Reference Guide

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Sysx Bank Name
Sysx Bank Name
This dialog box lets you specify the name of the bank you want.
Tablature Settings dialog
In the Staff View Layout dialog box you can choose a preset style of tablature by choosing from the
Preset pop-up menu, or you can define your own style by clicking the Define button in the Staff
View Layout dialog box to open the Tablature Settings dialog box.
Use the following fields in the Tablature Settings dialog box to configure TAB for a selected track:
Preset
Save your settings by typing a name into the Preset field at the top of the dialog box and clicking the
disk icon next to it. You can remove presets from the list by clicking the X button next to the disk icon.
The next time you want to use these settings for a track, choose your Preset in the Staff View
Layout dialog box from the Presets drop-down list.
Tablature
The Tablature tab has these fields:
• Method. Choose a tablature method from the Method drop-down list. There are three methods
to determine how the TAB is displayed:
• Floating. Analyzes all events in a track and attempts to optimize tablature with reference to
open position
• Fixed. This specifies where on the neck these notes should be played. When Fixed is
selected, the Finger span and Lowest fret fields are used together to define the “box” where
the notes are displayed. The Finger span parameter determines how many consecutive frets
will be used to display the note. For example, if Finger span is set to 4, then SONAR will
attempt to place all the notes within those 4 frets. The Lowest Fret then determines where on
the fretboard will the notes be displayed within the Finger span. The red box in the fretboard
display above the parameters changes to reflect the settings in these two parameters.
• MIDI Channel. This uses the event’s MIDI channel to determine which string the note
should be displayed on. This is useful for MIDI guitarists who record parts in MONO mode,
where each string transmits on a different MIDI channel. When MIDI Channel is selected, the
user chooses which series of MIDI Channels SONAR receives on by typing a number into the
1st Channel field (use values between 1 - 11). Selecting 1 will cause it to use MIDI channels
1 - 6, selecting 2, 2 - 7, and so on. Checking the Skip Channel 10 (G50) check box tells
SONAR that your guitar is not transmitting on channel l0, so SONAR has to use other
channels to display your data.
• Number of Frets. The number in this field determines how many frets the instrument has
that you want to generate a TAB for.