Reference Guide

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Regenerate Tablature dialog
Clip Groups
• Group Clips Across Tracks. Choosing this option causes SONAR to place all new clips in a
group after recording is complete. When loop recording, each pass of the loop gets placed in its
own group. For more information, see Clip selection groups.
See Also:
Punch Recording
To choose a recording mode
Loop Recording
Regenerate Tablature dialog
In the Staff view toolbar, click the drop-down arrow on the Staff View Layout button to display the
tablature drop-down list. Click Regenerate-TAB to open the Regenerate Tablature dialog box.
The Regenerate TAB command works on selected regions in a track to modify the fingering
according to the method you choose. The TAB display by default uses the ‘floating’ algorithm which
analyzes all events in a track and attempts to optimize tablature with reference to open position. By
choosing the “fixed” algorithm instead, you can designate a specific finger span and lowest fret
which causes the TAB of a selected region to be displayed within this range. This usually creates a
more compact fingering system.
The Regenerate Tablature dialog box has the following fields:
Track
This window displays the names of all selected tracks. Highlight the one you want to regenerate TAB
for.
Method
Choose what TAB style you want SONAR to use, from these options:
• Fixed. This style specifies where on the neck these notes should be played. When Fixed is
selected the Finger span and Lowest fret fields are used together to define the “box” where the
notes are displayed. The Finger span parameter determines how many consecutive frets will be
used to display the note. For example, if Finger span is set to 4, then SONAR will attempt to place
all the notes within those 4 frets. The Lowest Fret then determines where on the fretboard will the
notes be displayed within the Finger span. The red box in the fretboard display above the
parameters changes to reflect the settings in these two parameters.
• Floating. This style analyzes all events in a track and attempts to optimize tablature with
reference to open position
• MIDI Channel. This style uses the event’s MIDI channel to determine which string the note
should be displayed on. When MIDI Channel is selected, the user chooses which series of MIDI
Channels SONAR receives on. This is useful for MIDI Guitarists who record parts in MONO