Reference Guide

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Scale Velocity dialog
• Scale. This field lists the scales that are stored in the selected Scale Family.
• Keyboard display. This keyboard display shows the notes that are in the selected scale by
displaying a blue dot over each note in the selected scale. You can include or exclude a note
clicking keys in the keyboard display.
• Scale Degrees. This field lists the different scale degrees that are in the selected scale.
• Scale Degree buttons. These buttons below the Scale Degree field show what scale degrees
are in the selected scale. Each depressed button shows that the button’s namesake is in the
selected field.
• Defaults. This button opens a dialog that offers to restore factory-supplied scales to their default
values.
• New button. Click this button to create a new scale. When you click this button, the Scale
Manager displays a default name (New Scale “n”) for the new scale, and automatically selects C
as the root note of the scale.
• Delete button. Click this button to delete any scale that is highlighted in the Scale field.
Scale Velocity dialog
The Process > Scale Velocity command opens the Scale Velocity dialog box, which lets you edit
MIDI clips to create crescendos (volume swells) and decrescendos on those instruments that
respond to MIDI velocity. Most MIDI instruments map changes in velocity to changes in note
loudness. Many synthesizer patches alter the timbre of the sound as well, so that higher velocities
produce brighter, as well as louder, sounds.
This command lets you set a starting and ending velocity for the entire time range of the selection.
SONAR scales the velocity of each event to create a smooth linear change in velocity. As an option,
you can enter a starting and ending percentage; SONAR modifies existing velocity values by the
designated percentage.
You can also edit note velocities in the Notes pane of the Piano Roll view, which lets you draw
shapes other than straight line changes. For more information, see Adding and Editing Controllers in
the Piano Roll.
The Scale Velocity dialog box has the following fields:
Begin
Enter a velocity value between 0 and 127 for the first event of the selection, unless you want to use
percentages. If you use percentages, enter a number between 0 and the approximate percentage
that would create a velocity of 127, when multiplied by the existing velocity of the first event. SONAR
rounds off any values you create above 127 to 127.
Note: All scales in the Scale Manager dialog use C as the root note.