Instruction Manual

324 Arranging
Markers and the snap grid
2. To show gridlines, check the Display Vertical Rules box. To hide
gridlines, make sure the Display Vertical Rules box is not checked.
3. Click OK.
SONAR displays the Track view as you requested.
Defining and Using the Snap Grid
SONAR lets you define a snap grid that makes it easier to arrange clips,
select time ranges, and control envelope shape drawing. To use the snap
grid, enable the Snap to Grid button and set the grid resolution to an
interval of musical time, such as a whole note, half note, or quarter note; a
unit of absolute time: a number of frames, seconds or samples; an event;
the start or end of a clip; a marker; or audio transients. The grid can use
multiple resolutions at the same time, such as a whole note, and audio
transients. When the Snap to Grid button is enabled, if you move or paste
clips or markers, items will be snapped to the nearest point on the snap
grid.
You can also use the snap grid to move clips by a certain interval, rather
than snap them to the interval. Moving by an interval can be useful during
drag-and-drop operations, if your data are not exactly aligned with measure
or note boundaries.
The snap grid in each view is independent. For example, you can enable
the snap grid in the Track view without enabling it in the Piano Roll or Staff
views. You can also enable the snap grid in several different views, with
different grid intervals in each one.
In the Clips pane, the snap grid in the Inline Piano Roll view is independent
from the snap grid in Clips view. When you open the Snap to Grid dialog in
the Clips pane, the dialog has separate tabs for Clips view and Inline Piano
Roll view (called PRV mode in the dialog).
Magnetic snap—Cakewalk’s snap grid has an option (on by default) called
magnetic snap. This means that when you’re dragging the boundary of an