Reference Guide

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Editing MIDI events and continuous controllers (CC)
The Event List view
Automation data
The Track and Console views allow you to record automation data that define changes in volume,
pan and many other parameters throughout a project.
The Track view allows you to create envelopes to adjust several parameters. For more about
automation, see the online help topic ““Automation” on page 945”.
Velocity, Pitch Wheel, and Aftertouch
SONAR lets you display and edit several other types of data the same way you do controller data.
These data include:
• MIDI pitch wheel or pitch-bend messages
• MIDI channel aftertouch (ChanAft) values
• MIDI key aftertouch (KeyAft) values
Remember that note velocity is an attribute of each note and not a completely separate event. You
cannot add or remove velocity events in the Notes pane, but you can use the draw tool to adjust the
velocity values for existing notes. You can also edit velocities with the Process > Scale Velocity
command. For more information, see “Adding crescendos and decrescendos” on page 695. You can
edit individual note velocities in the Note Properties dialog box, described in “Changing note
properties” on page 1012.
The Event List view
The Event List view shows events in a list format. You can insert, delete, or modify any kind of event,
including notes, pitch-wheel data, velocity, MIDI controllers, patch changes, Wave files, lyrics, text
strings, MCI commands, System Exclusive meta-events, and more.
To open the Event List view, do one of the following:
• Select one or more tracks and choose Views > Event List
• Right-click a clip in the Clips pane and choose Views > Event List on the pop-up menu.
• Press ALT+8.