Reference Guide

AudioSnap

Using the AudioSnap palette

Figure 67. AudioSnap palette controls

A. Bypass B. Save as groove C. Copy as MIDI D. Show transient markers E. Split into clips by transient

markers F. Toggle sample/musical based clip start time G. AudioSnap properties H. Set project tempo from clip

I. Set clip tempo from project J. Clip follows project tempo K. Edit clip tempo map L. Quantize M. Groove

quantize N. Threshold O. Resolution P. Applies to Q. Online render mode R. Offline render mode

Tool Bar section

• Bypass . This button enables or disables AudioSnap on selected audio clips.

• Save as groove . This button opens the Define Groove dialog, which lets you save the

groove to a file. The groove can then be applied to other audio or MIDI clips.

• Copy as MIDI . This button saves the selected audio as a MIDI clip, which you can paste

from the Clipboard into a MIDI track. You select the MIDI note that the transients in the audio clip

will be converted to in the AudioSnap Options dialog, which opens when you click the Options

button.

• Show Transient markers . This button shows or hides the transient markers on selected

audio clips.

• Split Beats into Clips . This button splits a clip at each transient marker into multiple clips.

• Clip Timebase (Absolute or Musical) / . There are two timebase settings for a clip in

SONAR:

• Musical (default) . Musical Timebase means the clip start position will follow Musical

Time (MIDI Tick).

• Absolute . Absolute Timebase means that the clip start time will follow Absolute Time

(SMPTE).

• AudioSnap Options . This button opens the AudioSnap Options button. This dialog has

its own Help topic, which appears when you click its Help button.

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