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Arranging Clips
Arranging and editing
3. Choose the options you want and click OK. SONAR cuts the clips from the project and places
them on the Windows clipboard.
4. Click in the Track pane to set the current track to be the one where clips should be pasted.
5. Set the Now time to be the time at which the clips should be pasted.
6. Choose Edit > Paste to display the Paste dialog box.
Figure 50. The Paste dialog
7. Choose the options you want and click OK.
SONAR places the clips in their new location.
To Choose a Specific Start Time and/or Length for a Clip
1. Select the clip you want to edit.
2. Right-click on the selected clip and choose Clip Properties. SONAR opens the Clip Properties
dialog box.
3. Choose the units you want to use for the new start time and/or length by clicking one of the radio
buttons:
• M:B:T. Click this if you want the clip to begin and end on a specific measure, beat, or tick.
• Samples. Click this is you want the clip to begin and end on a specific sample.
• H:M:S:F. Click this is you want the clip to begin and end on a specific hour, minute, second,
or frame. This is also known as SMPTE time, and lets you start the clip at an absolute-time-
based (as opposed to musical-time-based) point in your project.
• Seconds. Click this is you want the clip to begin and end on a specific second.
4. Enter a new start time and/or length, or use the spinners or keyboard to change values.
5. Choose a value in the Time Base field—choose one of the two options in this section to control
what happens to the clip’s start time when you change the tempo:
• Musical (M:B:T). If the clip is set to the Musical time base, the clip’s M:B:T position stays
constant, and its Absolute (SMPTE) position shifts.
• Absolute (SMPTE). If the clip is set to the Absolute (SMPTE) time base, its Absolute position