Reference Guide

1914 Glossary
Input
The selection for which channel of a device you want to receive signal from.
See “Choosing an input” on page 261.
Input monitoring
Hearing real-time playback of a track's input as it is being sent to, or recorded, in SONAR. You can
enable input monitoring with a track’s Input Echo button.
Inspector menu (same as context menu)
Menu appropriate for a particular location or item. Display a context menu by right-clicking on the
location or item.
Instrument definitions
A file that contains information necessary to communicate settings about banks, patches,
controllers, and other features of an instrument.
See “Creating instrument definitions” on page 1122.
Key aftertouch (KeyAft)
MIDI property regulating the pressure applied to an individual note.
Key offset
The number of half-steps by which to transpose the track. A value of 12 raises the notes an octave.
You can transpose all note in a track on playback by setting this value (Key+) in the Track Inspector.
Key signature
Key of the piece, how many sharps or flats it has, and how the music displays in the various views.
Latency
Often referred to as “buffer size” is a measurement of the time it takes, in samples, for audio to travel
from its source, through a sound card's drivers and converters, into SONAR, and back through the
sound card to your speakers.
Linked clips
Clips so specified that any change made to one applies to all.
See “Splitting and combining clips” on page 365.
Live mode
Temporary condition of a project with all automation turned off. You can toggle back and forth
between live mode and regular mode by clicking the Global Automation Playback button in the
Control Bar’s Mix module.
Locked (SMPTE) time
Locks a marker to a specified time from the start of the music. Not affected by changes in tempo or
time signature.
See “Creating and using markers” on page 357.