Instruction Manual

772 Notation and Lyrics
Working with Percussion
5. Click OK to close the Percussion Notation Key dialog box.
6. Click Close to close the Staff View Layout dialog box.
The Staff view shows the percussion clef with the note bindings and
noteheads you assigned.
Ghost Strokes
In percussion notation, parentheses around a note mean that it is a ghost
stroke, played very lightly and barely heard. SONAR supports ghost strokes
by displaying parentheses around any percussion note event with velocity
less than 32 (a fixed, arbitrary threshold). If necessary, you can adjust the
Vel+ parameter of the track and the velocities of the individual notes to
effectively move this threshold without changing the way the note sounds.
The picture below shows two tracks displaying ghost strokes:
Set the notehead and
articulation mark for a
percussion sound
Select the sound in the MIDI Note list, then
select a Notehead Type and Articulation
Symbol. (Only bound sounds can be
assigned a notehead type and articulation
symbol other than the default.)
Control how unbound
percussion sounds display
In the Display As list, click the pitch that you
want all unbound notes to display as. Then
select a Notehead Type and Articulation
Symbol, then click the Default note button to
apply your changes.
Remove a binding Select the percussion sound in the MIDI Note
list, then click Unbind. Unbound notes are
displayed in the default position.
Load a preset Select the preset from the Preset list.
Save your settings as a
preset
Click the Save button and enter a preset
name.
Clear all bindings Click Zap All.
Select notes in the note lists
with a MIDI keyboard
Click in the MIDI Note or Display As list, then
strike a key on your keyboard.
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