Reference Guide

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Creating instrument definitions

Instrument definitions

To export an instrument definition

1. In the Define Instruments and Names dialog box, right-click an Instrument name in the

Instrument tree and choose Export from the menu to display the Export Instrument Definition

dialog box.

2. If you don’t want to save the file in the folder that’s listed in the Save In field, navigate to the

folder in which you do want to save the file.

3. Enter a file name and click Save.

SONAR saves the file, with the filename extension .ins.

To reload instrument definitions

Users of MIDI librarian programs need the ability to update SONAR’s instrument definitions in real-

time, without having to close and restart SONAR.

When the Reset (Panic) button is pressed, SONAR closes and reopens the instrument manager

to reload settings from Master.ins and Instrmap.ini.

Any changes made to patch names or other instrument definitions are reflected immediately.