Reference Guide

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Editing MIDI events and continuous controllers (CC)
Selecting and editing events
To stretch or shrink to a specific length
1. Select the events you want to change.
2. Choose Process > Fit to Time to display the Fit to Time dialog box.
Figure 216. The Fit to Time dialog
3. Enter the desired end time in the New Thru box. Click Format to switch between MBT and
SMPTE format.
4. Choose one of the following:
• Tempo Map. Choose this option if you want the tempo to change but not the duration of
notes and events. For example, if your clip contains quarter notes, and you want those notes to
stay quarter notes even though the elapsed time of the clip changes, choose Tempo Map.
SONAR alters the tempo but not the events in the track.
• Event Times. Choose this option if you want the tempo(s) to remain unchanged while note
durations and event start times change.
5. If you want to stretch selected audio clips, check the Stretch Audio box. The following options
become available:
• Type (disabled unless Stretch Audio is checked). 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). The 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
6. Click OK when you are done.
SONAR modifies the length of selected events or changes the tempo map, as you requested.
Note: This option is unavailable if your selected data includes any Groove clips.