Reference Guide

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Snap to Scale
Editing MIDI Events and Continuous Controllers (CC)
5. Enter the desired measure and beat values, and click OK.
6. Move the Now Time to the next desired beat (click the start of the next note)..
7. Press CTRL+M to open the Measure Beat/Meter dialog, enter the desired values, and click OK
8. Repeat steps 6 and 7 until the Time Ruler is correctly aligned.
After you align the Time Ruler to your clip, you can smooth out the tempo changes in the Tempo
view, and your clip will retain its M:B:T position.
Snap to Scale
When Snap to Scale is enabled, any notes that you draw in the Piano Roll view (or Inline Piano Roll
view) stay within the selected scale. Also, any notes that you move with the Select tool stay within
the selected scale. When Snap to Scale is enabled, both Piano Roll views display grey rows at the
pitch levels that are not in the selected scale. Also, both the Select tool and the Draw tool display a
tuning fork icon when you create or modify notes to show that Snap to Scale is enabled.
You can create custom scales, modify existing ones, and choose how SONAR handles non-scale
notes.
To Enable or Disable Snap to Scale for a Single Track
• In the Track view, in the track that you want to affect, click the Scale Snap button.
Note: SONAR attempts to guess the correct measure/beat, so you usually can just click OK
to accept the default values.
Tip: Press TAB to jump to the next note, or SHIFT+TAB to jump to the previous note.