Instruction Manual

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Piano Roll View Enhancements
New Features in SONAR 7
Note: these instructions apply to the default mouse assignments and will
not apply if you have re-assigned the Note Glue mouse action to different
settings (see Flexible Piano Roll Tools. If your mouse does not have a
middle button, you may want to reassign Note Glue to another button.
Drag-Quantize
SONAR 7 now makes it very easy to quantize individual Note events (or
other MIDI events) without having to use the Process-Quantize command.
Drag Quantize works by clicking on an event (or one of many selected
events), and moving the mouse up and down. The up direction moves the
events toward the quantize target times; downward motion moves them
away from the quantize target times. You immediately see the data being
moved towards the target in real-time as you adjust the mouse position.
Drag Quantize is one of the programmable mouse “Actions”, which can be
assigned to any mouse button and key combination. By default, Drag
Quantize is assigned to Ctrl+middle-click when using the Select tool. For
more information, see Flexible Piano Roll Tools.
Drag Quantize Strength
The quantize strength is continuously variable based on mouse dragging
and the results are visible in real-time. It is even possible to have “negative”
strength, which allows you to un-quantize events (move them away from
the target quantize time).
As you drag the mouse up or down, a dynamic tooltip shows the current
quantize strength (-100% to +100%). A “deadband” around 0% allows the
Drag Quantize tool to easily position the selected MIDI events at their
original position.
Drag Quantize Resolution
The quantize resolution is determined by the current Snap to Grid resolution
if snapping is enabled (see Defining and Using the Snap Grid). If Snap to
Grid is disabled, SONAR will analyze the selected events and automatically
determine a suitable resolution.
To Drag-Quantize MIDI Events
1. Select the MIDI events you wish to quantize (see Selecting Notes and
Selecting Controllers).
2. In the Piano Roll view or inline Piano Roll, click the Select button to
enable the Select tool.
3. Hold down the Ctrl key and click the middle mouse button on any of the
selected events and do one of the following: