Reversing Notes In A Clip; Adding Crescendos And Decrescendos - CAKEWALK SONAR User Manual

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4. Choose one of the following:
• Tempo Map–Choose this option if you want the tempo to change but not
the duration of notes and events. For example, if your clip contains
quarter notes, and you want those notes to stay quarter notes even though
the elapsed time of the clip changes, choose Tempo Map. SONAR alters
the tempo but not the events in the track.
• Event Times–Choose this option if you want the tempo(s) to remain
unchanged while note durations and event start times change.
Important note: This option is unavailable if your selected data includes
any Groove clips.
5. If you want to stretch selected audio clips, check the Stretch Audio box.
6. Click OK when you are done.
SONAR modifies the length of selected events or changes the tempo map, as you
requested.

Reversing Notes in a Clip

The Process-Retrograde command reverses the order of events in a selection. If
one or more clips are selected, then the events within each clip are reversed. If
several clips are selected from the same track, then the order of the clips is also
reversed. You could use this command, for example, to take a scale or other long
run of notes and reverse the order in which they are played. The Process-
Retrograde command does not reverse the contents of audio clips. It only changes
their start times. You can use the Process-Audio-Reverse command to reverse
audio clips.
To Reverse the Sequence of Notes or Other Events
1. Select the notes you want to reverse.
2. Choose Process-Retrograde.
SONAR reverses the order of the selected events.

Adding Crescendos and Decrescendos

The Process-Scale Velocity command lets you create crescendos and
decrescendos on those instruments that respond to MIDI velocity. Most such
instruments map changes in velocity to changes in note loudness. Many
synthesizer patches alter the timbre of the sound as well, so that higher velocities
produce brighter, as well as louder, sounds. Changes in velocity also affect the
playback of audio clips.
This command lets you set a starting and ending velocity for the entire time range
of the selection. SONAR scales the velocity of each event to create a smooth linear
change in velocity. As an option, you can enter a starting and ending percentage;
existing velocity values are modified by the designated percentage.