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Tutorial 5—Editing Audio
Tutorials
4. Right-click the track number and select Insert Audio Track from the
pop-up menu.
5. Click the track number of the new track to select it.
6. We want to insert the new part at measure 18, so click in the Time Ruler
at measure 18. The Time Ruler is at the top of the Clips pane above the
drum track.
7. Select File-Import-Audio from the File menu.
The Open dialog appears.
8. Open the Tutorials folder located in the directory where SONAR is
installed.
9. Select
ORGAN.WAV and click Open.
A new clip appears in the selected track at the specified Now Time—
measure 18.
10. Double-click the track name, and type in a new name: “Organ,” and
press Enter.
11. Move the Now time to the beginning, insert another audio track, import
the file
MARACAS.WAV, and name the track.
A
FTER YOU IMPORT MARACAS.WAV, notice that the clip has beveled or
rounded corners instead of sharp ones. That means it’s a Groove clip,
and contains tempo and pitch information. We’ll learn more about
Groove clips in the next tutorial.
12. Insert another audio track, import the file
CONGAS.WAV (WHICH IS ALSO A
G
ROOVE CLIP) and name the track.
Next Step: Moving and Looping the Clips.
Moving and Looping the Clips
When you drag and drop clips in the Clips pane, the Snap to Grid setting
determines the resolution to which the clips “snap to.” If your Snap to Grid
setting is Measures and you drop a clip between two measures, the clip
appears aligned to the closest measure.
We have just dropped two percussion clips into our project, and we could
have dropped them where we wanted, but then we wouldn’t get a lesson on
how to move clips in SONAR.
Let’s move both clips to the 18th measure of the project.