Reference Guide

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Working with Linked Clips
Arranging and editing
TAB to transients in the Piano Roll view
In addition to the Track view inline Piano Roll, TAB to transients also works in the Piano Roll view. If
multiple tracks are displayed in the Piano Roll view, tabbing only operates on the current track.
Working with Linked Clips
SONAR makes it easy to repeat a pattern over and over using a feature called linked clips. Linked
clips always have the same contents, name, and display color. Any change you make to the internal
contents of one of the clips, such as adding or editing notes or effects, automatically applies to all of
them. Any number of clips may be linked with each other.
To create linked clips, copy the clips and when pasting, check the Linked Clips option in the Paste
dialog box or the Drag and Drop Options dialog box. Linked clips are displayed with a dotted
border, so they are easy to spot. You can also identify linked clips using the Clip Properties dialog
box or the Select All Siblings (available in the Clips pane pop-up menu) command.You can easily
unlink linked clips, and then edit them individually. You have two options when unlinking linked clips:
Once you have unlinked linked clips, you cannot re-link them except by using Edit > Undo.
If you attempt to copy only a portion of a linked clip, the copy will not be linked to the original. Copies
of a clip can be linked to the original only when you select and copy the entire clip.
To Make Linked Copies of a Clip Using Drag and Drop
1. Right-click in the Clips pane and choose Drag & Drop Options to display the Drag and Drop
Options dialog box.
2. Check the option labeled Copy Entire Clips as Linked Clips.
MIDI clips. Each Note event (MIDI Controller data is ignored).
Note: If there are multiple Note events at the exact same tick
position, only one of the notes will be tabbed to.
MIDI Groove clips. Each Note event.
Step Sequencer clips. Each step that contains a note.
Option How it works
New linked group The clips you selected will still be linked to each other, but won’t be linked to any
clips that are not selected
Independent Every selected clip will be completely independent
Table 65.
Clip type TAB target
Table 64. TAB to transients landmarks (Continued)