Setting The Midi Timing Resolution - CAKEWALK SONAR User Manual

To Set the Sampling Rate and Audio Driver Bit Depth for New
Projects
1. Choose Options-Audio to display the Audio Options dialog box.
2. On the General tab of the dialog, select a value in the Sampling Rate
dropdown menu, and a value from the Audio Driver Bit Depth dropdown
menu.
3. If you choose an audio driver bit depth of 16, also choose 16 in the File Bit
Depth field. If you choose an audio driver bit depth higher than 16, choose a
File Bit Depth of 24.
4. Click OK.
The sampling rate and audio driver bit depth are saved with the project file.

Setting the MIDI Timing Resolution

Each SONAR project has a setting for the timing resolution, or timebase, that
indicates the resolution of MIDI data. This resolution is measured in ticks or
pulses per quarter note and is often abbreviated as PPQ. The default resolution is
960PPQ, which is accurate enough for most applications. In this timebase, each
quarter note is represented by 960 ticks, each eighth note by 480 ticks, each
eighth-note triplet by 320 ticks, and so on.
In some projects you may need a different timebase. For example, if you wanted to
use eighth-note septuplets (7 eighth notes per quarter note) and represent them
accurately, you would need to have a timebase that is divisible by 7, such as
168PPQ. SONAR uses the timebase you choose for a project to determine the
range of tick values in the Now time.
To Set the Timebase for a Project
1. Choose Options-Project and click the Clock tab.
2. Choose the timebase you want from the Ticks per Quarter Note list.
3. Click OK.
The timebase will be saved with the project file.
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