Instruction Manual

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Sample CAL Files
Using Cal
THIN CONTROLLER DATA.CAL
This thins continuous Controller data. It prompts you for two numbers.
• The number of the Controller that you want to thin. For example, MIDI
assigns the Volume controller to number 7.
• A thinning factor. For example, if you specify the number 3, the program
deletes every third Controller event of the kind you’ve specified.
This program never deletes Controllers with the values 0, 64, or 127,
because the goal is to thin the data without destroying the fundamental
shape of it.
THIN CHANNEL AFTERTOUCH.CAL
This works almost exactly like the previous program, but it thins channel
aftertouch (ChanAft) events. It asks you for the thinning factor.
THIN PITCH WHEEL.CAL
This works almost exactly like the previous two programs, but it thins pitch-
wheel events. It asks you for the thinning factor.
This program never deletes wheel events with these special values:
-8192, 0, and 8191.
MAJOR CHORD.CAL, MINOR CHORD.CAL
These two CAL programs and the three other chord-building CAL programs
that come with SONAR build chords using existing events in the track(s) as
chord roots.
For instance, if you select a single note as the region and run
MAJOR_CHORD.CAL, two notes are added above the original note. The
resulting chord is a major triad.
Normally, you’ll use these programs on a region containing a single note.
You can, however, apply these to tracks containing many notes. Each
original note will become the root of a chord.