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HOW TO INSTALL SONAR 8.5
This document will instruct you on how to install SONAR without sighted assistance. First there will be an overview of what you are going to be doing. Then there will be concise step by step instructions. Don't install SONAR, until you have read the Overview. Then, install SONAR, by following the Step by Step Instructions.
Note that SONAR needs to be installed before you can install CakeTalking. And after installing SONAR, you need to open SONAR at least once before you can install CakeTalking. And after installing SONAR, you need to reboot the computer before installing CakeTalking. So, before installing CakeTalking, install SONAR, open it once, and then close it and reboot the computer. Now, before providing the Overview, and the Step by Step procedure for installing SONAR, note the following 3 points:
1. CakeTalking can install into both SONAR'S 32 bit version, and its SONAR'S 64 bit version. If you have 64 bit Windows, like Window 7 64 bit, or Vista 64 bit, then you can install SONAR as either a 64 bit program, or as a 32 bit program. But if you have 32 bit Windows, like Vista 32 bit, or XP 32 bit, you can only install SONAR as a 32 bit program. Exact instructions for picking SONAR'S 32 or 62 bit version from the SONAR installer are provided in this document.
2. CakeTalking 8.8 for SONAR 8.5, will only install into SONAR version 8.5. So check your SONAR version number to make sure it's 8.5. If it's not, then after installing SONAR, you'll have to upgrade it to 8.5.3.
3. It is recommended that you disable User Account Control before installing SONAR and CakeTalking, especially if you have Windows Vista. Instructions on how to do that are provided in the document titled, "1SettingsVista."
Table of Contents

1.0. OVERVIEW.

2.0. STEP BY STEP PROCEDURE FOR LOCATING AND STARTING THE ACCESSIBLE SONAR INSTALLER.

3.0. STEP BY STEP PROCEDURE FOR RUNNING THE SONAR INSTALLER.

4.0. HOW TO INSTALL GUITAR RIG.
CONTENTS
1.0. OVERVIEW.

1. All you will need to install SONAR, is the SONAR Installation DVD, and your SONAR Serial number. While installing SONAR, the serial number should be stored externally to the computer that you are installing SONAR on. That way you can refer to it without moving away from the current SONAR Installation screen. So have a Braille copy of it, or have it on some other medium that you can access.
2. On the plastic container of your SONAR CD, or inside the container of your SONAR CD, there is a sticker with your Serial Number. It contains letters and numbers. You'll be prompted to type it, when the Get Registration dialog pops up.
3. There are 2 versions of the SONAR installer. One is accessible without a mouse, and the other is only accessible by a sighted person using a mouse. After you insert the SONAR Installation CD into your CD ROM drive, then if you have XP, SONAR's auto run feature will bring up an inaccessible installation screen. And if you have Vista or Windows 7, the Auto Play dialog will pop open, which will provide you with the option to choose to run SONAR'S inaccessible AutoRun.exe. In either case, you will be closing these screens by pressing ESCAPE, or ALT+F4. Then, you will access the accessible SONAR installer by typing a path in the Run dialog.
4. You open the Run dialog by holding down the Windows key, and tapping the letter R, then letting go. You will be typing a path that begins with the letter of your CD ROM. This letter of the CD ROM, is different on different computer systems. So, before installing SONAR, you should know what your CD ROM's drive letter is.
5. Assuming that your CD ROM's drive letter is the letter D, then type the following path into the Run dialog exactly as it appears below: D:\Install\Setup
6. When you type the path, and then press ENTER, the accessible version of SONAR's Setup program will begin.
7. When the installer runs, and before SONAR is actually installed, about 14 dialogs will be opened for you, which request information. However, except for the License Agreement, most of the time, all you have to do is press the OK button, or the Next button, and thus move to the next one installation dialog.
8. Most of the SONAR installation dialogs have 3 buttons. The Back, Next and Cancel buttons. The Next button is always the default button. So, pressing ENTER in a dialog, will close that dialog, and open the next one. If you wish to return to the prior dialog, then TAB to the back button, and press ENTER. If you wish to exit the setup, then press the cancel button, or just press ESCAPE.
9. During the installation of SONAR, you usually have the option of quitting the installation, without any problem at all. Just press the Cancel button. A dialog will then pop up telling you that Setup is not complete. There will be 2 buttons. The default button is the Resume button. The other button is the Exit Setup button. So, if you really wish to exit the installation, TAB to the Exit Setup button, and press ENTER.
10. After the main part of the Installation is complete, another 4 dialogs will open asking you various questions that you can mostly say yes to. If you have SONAR Producer edition, then among those dialogs is one that gives you the option to install Guitar Rig 3 LE. Guitar Rig 3 enables you to create great guitar and bass sounds. It contains a great selection of first class amps, cabinets and effects. However, its Properties Pages are not accessible at this time, so you may or may not want to install it. If you do wish to install it, a 13 step procedure is provided at the bottom of this document.
11. In the final stages of installation, the SONAR program itself will start to open automatically. Then there will be around 3 dialogs that will test your soundcard.
12. Finally, you may get a SONAR dialog asking you to configure your MIDI devices. You will ESCAPE from this dialog because it won’t be necessary to do this until after you install CakeTalking. You may also get a Tip of the Day dialog, and another Help dialog. Again, you will escape from these dialogs. The main thing is to just get into the main SONAR window. Then when the main SONAR window opens, you ARROW around in it a little, and then close it. Finally, you reboot the computer, and then install CakeTalking.
13. Note that JAWS will not automatically read to you all of the information in the SONAR installation dialogs, unless your JAWS screen echo is set to all. The default setting for screen echo is set to highlighted. To change it to ALL, press INSERT+S, until you hear JAWS say "ALL." When you are done with the installation, remember to return screen echo to Highlighted. Just press INSERT+S, until you hear JAWS say "Highlighted."
2.0. STEP BY STEP PROCEDURE FOR LOCATING AND STARTING THE ACCESSIBLE SONAR INSTALLER.

1. With the computer turned on, close all open programs except for JAWS.

2. Open up the computers CD by pushing the CD's open/close button. Then put the SONAR CD in the tray, and close it by pressing the button again.

3. If you have Vista, or Windows 7, then the Auto Play dialog will open. Press Escape to close it. Or if you have XP, the AutoRun.exe will start. Press ALT+F4 to close it.

4. Press Windows key + R. The Run dialog will open.

5. Type the letter of your CD ROM drive, then the following. :\Install\Setup

So if your CD drive is the letter D, you would type:

D:\Install\Setup

6. Turn your JAWS screen echo to “All”, by pressing INSERT+S, until JAWS says "ALL".

7. Press ENTER on Setup.exe, and the installation will begin.
3.0. STEP BY STEP PROCEDURE FOR RUNNING THE SONAR INSTALLER.

1. When the SONAR installer starts, the first dialog, allows you to select the language that SONAR will use. The default choice is English. Make sure you select English. Then press ENTER.

2. Next, the Welcome dialog will pop up. It reminds you that all opened programs should be closed before proceeding. Of course, you should leave JAWS open. Since the default button is the Next button, press ENTER to continue.

3. If you have a previous version of SONAR installed on your computer, the next dialog will tell you so, and inform you of a few facts.

4. The next dialog is the Software License Agreement. This dialog contains 2 checkboxes that must be checked, and a radio button that must be selected. So check the 2 checkboxes, and select the radio button that says, I accept the Terms in the License Agreement. Then press ENTER.

5. If you have Vista 64 bit, or Windows 7 64 bit, then a screen will open giving you the option to install SONAR as a 32 bit, or 64 bit program. There will be 2 checkboxes. One for 32 bits, and the second for 64 bits. By default, 32 bit is checked. Although you can choose either 32 bit or 64 bit, the 64 bit version of SONAR 8.5 is superior on 64 bit systems. So, ARROW to 64 bit radio button, then OK the dialog.

6. The next dialog is the Get Registration Information dialog. This has three edit fields. The first one you will find yourself in is the Name edit field. TAB once and you will be in the Company edit field. TAB once again and you will be in the Serial Number edit field. You have to fill in the Name, and the Serial Number fields. The company field is optional.

7. When you have finished typing the information, press ENTER. If you did not type your serial number correctly, then the Invalid Serial Number dialog will pop up, telling you to type it again. So, you would press ENTER to return to the Get Registration dialog. Then TAB until you get to the serial number edit field, and carefully type your serial number. Then press ENTER.

8. Now, a series of 9 dialogs will open. On each one, you can safely press ENTER to OK the dialog, and open the next one. However, if you're an expert and really want to customize your installation, then you can change the default settings in any of these dialogs. Here are the remaining dialogs.

a. The Select Destination dialog. This defines the folder in which SONAR 8 will be installed. Unless you're an expert with a different destination in mind, OK the dialog.

b. The Select components dialog. Press ENTER to OK the dialog. Or, for experts, realize that this dialog contains a tree view of check boxes for categories of components that will be installed. The category checkboxes are checked by default. Some of the categories also have checkboxes for individual items in that particular category.

c. Select Start Menu Folder. This defines where Sonar's program shortcuts will be placed in the Start menu. By default they will be placed in the Sonar 8 sub Menu, of Cakewalk's menu. If you're an expert you can redefine the folder names. Otherwise, just press ENTER to OK the dialog.

d. The Shared Plug in Folder Destination dialog. Press ENTER to OK the dialog. Or, for experts, you can reconfigure this dialog for where MIDI, DXI, and Utilities plug-ins will be installed.

e. The VST Folder dialog. Press ENTER to OK the dialog. Or, if you're an expert, you can reconfigure this dialog for where the VST plug ins will be installed.

f. The Content Folders dialog. Press ENTER to OK the dialog. Or, for experts, you can reconfigure this dialog for where Content Files are stored.

g. The Associate Files with Application dialog. Press ENTER to OK the dialog. Or, for experts, you can reconfigure this dialog for what File Types will be associated with SONAR.

h. The Select Additional Tasks dialog. Press ENTER to OK the dialog. Or, for experts, you can reconfigure this dialog to not perform particular additional tasks.

i. The Ready to Install dialog. This is your last opportunity to abort the installation by pressing the Cancel button. Otherwise, press ENTER and the Installation will start. Just sit back and listen as JAWS blabs away.

j. Next a Welcome dialog for installing Guitar Rig will open up. If you wish to install it, press the OK button. Instructions for installing Guitar Rig are provided at the bottom of this document in the section titled, "HOW TO INSTALL GUITAR RIG."

h. Finally, the Installation Complete dialog will open. It contains 2 checkboxes. The View Read me checkbox, and the launch SONAR checkbox. They are all checked. You don't need to view the Read Me file at this time. So, TAB to the View Read me check box, and uncheck it with the SPACE bar. Then Press ENTER.

9. A SONAR dialog box should now pop up for Personalizing your User settings. If it doesn't, ALT TAB and you'll find it in the Program list. OK the dialog. Wait as JAWS blabs away. After a minute or two, the "Migrate SONAR Preferences" dialog will open.

10. Okaying the "Migrate SONAR Preferences" will import some of the settings that you had in a previous installation of SONAR or Cakewalk. Press ENTER to say Yes. Or, TAB to the Cancel button, and press ENTER to accept SONAR’S default settings.

11. The Retain SONAR Preferences dialog may open. It contains a list with paths to Initialization files that SONAR can migrate older Cakewalk preferences from. If you have Cakewalk installed, then it will migrate preferences from Cakewalk's Initialization files. Press ENTER to say yes. Or, TAB to the Cancel button, and press ENTER to accept SONAR’S default settings.

12. A dialog may open notifying you where your audio data files have been stored. OK the dialog.

13. The Wave Profiler dialog may open. This will test your sound card. Press ENTER.

14. Another Wave Profiler dialog will open telling you that your sound card has been detected, and would you like to use the standard settings. Say yes, by pressing ENTER.

15. A final Wave Profiler dialog will pop up telling you that your Audio Hardware has been successfully profiled. Press ENTER.

16. If any of the sound producing devices on your computer are not compatible with SONAR, the Audio Driver Error dialog will open. It will contain a list of the incompatible devices. These devices may be things like your Voice Modem, or a Game Compatible device. The default button is the Disable button. There's also the Use Anyway button. Press Enter, to Disable those devices in SONAR.

17. SONAR will open. The Choose MIDI Devices dialog may open. Press Escape until it closes. It does not need to be configured until after installing CakeTalking.

18. A Tip of the Day dialog, and another Help dialog may open. Press Escape to close them. SONAR’S main window will then open.

19. You need to move around a little in SONAR’S main window with the right and left arrows. Then press ENTER. An Edit field will probably open. Then press ESCAPE to exit the edit field.

20. Now you can close SONAR, by pressing ALT+F4. A dialog will pop up asking you if you want to save changes. Press ESCAPE, and SONAR will close.

21. Shutdown the computer. Then start it up again.

22. You are now ready to install CakeTalking.

4.0. HOW TO INSTALL GUITAR RIG.

1. When the Sonar installer gets towards the end of the install, you will be placed in the "Welcome to Native Instruments Guitar Rig 3 Setup" dialog box. Note that most of the Guitar Rig dialogs have a Next button, and this button can always be activated by pressing ALT+N. So, activate the next button in the "Welcome to Native Instruments Guitar Rig 3 Setup" and the "Software License Agreement" dialog opens. Just press ENTER to Accept the license agreement and the "Choose Components dialog" will then open.

2. In the "Choose Components dialog" you can choose which Guitar Rig 3 Le components are installed. There will be 2 or 3 checkboxes. Uncheck the RTAS checkbox because that's for Pro Tools users. Leave the other checkboxes checked. Activate the Next button and the "Choose Destination Location" will then open.

3. In the "Choose Destination Location" dialog, you can choose where to install the Guitar Rig. Unless you're an expert with a different folder choice in mind, just activate the Next button and the "Choose Destination Location for the VST Plug-in" will then open.

4. In the "Choose Destination Location for the VST Plug-in" dialog, you can choose where to install the VST plug-in for Guitar Rig 3 Le. Unless you're an expert with a different folder choice in mind, just activate the Next button and the Guitar Rig will then start to be installed. Wait as JAWS blabs away.

5. After a short while, the "Installation Complete" dialog opens. There will be 4 checkboxes. Uncheck the checkbox named "Start the NI Service Center.", because the Native Instruments Service Center is totally inaccessible. Then press the "Finish" button.

6. After a short while, the "Welcome to Native Instruments Service Center Setup Program" dialog will open. Activate the Next button and another "Software License Agreement" dialog opens.

7. In the "Software License Agreement" dialog, press ENTER to accept the terms, and the "Choose Destination Location" dialog will then open.

8. In the "Choose Destination Location" dialog, you define where the Service Center is installed. Activate the Next button and the "Select Program Manager Group for Guitar Rig 3" will open.

9. In the "Select Program Manager Group" dialog, activate the Next button and the "Installation Complete" dialog will open.

10. In the Installation Complete dialog, there are 3 checkboxes. Uncheck the checkbox named, "Start the Service Center Now" because it's inaccessible. Then press the Finish button, and the final dialog for installing SONAR will open.

11. The Final dialog has 2 checkboxes. The "View Read Me" checkbox, and the "Launch SONAR" checkbox. Both are checked. You don't need to view the Read Me file at this time. So, TAB to the View Read me check box, and uncheck it with the SPACE bar. Then Press ENTER. At this point, you can return to the previous instructions for the remaining instructions for installing SONAR. Just go to item 17 in the section named "Step by Step Procedure for Installing Sonar." One additional note however. Realize that when run Guitar Rig in SONAR, it will be running in demo mode. And in order to get Guitar Rig 3 LE out of demo mode, it's necessary to register it. However, since the interface for doing that, namely the Native Instruments Service Center, is totally inaccessible, you'll need sighted assistance to do that.

End of How to Install SONAR 8.5.
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