Reference Guide

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Track Inspector overview
instrument’s User’s Guide or the manufacturer’s web site. The four methods are as follows:
• Normal. Use for instruments that respond to Controller 0 or Controller 32 bank select
messages.
• Controller 0 only. Use for instruments that only respond to Controller 0 bank select
messages.
• Controller 32 only. Use for instruments that only respond to Controller 32 bank select
messages.
• Patch 100...127. Use for instruments that let you change banks by sending patch changes
between 100 and 127.
For more information about Bank Select Methods, see “Assigning the Bank Select method” on
page 1127.
Snap to Scale section
• Snap to Scale On/Off. Enables/disables Snap to Scale on the selected track.
• Scale. Displays current scale for Snap to Scale feature. The drop-down menu contains the
following options:
• <scale categories>. The pre-installed scales are organized into categories such as
Diatonic, Pentatonic, Exotic, etc. Point to the desired category and select a scale from the
submenu.
• Custom User Scales. This submenu lists all custom scales you have created.
• Scale Manager. Select Scale Manager to create new scales or edit existing scales. See “To
create a scale” on page 731 and “To edit or delete a scale” on page 732.
• Root Note. Use this field to specify the root note of the selected scale.
• Settings. Use this field to specify how you want SONAR to handle non-scale notes in the Piano
Roll view when Snap to Scale is enabled.
• Next, Higher Note. SONAR moves any non-scale note that you move to the next higher
note in the selected scale.
• Previous, Lower Note. SONAR moves any non-scale note that you move to the previous,
lower note in the selected scale.
• Nearest Note. SONAR moves any non-scale note that you move to the note that is closest
in pitch in the selected scale.
For more information about Snap to Scale, see “Snap to Scale” on page 730.
Input Quantize section
• Input Quantize On/Off. Enables/disables Input Quantize on the selected track.
• Preset. Save or select settings that you use often in the drop-down menu. To save a new group
of settings, click the Preset list and choose Quantize Settings to open the Input Quantize dialog
box, then type a name in the Preset field and click the Save button. To delete a group, select it
and click the Delete button. The Input Quantize dialog box contains the following settings:
• Resolution. Set the note resolution in either standard note duration or tick value. The