Instruction Manual

986 New Features in SONAR 7
Step Sequencer
Note: You can also use a mouse wheel to adjust the value of the control
that has focus. When adjusting note velocities, hold down the Shift key for
fine control.
Step Sequencer Clips and Drum Maps
When you create a sequence in the Step Sequencer, SONAR creates a
new Step Sequencer clip.
A Step Sequencer clip shows the first iteration of the sequence/pattern and
all Step Sequencer clips can be identified by a small Step Sequencer clip
icon in the top left corner of the clip. Step sequencer clips are somewhat
similar to MIDI Groove clips; you can drag the left and right edges of a Step
Sequencer clip to show additional iterations of the sequence pattern.
The Step Sequencer operates via drum maps. If the MIDI track is not
already assigned to a drum map, the track will be assigned to a default
pass-through drum map when the Step Sequencer clip is created. If you
load an existing drum map, the Step Sequencer will automatically create a
row for each pitch that is assigned in the drum map.
As you can see in the following image, the Drum Editor in the Piano Roll
view, the Step Sequencer and the Drum Map Properties dialog are all
interconnected:
Shift+Tab When focus is on the steps pane, move focus to the
previous enabled note on the same row
Alt+Left Shift the active row's steps by 1 step and wrap first step
to the end
Alt+Right Shift the active row's steps by 1 step and wrap the last
step to the beginning
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