Reference Guide

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The Event List view
Editing MIDI events and continuous controllers (CC)
To delete several events
1. Select the events you want to delete by clicking, dragging, or CTRL or SHIFT-clicking in the first
column of the Event List view.
2. Choose Edit > Cut.
SONAR deletes the selected events.
To print the Event List
1. Choose File > Print Preview to display a preview of the printed event listing.
2. Click the Zoom button (or just click the page) to zoom in and out, and use the PAGE UP and
PAGE DOWN to review the pages.
3. Click Print to print the event list, or click Close to close the Preview window without printing.
To play events step by step
1. Using the keyboard, hold the CTRL and SHIFT keys and press the SPACEBAR to play the
currently highlighted event. If the event is a note event, it plays until you release the SPACEBAR.
2. When you release the SPACEBAR, the highlight moves to the next event.
3. Continue pressing the SPACEBAR to play events one by one.
4. To edit the last event you heard, release the SHIFT key.
The highlight moves back to the last event you heard, so you can make changes. You can also
audition a single event using the mouse. CTRL-click on an event to play the event. If the event is a
note or Wave event, it plays until you release the mouse button.
Additional event information
Note Events. There are three values parameters for note events:
• A pitch, which represents the MIDI key number as a note and an octave.
• A velocity (0–127), which is how fast the key is struck. Some keyboards don’t transmit or receive
velocity messages.
• A duration, which is how long the note lasts. This amount is shown in beats:ticks format. (If the
note lasts less then one beat, then only the number of ticks is shown.)
Note names may also represent percussion instruments, and lists of such note names are
sometimes associated with a particular percussion patch. The note C3, for example, may really be
“kick drum.” If a patch is associated with a percussion note name list, the name of the percussion
instrument appears in Event List view rather than a note and an octave from the piano keyboard.