Setting The Meter And Key Signatures - CAKEWALK SONAR User Manual

To Create a New Project File
1. Choose File-New to display the New Project File dialog box.
2. If you have the per-project audio folders option enabled, enter a file name, set the folder where you
want to store the new file, and set the folder where you want to store the new file's audio.
3. Choose a template from the list.
4. Click OK.
SONAR creates the new project file and displays it with the Track view open.

Setting the Meter and Key Signatures

By default, a new SONAR project is in 4/4 time and the key of C major. You can change these settings to
any desired meter or key. These settings apply to all the tracks in a project. You cannot set different
meter or key signatures for different tracks.
The meter or key signature of a project can change at any measure boundary. To insert changes in the
meter or key signature, use the View-Meter/Key command to display the Meter/Key view, or use the
Insert-Meter/Key Change command.
If you are creating a new project that will contain only audio material (no MIDI material), you do not
need to set the meter and key signature.
Note:
Groove clips do not follow your project's key. Groove clips follow the project
pitch in the Markers toolbar and pitch markers in the Time Ruler. For more
information, see "Working with Groove Clips" on page 234.
The key signature controls how SONAR displays notes in the Staff view, the Event List view, and
elsewhere. The meter tells SONAR the number of beats per measure and the note value of each beat.
Common meters include:
• 2/4 (two beats per measure, each quarter note gets a beat)
• 4/4 (four beats per measure, each quarter note gets a beat)
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