Instruction Manual

1026 New Features in SONAR 7
Piano Roll View Enhancements
Note Hit Testing Improvements
Note events are painted in chronological order. Note events that are later in
time will be at a higher z-order (toward the top) than earlier Note events. As
a result, the end time of a Note event may be obscured by a later Note
event.
Example 1. Two overlapping Note events. It is not clear where the first Note event
ends.
Example 2. The same two overlapping Note events shown as different pitches.
In previous versions of SONAR it could be difficult to edit overlapping Note
events because it was impossible to alter the end time of the earlier Note
event without temporarily moving the later Note event out of the way.
In SONAR7, when multiple Note events exist at the mouse location,
SONAR will prioritize the best candidate Note event by comparing the
mouse location’s proximity to the left and right edges of each Note event.
When the best candidate is found among the overlapping Note events,
SONAR will temporarily show the full duration of that candidate Note event
while the mouse is hovering over it. This allows you to alter the right edge of
the earlier Note event without having to temporarily move the later Note
event out of the way.