First time trying to record midi from my GR-55 Roland Gtr pickup.  have midi track with input midi omni.  The Sonar midii input icon responds indicating midi input is being read, but the midi track does not lite up.  Ihave the record button on and record, but no notes are recorded.  Whats up?

Are you using the GR-55 USB connection or a separate midi input device? In the In/Out section of the track do you have the GR-55 device you're using for input selected? If you're driving a soft synth do you hear it? If not, set up Rapture or another soft synth and get that set up. That should help you understand how to set up midi tracks.
 
Robert

I don't think the GR-55 sends midi notes.

Gary McCoy
I don't think the GR-55 sends midi notes.

Sure it does.
 
Robert

kepp it going!  I am in putting with the midi cable it should work, but I'm not getting the signal to record.

Yeah, it should work. I input with a midi cable as well from a GR-55. Have you been able to drive a soft synth?
 
Robert

It has been a while since I have had my GR-30 out of the box, but even that has MIDI out on it.
 
Just to reiterate Robert's comments. For the MIDI track you have inserted, you have the input set to MIDI Omni, but where is your output routed?
 
Insert a soft synth and route the MIDI output of your MIDI track to that synth. Does the MIDI track drive it? I am also curious what audio interface you are plugging your MIDI cables into (as this may be an issue).
 

I am suing the Roland Quad core as my interface.  The midi signal appears to rach SONAR as the icon in the sys tray lights when I strum the guitar.  However, the fader meter in the midi channel, set to omni, record and echo input, does not register input and routing to the TSS does not register input. I am at a loss!

So I hooked my PCR-300 keyboard.  I get signal into SONAR, but nothing registers in the meters on the midi channel or the TTA-1.  The in;put track is 24.  When ever I hit the keyboard, the track view jumps to Track 1.  This tells me SONAR is getting a midi command to jump to track one, but is not receiving notes.  I went to preferences and see nothing extraordinary.  What is going on and how can I get SONAR to receive notes?

Try deleting the Cakewalk.ini and TTSSEQ.INI from your user directory\AppData\Roaming\Cakewalk\SONAR X2 Producer. Sonar will rebuild the files the next time it is run.


If that does not work, try re-personalizing SONAR by holding the CTRL and SHFT keys while starting SONAR.