Instruction Manual

780 Notation and Lyrics
Working with Lyrics
can be printed as an orchestral score, with the proper different key
signatures for each track.
Note that this Key+ information is saved in SONAR .
CWP files, but not in
standard MIDI files. If you save a file as a MIDI file, the Key+ transposition
will be applied to each note event, so that the file will sound the same, but
the Key+ information will be lost. If you're reading in a MIDI file, you can
easily set up the non-concert instrument tracks and then save the file as a
normal project file. First set the Key+ offset to reflect the non-concert
instrument's key signature. Then, use Transpose to compensate for the
Key+ offset.
Working with Lyrics
SONAR lets you create, edit, and display lyrics, the words and syllables
associated with notes in a track. Lyrics can be the words to a song, the text
of a vocal passage, a narration to be read along with the music, cues of
some type, or text totally unrelated to the music. Each word or syllable in
the lyrics must be associated with a note in a MIDI track. Each MIDI track
can have its own lyrics.
Although lyrics can logically be associated with digital audio data, you
cannot actually place lyrics in an audio track. If you want to create lyrics for
an audio track, you must create an auxiliary MIDI track to hold the lyrics.
You can enter and edit lyrics in several ways:
• Using the Lyrics tool in the Staff view
• Using the Lyrics view
• Inserting lyric events in the Event List view
The Staff view is usually the preferred location for entering lyrics, since you
can see the notes with which the lyrics are associated. The Lyrics view can
also be used for entering or editing lyrics, but its main strength is that it can
display lyrics in a larger, more readable format. You might use the Lyrics
view to display song lyrics during recording and playback, so performers
can see the words and sing along. You can make the font size in the Lyrics
view as large as desired, so that the lyrics can be read at a distance from
the monitor. During playback, the current line in the lyrics is enclosed in a
box and the current word is highlighted.
Lyric events are similar to text events. Like any other event, they occur at a
particular time. They contain text, just like general-purpose text events, but