Recording music from a MIDI instrument

Once you have set your tempo and metronome, and armed one or more tracks, you are ready to start recording.

To record MIDI

1.	Set the Now time to the point in the project where you want to start recording.

2.	Click or press R. If your metronome count-in is turned on, it will play the count-in.

3.	Play or perform the material you want to record. As you record, SONAR displays a clip containing the new material in the Clips pane (unless you have disabled the Display Waveform Preview While Recording option in Edit > Preferences > Customization - Display).

4.	Click or press the SPACEBAR key to stop recording.

To listen to the new material, set the Now time to the start of the clip and press the SPACEBAR or click . If you’re not happy with the recording, use Edit > Undo or press CTRL+Z to erase the new material.

When you stop recording, if you do not see a new clip in the Clips pane, you may have a problem with MIDI input. See Troubleshooting for more information.

 

See:

Recording specific ports and channels