Well, if you have set sonar to call a specific patch on your synth in the track properties dialog, that patch will be recalled every time you start Sonar. You'll need to store your edited patch in a user location on your synth and then set the midi track of sonar to call that user location. Gord ----- Original Message ----- From: Stacy Bleeks To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 12:46 AM Subject: [ddots-l] synth effects settings return to default after I press record. Hi all, Any ideas how to solve this problem? With my Novation X-Station synth plugged in via USB, I set a bunch of effect settings, decay, cut off etc. and basically shape the sound to the way I want it. but, then I press record on Sonar and boom, when I press the keys, all the tweaking I've done is lost and the synth plays in it's original default sound. WTF? Any ideas or suggestions? Thankya! Stacy