Selecting And Editing Events; Copying And Pasting Midi Data; Transposing - CAKEWALK SONAR User Manual

Selecting and Editing Events

SONAR has many editing commands that you can use to modify the events that make up your project.
Here are some of the things you can do:
• Transpose events, clips, tracks, or an entire project to a different key
• Shift events to an earlier or later time
• Stretch or shrink material to a different length
• Reverse the notes in a clip to create new arrangements
• Modify the note velocities
The following sections describe these editing commands and how to use them. SONAR also has some
special commands you can use to modify or clean up a performance or to search for or select events that
meet certain criteria. For more information, see the following sections of this chapter.

Copying and Pasting MIDI Data

You can copy and paste both notes and controller data in SONAR.
To Copy and Paste MIDI Data with the Copy/Paste Commands
1. Select the data you want to copy.
2. Use the Edit-Copy command, or press Ctrl+C.
3. Use the Edit-Paste command, or press Ctrl+V.
The Paste dialog appears.
4. Fill in options, and click OK. Click the Help button in the dialog for an explanation of each option.
SONAR pastes the copied data to the desired location.

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.
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