Snap To Scale - CAKEWALK SONAR User Manual

The Process-Fit Improvisation command lets you take a recording and create a tempo map (with
measure and beat boundaries) that fits what you played. Your performance is not changed in any way,
even though the note start times and durations are adjusted to fit the new tempo map. This is
important if you later want to use any of SONAR's editing features that depend on a proper tempo map
for best results.
To use this command, you must record a reference track containing a single clip that matches your
original track or tracks but has only a single note on each beat boundary. You should make sure that the
reference track has one event for every single beat, with no extra beats or missing beats. The first beat
of the reference track should be at 1:01:000. You can use any editing command to adjust the reference
track.
If you want, you can use other types of events as markers on the reference track, such as a sustain
pedal. Remember, however, that MIDI sustain pedals generate one event when the pedal is pressed and
another when it is released. So if you want to use the sustain pedal for the reference track, keep this in
mind. Click down, up, down, up, for one, two, three, four.
Remember that the better the quality of your reference track, the better job the Fit Improvisation
command can do. You want each of your reference track events to be as close as possible to the beat of
the music. Note that some keyboards transmit aftertouch events when you record your reference track.
These extra events will prevent Process-Fit Improvisation from working properly. Therefore, you
should delete these events before using this command, or filter them out when recording the reference
track (using Options-Global-MIDI).
To Fit Tempos to an Improvisation
1. Record the reference track.
2. Select the reference track.
3. If necessary, combine all clips in the reference track into a single clip using the Edit-Bounce to
Clip(s) command.
4. Choose Process-Fit Improvisation.
SONAR adds tempo changes as necessary to fit the tempo grid to the reference track. When you're done,
you should mute the reference track, since the reference track events are not rescaled.
Note:
If the resulting tempo grid exceeds 250 beats per minute, you will see an error
message. If this happens, you can shorten the start times of each event using
the Edit-Length command, decrease the tempo to compensate for the change,
and then try again.

Snap to Scale

When Snap to Scale is enabled, any notes that you draw in the Piano Roll view (or Inline Piano Roll
view) stay within the selected scale. Also, any notes that you move with the Select tool stay within the
selected scale. When Snap to Scale is enabled, both Piano Roll views display grey rows at the pitch
levels that are not in the selected scale. Also, both the Select tool and the Draw tool display a tuning
fork icon when you create or modify notes to show that Snap to Scale is enabled.
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