Instruction Manual

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Selecting and Editing Events
Editing MIDI Events and Controllers
Transposing
The Process-Transpose command transposes the pitches of selected
note events up or down by a fixed number of steps. It does so by changing
the MIDI key numbers of note events. Simply enter the number of half-
steps—a negative number to transpose down, a positive number to
transpose up.
SONAR can also perform diatonic transposition, which shifts all the notes
up and down the major scale of the current signature by the designated
number of steps. For instance, if you specify an amount of +1 and the key
signature is C-major, a C becomes a D (up a whole step), an E becomes an
F (up a half step), and so on. Diatonic transposition assures you that the
transposed notes fit with the original key signature.
As an option, you can choose to transpose selected audio clips along with
any selected MIDI clips. SONAR uses pitch-shifting (a plug in for changing
audio pitch) to perform the transposition. You can transpose audio only a
single octave in either direction (-12 to +12), and you cannot transpose
audio when you are using diatonic transposition.
To Transpose Selected Events
1. Select the tracks, clips, or events you want to transpose.
2. Choose Process-Transpose to display the Transpose dialog box
.
3. Use the spinners or enter the number of semi-tones to transpose.
Or
Use the + and - keys on your keypad to go up or down by one or [ and ]
to go up or down by octaves.
4. Check Diatonic Math if you want to transpose along the major scale of
the current key.