Hi,
 
I have a bass part written as a Soft Synth track, with a certain sound. I'd like to add a second soft synth to play the same part, without making a second copy of the notes (so that I can edit just one part for both synths).
 
If possible, I'd like each Soft synth to have its own volume and mute automation, but that's not essential.
 
Can anyone advise me how to achieve this?
 
Thanks,
Andrew

clone the track, check "link clips"

+1, yup.
 
Bob Bone
 

Thanks for your help guys.
 
I had already tried that, and found that any change you make to one of the tracks applies to the other as well e.g. mute, solo, change synth. So once you have cloned the track, changing the synth on one of them changes it on the other as well.
 
Perhaps there's something I'm not doing right when cloning?
 
Regards,
Andrew

Trying to clone an instrument track? Don't do it. Split the instrument track into an audio and MIDI track, then clone the MIDI track.

Or, do not link them, which then should allow independent automation and such, but then would require dual data editing if notes needed to change.
 
Bob Bone
 

Thanks very much guys. I'll try this when I get home.
Andrew

I would insert the new instrument and copy-paste the midi clip...

Thanks Djoni,
That is indeed what I ended up doing, because I couldn't find a way to play two different synths off the same MIDI part. No matter what I did using the Clone command, the two parts would always end up with the same synth.
Andrew

That's because you're using Simple Instrument Tracks. You've discovered just one of several limitations inherent in SITs, and just one of the reasons most of us still do it the old way, with separate MIDI and audio tracks.
 
Driving two synths from one MIDI track is very common, and SONAR's (old) way of doing it is easier and more flexible than most DAWs. SITs were really added to SONAR just to make it look more like those other DAWs. They add nothing beyond making the track view a little tidier.