Reference Guide

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Selecting and editing events
Editing MIDI events and continuous controllers (CC)
5. Choose Transpose Audio if you want to pitch-shift selected audio clips. If you check this check
box. SONAR transposes any selected audio data up or down, but only by half-steps, not
diatonically. When this check box is enabled, the following two options become available:
• Type. Choose the type of audio data you're transposing. 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. Possible values range from -2.000 to 2.000 octaves. Formants give a
voice its characteristic sound. You can use the Formant Scaling value to offset the pitch
transposition you're applying. For example, if you're transposing the pitch down, you can raise
the formant to try and maintain the characteristics of the sound.
6. Click OK when you are done.
SONAR transposes the selected events.
Shifting events in time
The Track view lets you move entire clips forward or backward in time by using drag and drop editing
or by changing the start time of selected clips. The Process > Slide command is slightly more
flexible—you can use it to shift individual events and markers (or selected events and markers)
either forward or backward in time. This has an effect that is similar to the Time+ parameter in the
Track view. However, the Process > Slide command modifies the time stored with each event, while
the Time+ parameter simply applies a temporary change during playback.
You can also use the Process > Slide command to move markers located within the selection. If
you have selected any locked markers, SONAR will ask whether they should slide, too.
To shift events in time
1. Select the events and/or markers you want to shift.
2. Choose Process > Slide to display the Slide dialog box.
3. Check the types of event you want to slide (events and/or
markers).
4. Enter the number of measures, ticks, seconds, frames or samples to slide. Enter a negative
number to shift material earlier. Note that you cannot slide any event earlier than 1:01:000. For
example, if the current selection starts at 2:01:000, you cannot slide events earlier by more than
one measure.
5. Click OK when you are done.
SONAR shifts the selected events and/or markers. You can also use the Process > Nudge
command to move events. See “Nudge” on page 342 for more information.