How to load SoundFont Banks in both Synth A and Synth B in Cakewalk Sonar

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The Sound Blaster Live!, Sound Blaster Audigy, Sound Blaster Audigy 2 and Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS cards have two hardware based MIDI Synth: Synth A and Synth B, each with 16 MIDI channels. To utilize all 32 MIDI channels, it is necessary to load SoundFont banks, either same or different SoundFont files for both of them.

To load SoundFont Banks with a Sound Blaster Live, Sound Blaster Live! 5.1, or Sound Blaster Audigy card, go to AudioHQ in Control Panel, then click on SoundFont. Click on the Options tab, and select SB Audigy Synth A (or similar), then click the Configure Bank tab and load each of the desired SoundFont files. Repeat the procedure for SB Audigy Synth B (or similar).

To load SoundFont Banks with a Sound Blaster audigy 2 card, go to Start, Programs, Creative, Sound Blaster Audigy 2, then click on SoundFont Bank Manager. Click on MIDI Device, select Synth A, then load the desired SoundFont banks; repeat the procedure for Synth B.

In addition, if you are loading different SoundFont banks in Synth A and Synth B, make sure that the Bank numbers do not overlap.

To use the SoundFont files loaded in both Synth A and Synth B under Cakewalk Sonar, open a new or existing project in Sonar, click on the Option tab, then select MIDI Devices. Under the Outputs window, make sure you have 'Synth A' and Synth B selected.

Click on the Options menu again, select Instruments. You will notice that all channels in Synth A are linked to SoundFont Device, and all channels in Synth B are linked to Default. To trick Sonar to use the SoundFont loaded in Synth B as well, select all channels in the entire window on the left (hold the shift key, then select the channels), then click on SoundFont Device on the right. Cakewalk Sonar will display the S"