Reference Guide

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Editing MIDI Events and Continuous Controllers (CC)
Selecting and Editing Events
Selecting and Editing Events
SONAR has many editing commands that you can use to modify the events that make up your
project. Here are some of the things you can do:
• Transpose events, clips, tracks, or an entire project to a different key
• Shift events to an earlier or later time
• Stretch or shrink material to a different length
• Reverse the notes in a clip to create new arrangements
• Modify the note velocities
The following sections describe these editing commands and how to use them. SONAR also has
some special commands you can use to modify or clean up a performance or to search for or select
events that meet certain criteria.
See:
Transposing
Shifting Events in Time
Stretching and Shrinking Events
Reversing Notes in a Clip
Adding Crescendos and Decrescendos
Copying and Pasting MIDI Data
You can copy and paste both notes and controller data in SONAR.
To Copy and Paste MIDI Data with the Copy/Paste Commands
1. Select the data you want to copy.
2. Use the Edit > Copy command, or press CTRL+C.
3. Use the Edit > Paste command, or press CTRL+V.
The Paste dialog appears.
4. Fill in options, and click OK. Click the Help button in the dialog for an explanation of each option.
SONAR pastes the copied data to the desired location.
Transposing
The Process > Transpose command transposes the pitches of selected note events up or down by
a fixed number of steps. It does so by changing the MIDI key numbers of note events. Simply enter
the number of half-steps—a negative number to transpose down, a positive number to transpose up.