Reference Guide

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Using CAL

Sample CAL files

The following is a description of the sample CAL programs that come with SONAR. You can use

these programs as is or modify them to suit your own needs.

See:

“SPLIT NOTE TO TRACKS.cal” on page 1174

“SPLIT CHANNEL TO TRACKS.cal” on page 1174

“RANDOM TIME.cal” on page 1174

“THIN CONTROLLER DATA.cal” on page 1175

“THIN CHANNEL AFTERTOUCH.cal” on page 1175

“THIN PITCH WHEEL.cal” on page 1175

“MAJOR CHORD.cal, MINOR CHORD.cal” on page 1175

SPLIT NOTE TO TRACKS.cal

This program splits individual notes to separate tracks. It is useful if you have one drum track but

want to split each drum to a separate track (for more flexible editing).

SPLIT CHANNEL TO TRACKS.cal

This program splits a track by channel into 16 new tracks. This can be useful for Type 0 MIDI files,

which may have data recorded on many channels but only one track.

To use the program

1. Select only one track.

2. Set the From and Thru markers for any part of the track (you don’t have to split the whole track).

3. Run the Split Channel to Tracks.cal program.

SONAR displays a dialog box.

4. Select the first track for the 16 split-channel tracks (preferably, the first of 16 blank tracks).

5. Click OK.

RANDOM TIME.cal

This program randomizes event starting times. It asks you for a number of ticks. The program then

changes each event time by an amount that is randomly between plus or minus one-half the number

of ticks that you supply.

For example, if you type the number 4, each event time will have -2, -1, 0, 1, or 2 added to it.