Hi Johan, Regarding a midi track, as you know you can choose your midi keybord in the insert colunn, this way you will record midi information to that track. To listen something playing, that midi track must be root to a audio track, that really could be a softh synth per example. Thats why, when you choose a synt track Sonar will open a midi track plus a audio track. So, you play and record midi information with yur midi keyboard, getting sounds of any softh synth library, using Sonar as the hoste! best regards, Rui ----- Original Message ----- From: Johan Piryns To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2012 12:07 AM Subject: [ddots-l] Re: difference between miditracks and synthtracks David, zo when I use softhsynths like dimension pro or cakewalk tts, than it's for me recorded while playing a midicontroller like the a-800 pro from roland. so the best choice than is to use synthesizertracks and miditracks? regards Johan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Van: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Namens David Ingram Verzonden: donderdag 12 juli 2012 0:15 Aan: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Onderwerp: [ddots-l] Re: difference between miditracks and synthtracks If you record a midi track, be aware that you can use a synthesizer, or a midi keyboard. That doesn't matter but what is important is that you can hear what you've done after you've recorded things. ----- Original Message ----- From: Johan Piryns To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2012 4:38 PM Subject: [ddots-l] difference between miditracks and synthtracks Hi, I have so you know sonar and caketalking for sonar. A midicontroller a-800 pro from Roland. Now, I was today in keymusic shop in flanders and someone told me that when you want to record a miditrack that you must select a synthesizertrack and not a miditrack. A miditrack should be for use when you have an external soundmodule. is that trough or not trough? regards Johan Pianist/muzikant Meer info: johan.piryns@xxxxxxxxx