Reference Guide

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Using the AudioSnap palette
AudioSnap (Producer and Studio only)
• Split Beats into Clips . This button splits a clip at each transient marker into multiple
clips.Clip Timebase (Absolute or Musical) / . There are two timebase settings for a
clip in SONAR:
• Musical (default) . Musical Timebase means the clip start position will follow Musical
Time (MIDI Tick).
• Absolute . Absolute Timebase means that the clip start time will follow Absolute Time
(SMPTE).
• Average Tempo. This list shows the average tempo candidates: original, 0.5x and 2x. SONAR
will do its best to detect the correct average tempo, but a clip can often have multiple potential
tempos (60 BPM, 120 BPM, 240 BPM, etc.). If SONAR is unable to detect a tempo, Average
Tempo will be set to Original, which is the project’s tempo at the location the clip was recorded or
imported. If you change the Average Tempo setting, all clip tempo changes are adjusted to scale.
This list also contains the Set Clip Tempo From Project command, which copies the project’s
tempo map to the clip’s tempo map. This allows the project’s measure boundaries to align with
the audio clip.
• AudioSnap Options . This button opens the AudioSnap Options dialog box. This dialog
box has its own Help topic, which appears when you click its Help button.
Tempo section
• Set Project Tempo From Clip . This button copies the clip’s tempo map to the project’s
global tempo map and automatically triggers the Clip Follows Project Tempo command. This
allows the project’s measure boundaries to align with the audio clip. The drop-down list lets you
specify at which resolution the clip’s tempo map should be copied to the project tempo. The
options are as follows:
• Beats
• Measures (default)
• Clip
• Clip Follows Project Tempo . This button forces the clip to follow the project’s global
tempo map. The drop-down list lets you specify at which resolution the clip should follow tempo
changes. The options are as follows:
• Beats
• Measures
• Clip (default)
Note: The Clips follow project tempo command only works on clips that are configured to use
musical time (the Time Base property is set to Musical in the Clip Inspector).