Reference Guide

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Preferences dialog
MIDI - Devices
Figure 500. The (MIDI) Devices section
The Devices section lets you choose the MIDI inputs and outputs you want to use. The selection in
the Output menu for a track determines which piece of hardware will be used to produce the sound
stored in your project. The list of enabled input devices determines which input MIDI devices can
successfully send MIDI data into your Cakewalk application.
You can make up your own friendly names for the MIDI input and output devices listed in this dialog
box. The friendly name for a MIDI device is the name you will see in MIDI track Input and Output
menus, if you enable the Use Friendly Names To Represent MIDI Devices check box at the
bottom of this dialog box. To make up a friendly name, double-click the name of a device in the
Friendly Name column, type a new name, and press ENTER.
The Devices section contains the following settings: