Reference Guide

710 Editing MIDI events and continuous controllers (CC)

Selecting and editing events

Transposing

The Process > Transpose command transposes the pitches of selected note events up or down by

a fixed number of steps. It does so by changing the MIDI key numbers of note events. Simply enter

the number of half-steps—a negative number to transpose down, a positive number to transpose up.

SONAR can also perform diatonic transposition, which shifts all the notes up and down the major

scale of the current signature by the designated number of steps. For instance, if you specify an

amount of +1 and the key signature is C-major, a C becomes a D (up a whole step), an E becomes

an F (up a half step), and so on. Diatonic transposition assures you that the transposed notes fit with

the original key signature.

As an option, you can choose to transpose selected audio clips along with any selected MIDI clips.

SONAR uses pitch-shifting (a plug in for changing audio pitch) to perform the transposition. You can

transpose audio only a single octave in either direction (-12 to +12), and you cannot transpose audio

when you are using diatonic transposition.

To transpose selected events

1. Select the tracks, clips, or events you want to transpose.

2. Choose Process > Transpose to display the Transpose dialog box

Figure 222. The Transpose dialog box.

3. Use the spinners or enter the number of semi-tones to transpose.

Use the + and - keys on your keypad to go up or down by one or [ and ] to go up or down by

octaves.

4. Check Diatonic Math if you want to transpose along the major scale of the current key.

5. Choose Transpose Audio if you want to pitch-shift selected audio clips. If you check this check

box. SONAR transposes any selected audio data up or down, but only by half-steps, not

diatonically. When this check box is enabled, the following two options become available:

• Type. Choose the type of audio data you're transposing. Choose options based on the

source material: single voice or instrument versus a group of instruments (ensemble or