks.
     
    EDIT: All that said, I'm thinking the Triton is new enough that it can probably save a standard MIDI Type 1 file to a USB drive, and you can just open that file in SONAR, rather than recording in real time.

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    Re: Recording external sequence 2015/01/05 13:03:37 (permalink)
    I understand your point, the only problem is the Triton that i have doesn't have a usb port,
    it is the floppy disk type and these days most of the computers don't have a floppy disk slot,
    that will make very difficult. I will try your suggestion and i will let you know.
    Thanks again
     
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    Re: Recording external sequence 2015/01/05 15:20:56 (permalink)
         here is how is to separate your drums into separate tracks:
         Select Process>Run CAL. 
        Choose the Split Note To Tracks.folder, and click Open. 
        Enter the number of the Track containing your drum parts. Click OK. 
        Enter the number of the Track that will contain the first drum part. Click OK. The CAL program will put the data for each drum part into each successive Track after the one you choose. Be sure there isn’t any data in the Track that you choose or the ones after it because the data will be overwritten. 
        Enter the MIDI channel you want to use. More than likely that will be 10. Click OK. 
                    Enter the MIDI port you want to use. Click OK.
    1.       Thanks everyone for the help
    2.        JP
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    Re: Recording external sequence 2015/01/06 14:10:25 (permalink)
    Right, but you also needed to split different instruments to different tracks,  which would require splitting by channel first.
     
     

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