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Changing Tempos
Arranging and editing
A. Right-click here to add an effect
An effects pop-up menu appears. SONAR displays MIDI effects if you are editing a MIDI track,
and audio effects for an audio track.
2. Select an effect from the menu.
The name of the effect appears in the Effects bin and the effect’s property page appears. To
delete the effect, right-click the effect name and choose Delete from the pop-up menu.
3. Set the effects parameters or choose a preset.
Play your track and listen to the effect(s).
Changing Tempos
Your project can incorporate all kinds of tempo changes, including step changes from one tempo to
another, gradual increases (accelerandos) or decreases (ritardandos), and almost any other type of
change you can imagine. The tempo changes you add to your project become part of the project and
are saved with the project file.
You can add tempo changes to your project in the following ways:
•Using the Tempo toolbar.
•Using the Insert > Tempo Change and Insert > Series of Tempos commands.
• By drawing tempo changes graphically in the Tempo view.
• Inserting tempo changes in the Tempo view’s Tempo List pane.
The Process > Fit to Time and Process > Fit Improvisation commands can also be used to
introduce tempo changes into your work file. For more information, see “Stretching and Shrinking
Events” on page 486 and “Fit Improvisation” on page 498.
When you change the tempo of a project that contains audio, SONAR allows you to stretch or shrink
audio clips when you have converted them to Groove clips and have enabled the Follow Project
Pitch option in the Loop Construction view. Otherwise, the MIDI tracks will speed up or slow down
Note: If you use the same effects for more than one track, it’s more efficient to add the effects
to an bus. See “To Patch a Track Through a Bus” on page 608.
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