Reference Guide

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Step Recording
Recording
To Use Basic Step Recording
1. Open the Step Record dialog by using the Transport > Step Record command, or by clicking
in the Record toolbar to display the Step Record dialog box, or press SHIFT+F4.
2. Make sure that the Basic mode of the Step Record dialog is displayed (the Adv. button will be
showing if the Basic mode is displayed; if the Bas. button is showing, click it).
3. Set the insertion point by doing one or more of the following:
• Click the Step Advance button to move the insertion point forward by the current step size,
or click the Step Backwards button to move the insertion point backward by the current
step size. SONAR displays the insertion point location in the Insertion point location field
(see Basic mode picture above).
• Drag the position slider left or right to move the insertion point one measure at a time.
• Type a location in MBT (Measure-Beat-Tick) format in the Insertion point location field.
4. Choose a step size by doing one of the following:
• For common step sizes, click one of the notehead icons to choose a step size as large as a
whole note or as small as a 64th note . You can increase the step size you choose by
50% or 75% by clicking the dot icon , or double-dot icon , respectively. You can add
different step sizes together by holding down the CTRL key while you click extra icons, or by
pressing the + key on the NumPad.
• For a tuplet step size, click a notehead icon to choose the “tuplet unit” (for example, for eighth-
note triplets, choose an eighth note). Then enable the Tuplet check box and fill in the “n” in
time of “n” fields. For example, if you want quarter-note triplets, click the quarter-note icon ,
enable the Tuplet check box, and fill in 3 in the time of 2, which means 3 quarter notes in the
time of 2 quarter notes. If you want eighth-note triplets, click the eighth-note icon , enable
the Tuplet check box, and fill in 3 in the time of 2. If you wanted 5 notes in one beat, click the
quarter-note icon, enable the Tuplet check box, and fill in 5 in the time of 1.
• If you want to create a custom step size, click the n button , and fill in the number of ticks in
the Ticks field.
5. Choose a duration by doing one of the following:
• If you want duration and step size to be the same, enable the Follow Step Size check box.
• If you want duration and step size to be different, disable the Follow Step Size check box and
fill in a percentage value in the % of Note Value field.
6.
Choose a destination track for your recording in the Destination Track field.
7. If you want the insertion point to advance automatically when you play your MIDI controller,
enable the Auto Advance check box.
8. Play a note or chord on your MIDI controller. When you release the note(s), the insertion point
moves by the step size, if the Auto Advance check box is enabled. If Auto Advance is not
enabled, you can release the notes and record more notes, or you can use the Navigation