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Adding and Editing Notes in the Piano Roll
Editing MIDI Events and Continuous Controllers (CC)
To Change Note Properties
1. Right-click a single note to display the Note Properties dialog box.
2. Edit the desired start time, pitch, duration, velocity, or channel.
3. Click OK when you are done.
SONAR updates the note event accordingly. Note that you can also edit note velocity in the Notes
pane and the Event Inspector toolbar. For information on changing note velocities in the Drum Grid
Editor, see “Editing Note Velocities” on page 536. For more information, see “Velocity, Pitch Wheel,
and Aftertouch” on page 512.
To Scrub (Audition) Tracks in the Piano Roll View
1. Click or press B to select the Scrub tool.
2. Press and hold the left mouse button in the Piano Roll view. SONAR displays a vertical line and
plays any notes that are underneath the line.
3. Drag the line to the left or right, at any desired speed.
Note that the Mute, Solo and Arm buttons do not affect Scrub. If the track is hidden, however, you
do not hear notes in that track.
To Audition Notes
• To audition multiple notes, select them, make sure that Polyphonic Note Audition is selected in
the Edit MIDI Event Type drop-down menu, and move the notes with either the Select tool or the
Draw tool. You can also click one of the selected notes with the Draw tool, if you first move the
Draw tool to the center of a selected note so that the Draw tool cursor becomes a double-ended
vertical arrow.
Show velocity on selected notes (optional)
SONAR has an option to show velocities for selected Note events. This option makes it easier to see
and edit velocities when many Note events are present. It also makes it easier to change the velocity
for individual Note events that are stacked (such as chords).
If there is no selection, velocities are shown for all Note events.
Copy and paste notes Hold the CTRL key down, and drag notes horizontally and/or vertically,
and release the mouse at the desired location.
Delete notes Press the DELETE key.
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