Reference Guide

736 Editing MIDI events and continuous controllers (CC)
Searching for events
The event filter only accepts events that meet all the specified ranges. This means that a note event
must fall within the pitch range, the velocity range, and the duration range in order to be included.
The event filter can also be used to accept events that occur in a range of channel numbers, beats,
and clock ticks.
You can choose either to include or exclude the events that meet the specified criteria. To exclude
events within the designated range and select the ones outside the designated range, check the exc
check box for that value range.
The event filter can also be used to identify several special event types: audio, System Exclusive
events, Lyrics, MCI commands, envelope shades, and a few others. You do not enter a range of
values for these special events; SONAR finds all events of the types you choose.
The All and None buttons help you set up the event filter the way you want:
In any place in the event filter where you would normally enter a pitch string, you can also enter the
pitch by pressing a key on your MIDI keyboard. Also, you can use the question mark in place of the
octave number as a wild card. This lets the event filter accept a single note, regardless of the octave.
For example, the pitch string C? will match a C in any octave.
Selecting events
The Edit > Select > By Filter command is used to refine a selection by applying an event filter to an
initial selection. You can use this command any number of times to refine the selection even further.
Before using this command, use any of the selection commands and tools to create an initial set of
selected event. You can use the Edit > Select > All command to select all events in the current
view.
The Track view cannot display individual selected events. As a result, the Edit > Select > By Filter
command will not necessarily change the appearance of the Track view. SONAR applies the event
filter rule, but the change is not visible. However, once you change the selection in any way (for
example, by clicking on a track number or by clicking in the Time Ruler), the effects of the event filter
are erased. If you want to use the filter, you must choose Edit > Select > By Filter again and click
OK to use the same filter values.
Click this button To do this
All Set the event filter to include all events. You can then modify the value ranges
to narrow down your search or uncheck the types of events you want to
exclude.
None Set the event filter to not include any events. Starting from a blank slate, you
can check off the types of events you want to find or select and enter the
desired ranges of values.
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Note: The shading of a clip in the Track view indicates how many of the events in the clip are
selected. If the clip is shown in solid black, all events in the clip are selected. If a portion of a clip
is shown in medium gray, all the events in that time range are selected. If the clip is shown in
light gray, only some of the events in the shaded time range are selected.