Importing Instrument Definitions

When you install Cakewalk™ or Sonar™, a few common instrument definitions are already set up for you and ready to use. We offer many instrument definitions for the Yamaha PSR series of keyboards.

Each instrument definition is stored in a file you can edit with any text editor. These files have the .ins name extention, such as PSR340.ins. The name is not case-sensitive, so don't worry about mixing upper and lower case in the filename.

When you import an instrument definition, it is added to the master instrument definition file master.ins. The contents of master.ins determines the list of instruments that appear in the Assign Instruments dialog box.

To Import Instrument Definitions...

1. In Cakewalk or Sonar, choose the Options-Instruments menu to display the Assign Instruments dialog box.
2. Click Define to display the Define Instruments and Names dialog box.
3. Click Import to display the Import Instrument Definitions dialog box.
4. Navigate to the file that contains the PSR instrument definition you downloaded from this web site,  "PSR540.ins" for example. Click Open. In the new panel, Cakewalk displays a list of all the instrument definitions in the file. Usually for a PSR instrument there is just one.
5. Chose one or more instruments from the list and click OK.
6. Click the Close button to close the Define Instruments and Names dialog box.

The instrument definitions you imported should now appear in the Assign Instruments dialog box as an item in the Uses Instrument list (see example below).

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