Reference Guide

1513

Fit to Time dialog

Dialog reference

Modify by Changing

Choose how you want to change the selection to change its duration. Usually, you change the

Tempo Map; this method preserves the note durations and bar lines of your project. Choose from

these options:

• Tempo Map. Choose this option to change only the tempo(s) of the selection, leaving note

durations and their relationships to bar lines unchanged.

• Event Times. Choose this option to change the starting and ending times of all events in the

selection, leaving the tempo(s) unchanged. This option is not available if any selected data

contains a Groove clip.

• Stretch Audio. Choose this option to cause any audio data in the selection to stretch or shrink

to fit the new end time. This option has no effect on Groove clips.

• Type (disabled unless Stretch Audio is checked). (this is a SONAR Producer feature

only) choose options based on the source material: single voice or instrument versus a group

of instruments (ensemble or polyphonic), and how long you want to wait for processing to

finish: better quality can take a long time if you’re processing several tracks.

• Formant Scaling (disabled unless Stretch Audio is checked). (this is a SONAR Producer

feature only) possible values range from -2.000 to 2.000 octaves. Formants give a voice its

characteristic sound. If you find that changing the length of your audio changes the timbre too

much, you can raise or lower the formant to try and maintain the characteristics of the sound.

Format button

Click the Format button to toggle between display in “MBT” on page 1810 time and “SMPTE” on

page 1813 time formats.