{"id":14341,"date":"2002-04-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2002-04-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/?p=14341"},"modified":"2007-04-27T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2007-04-27T00:00:00","slug":"assign-instrument-definition-cakewalk-sonar","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/assign-instrument-definition-cakewalk-sonar\/","title":{"rendered":"How do I assign an instrument definition in Cakewalk or Sonar?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>1. Go to Options &#8211; Instruments.<br \/>2. If your instrument is listed on the right, skip to step 8<br \/>3. Click Define and then Import.<br \/>4. Find the c:\\program files\\cakewalk\\cakewalk pro audio\\sample content or c:\\program files\\cakewalk\\sonar\\sample content folder.<br \/>5. Select the manufacturer of your instrument and click Open.<br \/>6. Select the model(s) and hit OK.<br \/>7. Click Close, and your instrument should be listed at the right.<br \/>8. You must now let Cakewalk\/Sonar know where your instrument is connected. At the left are all your output ports, each with 16 channels listed as Output Port X \/ Midi channel. Click on the desired port with \/ 1 at the end. You can either click-drag the highlighted blue section to channel 16 or hold shift while clicking channel 16. This selects in blue all 16 midi channels of this port.<br \/>9. Click your instrument on the right to make the assignment. Now notice a line drawn from the midi port\/channel at the left to the instrument at the right. Hit OK.<br \/>10. Now when you select an input (source), and output (port), and a midi channel, your input port will change to the assigned instrument and you will be able to utilize the bank and patch selectors for your instrument.<\/p>\n<p>If no instrument is listed as a direct match, you could choose a close match, create your own (see our other article about creating your own instrument definitions), or check the availability for a download at ftp:\/\/ftp.cakewalk.com\/pub\/InstrumentDefinitions\/.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","categories":[1],"tags":[34893],"storecat":[],"itemids":[30066,30172],"manufacturers":[33245],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out the How do I assign an instrument definition in Cakewalk or Sonar? page at Sweetwater \u2014 the world&#039;s leading music technology and instrument retailer!\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/assign-instrument-definition-cakewalk-sonar\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How do I assign an instrument definition in Cakewalk or Sonar? - SweetCare\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"1. 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