Setup Guide

MIDI Setup Guide: MIDI Control with 3rd Party Applications
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Cakewalk SONAR™
POD Studio/TonePort KB37 can be used as a keyboard controller in Cakewalk SONAR™ to record
notes and play software instruments in MIDI & Instrument tracks. Additionally, the MIDI controllers
(buttons, knobs, wheels, footswitches, expression pedal) on KB37, as well as UX2 & UX8, can be
configured to trigger SONAR’s transport functions, mixer faders, software instrument & plug-in
parameters and more! To follow are the instructions for conguring KB37/UX2/UX8 to function with
Cakewalk SONAR Producer 8 (the steps should be similar for other versions of Cakewalk’s SONAR
and Home Studio versions as well).
Note that Line 6 POD Studio & TonePort KB37, UX2 & UX8 are also capable of acting as your ASIO
audio device for SONAR as well - you can choose within SONAR’s Options > Audio settings if you want
to set it to utilize your connected Line 6 device, or a different audio interface, as your ASIO device. Either
way, your connected KB37/UX2/UX8 will perform the MIDI functions described in this chapter.
MIDI Controller Settings Dialog
First, before launching SONAR, connect your Line 6 device to your USB port and go to the Windows
Control Panel > Line 6 Audio-MIDI Settings dialog > MIDI tab...
• Select the MIDI Default preset, then click on the Settings button to launch the MIDI Controller
Settings dialog so that we can edit a few settings.
• Make the following changes in the MIDI Controller Settings dialog:
• Change the “Sound Select Prev” and “Sound Select Next” controllers each to “MIDI CC”
for the To MIDI Out elds, and then to” CC 014” and “CC 015”, respectively, for the
MIDI CC/Action fields. Set the Switch Mode settings for each to “Momentary”.
• In the Preset field, at the top right of the dialog, type in “SONAR” and then click the
Save button so that you have a SONAR controller preset stored on your PC for your Line
6 device.