Reference Guide

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Preferences dialog

• Display Envelopes on a Percentage Scale. This option, when checked, causes new

envelopes to be placed in the clip based on a range where 0 dB is in the middle of the clip. If the

current volume is other than 0 dB, a new envelope is created at that location. For example a new

envelope created at 6 dB would appear at the very top of the clip where a new envelope created

at -20 dB would appear near the bottom of the clip.

• Display Waveform Preview While Recording. This option (on by default), when checked,

causes SONAR to draw a preview waveform of any audio data that you record while you are

recording it. If you turn this option off, SONAR creates a red swath in the Clips pane in the area

you are recording, while you are recording.

• Display Clip Fade Attenuation. This option causes waveforms to respond to clip fades.

• Enable X-Ray. Enable this check box to turn on the X-Ray Windows feature, which allows you

to see through plug-in windows and certain view windows to work in the window behind the

current window. You use the X-Ray Windows feature by pressing a hotkey while the mouse is

over an X-Rayable window.

In addition to choosing hotkeys (Edit > Preferences > Keyboard Shortcuts), you can set these

X-Ray Windows options:

• Opacity. Choose how transparent you want the X-Rayed window to become when it is X-

Rayed.

• Fade Out Time (Milliseconds). Choose how fast you want the X-Rayed window to reach its

maximum transparency.

• Fade In Time (Milliseconds). Choose how fast you want the X-Rayed window to restore its

normal state.

• Base Octave for Pitches. There is no industry standard for numbering octaves. By default,

SONAR calls MIDI note 0 (the lowest possible note) C0. The Yamaha FB-01, for example, shows

MIDI note 0 as C-2 (C negative 2). To match SONAR to that standard, set Base Octave to –2.