Reference Guide

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Editing MIDI events and continuous controllers (CC)
Adding and editing notes in the Piano Roll
Piano Roll lasso behavior
By default, lasso selecting the top of velocity lines in the Piano Roll's Note pane also automatically
selects the corresponding note events. If you don't want velocity lines to affect note selection, you
can change the behavior by adding a switch to the Windows registry.
1. Click the Start button and select Run.
2. Type regedit and click OK to open the Registry Editor.
3. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cakewalk Music Software\SONAR
Producer\X1.
4. Add a new DWORD value called AllowLassoVelInNotesPane (click Edit > New > DWORD
Value).
5. Double-click the new AllowLassoVelInNotesPane DWORD event to open the Edit DWORD
Value dialog, then change the value to 0 (0=OFF; 1=ON).
6. Click OK to close the Edit DWORD Value dialog, then restart SONAR.
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.
Warning: Always back up the Windows registry before making any changes. Only edit the
registry if you are comfortable doing so.
Note: If you are showing velocity lines in the Piano Roll Controller pane, you can still lasso select
velocity lines to select the corresponding note events. The above registry setting only affects the
Note pane in the Piano Roll and inline Piano Roll.