Instruction Manual

384 AudioSnap

Extract Timing Tutorial

Let’s try out the Extract Timing command with one of our tutorial files:

1. Open a new project.

Note: if you’re not working with a new project, it’s very important that

there are not already many tempo changes near the same locations

you plan to add new tempo changes. Either start a new project, or at

least clear the tempo map.

2. Use the File-Import Audio command, and navigate to the Tutorials

folder in the folder where you installed SONAR.

3. Select the AudioSnap1.wav file, and click Open.

The AudioSnap1.wav file appears as an audio clip in Track 1 of your

project at beat 1.

4. Enable AudioSnap on the audio clip: right-click the clip and choose

AudioSnap-AudioSnap Enable from the popup menu.

The AudioSnap icon and transient markers appear on the clip, and the

AudioSnap palette appears.

5. Let’s zoom in a little so we can see all the markers on the clip. Markers

gradually disappear as you zoom out from a clip--markers that aren’t

showing are represented by an ellipsis next to a marker that is showing.

6. The clip has transient markers for every cymbal hit, but if we want to

synchronize the project tempo to this clip, we should disable all the

markers except the ones on the downbeats. Do that by dragging the

Threshold slider in the AudioSnap palette until the markers at softer

transients are disabled.