Instruction Manual

348 Arranging
Changing Tempos
An effects popup menu appears. SONAR displays MIDI effects if you
are editing a MIDI track, and audio effects for an audio track.
2. Select an effect from the menu.
The name of the effect appears in the Effects bin and the effect’s
property page appears. To delete the effect, right-click the effect name
and choose Delete from the popup menu.
3. Set the effects parameters or choose a preset.
Play your track and listen to the effect(s).
Note: If you use the same effects for more than one track, it’s more efficient
to add the effects to an bus. See To Patch a Track Through a Bus.
Changing Tempos
Your project can incorporate all kinds of tempo changes, including step
changes from one tempo to another, gradual increases (accelerandos) or
decreases (ritardandos), and almost any other type of change you can
imagine. The tempo changes you add to your project become part of the
project and are saved with the project file.
You can add tempo changes to your project in the following ways:
• Using the Tempo toolbar
• Using the Insert-Tempo Change and Insert-Series of Tempos
commands
• By drawing tempo changes graphically in the Tempo view
• Inserting tempo changes in the Tempo view’s Tempo List pane
The Process-Fit to Time and Process-Fit Improvisation commands can
also be used to introduce tempo changes into your work file. For more
information, see Stretching and Shrinking Events and Fit Improvisation.
When you change the tempo of a project that contains audio, SONAR
allows you to stretch or shrink audio clips when you have converted them to
Groove clips and have enabled the Follow Project Pitch option in the Loop
Construction view. Otherwise, the MIDI tracks will speed up or slow down
while the audio tracks will play at the same speed. For more information
about Groove clips, see Working with Groove Clips. Audio clips that are not
Groove clips change in size when moved to a part of your project that has a
different tempo.