Instruction Manual

472 Editing MIDI Events and Controllers

Snap to Scale

event using the Process-Length command, decrease the tempo to

compensate for the change, and then try again.

Snap to Scale

When Snap to Scale is enabled, any notes that you draw in the Piano Roll

view (or Inline Piano Roll view) stay within the selected scale. Also, any

notes that you move with the Select tool stay within the selected scale.

When Snap to Scale is enabled, both Piano Roll views display grey rows at

the pitch levels that are not in the selected scale. Also, both the Select tool

and the Draw tool display a tuning fork icon when you create or modify

notes to show that Snap to Scale is enabled.

You can create custom scales, modify existing ones, and choose how

SONAR handles non-scale notes.

To Enable or Disable Snap to Scale for a Single Track

• In the Track view, in the track that you want to affect, click the Scale

Snap button.

A. Scale menu B. Scale Snap button C. Root Note menu

• In the Piano Roll view, in the Track List pane, right-click the track that

you want to affect, and choose Enable Snap to Scale from the popup