CAKEWALK SONAR User Manual page 170

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You can press Ctrl+Z during or after recording to undo your recording one step at a time.
Note: options that you choose in Advanced mode, such as Link to Now Time, are still in force when you
use Basic mode.
To Use Advanced Step Recording
The procedure for Advanced step recording is the same as for Basic, but with these extra options, which
become available when you click the Bas./Adv. button in the Step Record dialog so that it displays Bas.:
To do this...
Randomize the note duration
Choose a constant pitch and/or
velocity and/or MIDI channel for
the recorded note(s)
Link the insertion point to the
Now TIme
Enter notes at an offset distance
from the displayed insertion
point.
Move the insertion point back or
forward by one beat.
Move the insertion point back or
forward by one measure.
Use step pattern recording.
• Use the mouse to click the command you want to use.
or
• Click the Activate Step Recording button
red. This disables step recording, allowing you to use both the mouse, and any keyboard shortcuts
that the Step Record dialog uses, for other commands.
By default, opening the Step Record window will automatically enable step recording. Shift+R is the
default shortcut to open the Step Record dialog. Once the Step Record window is open, you can enable/
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Do this...
Disable the Follow Step Size checkbox,
enter a number into the % of Note Value
field (leave it at 100 if you want to follow
step size), and enter the maximum
duration that the step size should be
randomized in the Randomize By field.
To choose a constant value for pitch,
velocity, or channel, disable the Use
Input checkbox next to the desired field,
and fill in the value you want to use for
that particular parameter.
Enable the Link to Now Time checkbox.
Enter a positive or negative number of
ticks in the Offset field.
Click the Beat Backward button
the Beat Advance button.
Click the Measure Backward button
or the Measure Advance
See "Step Pattern Recording" on page
172.
in the Step Record dialog so that the button is not
or
button.