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Editing MIDI events and continuous controllers (CC)
Changing the timing of a recording
Duration
As an option, SONAR can adjust the duration of note events so that each note ends one clock tick
before the start of the nearest resolution-sized note. This ensures that the notes do not overlap,
which can cause problems on some synthesizers. The adjustment may lengthen the duration of
some notes and shorten the duration of others.
When you use
Groove Quantize
, the duration adjustment compares the note length to the duration
of the sample note in the groove. If no duration information is available, SONAR uses the distance to
the start of the groove event closest to the end of the note.
Velocity
The velocity adjustment, which is only available with the
Groove Quantize
command, adjusts the
note velocity to the velocity of the corresponding notes in the groove.
Strength
The human ear is tuned to the slight “imperfections” we hear from most musicians. If you quantize a
project so that all notes are perfectly in position, it may end up sounding mechanical or rigid. To
avoid this, SONAR lets you adjust the
strength
of the adjustment. A strength of 100 percent
indicates that all notes are moved so that they are in perfect time, while a strength of 50 percent
means that all notes are moved half-way towards the desired position. This lets you “tighten up” the
timing as much as you want, without going too far.
The
Groove Quantize
command also lets you control the strength of duration and velocity
adjustments. As you work with this command, you will notice that the note start time has a greater
effect than the duration on the rhythmic feel of the track. For this reason, changing the starting times
(time strength close to 100 percent) has a more noticeable effect than changing durations (duration
strength close to 100 percent). However, there are situations in which you might want to change
both to avoid ending up with notes that overlap or with unwanted rests.
Swing
Many projects do not have notes positioned on a perfectly even time grid. For example, projects with
a swing feel, though they may be written entirely in eighth notes, are often played more like eighth-
note triplets, with the first note extended and the second one shortened. The
Swing
option lets you
distort the timing grid so each pair of notes is spaced unevenly, giving the quantized material a swing
feel.
A swing value of 50 percent (the default) means that the grid points are spaced evenly. A value of 66
percent means that the time between the first and second grid points is twice as long as the time
between the second and third points. The following figure illustrates the effect of the swing setting on
the timing grid:
Summary of Contents for sonar x3
Page 1: ...SONAR X3 Reference Guide...
Page 4: ...4 Getting started...
Page 112: ...112 Tutorial 1 Creating playing and saving projects Saving project files...
Page 124: ...124 Tutorial 3 Recording vocals and musical instruments...
Page 132: ...132 Tutorial 4 Playing and recording software instruments...
Page 142: ...142 Tutorial 5 Working with music notation...
Page 150: ...150 Tutorial 6 Editing your music...
Page 160: ...160 Tutorial 7 Mixing and adding effects...
Page 170: ...170 Tutorial 8 Working with video Exporting your video...
Page 570: ...570 Control Bar overview...
Page 696: ...696 AudioSnap Producer and Studio only Algorithms and rendering...
Page 720: ...720 Working with loops and Groove Clips Importing Project5 patterns...
Page 820: ...820 Drum maps and the Drum Grid pane The Drum Grid pane...
Page 848: ...848 Editing audio Audio effects audio plug ins...
Page 878: ...878 Software instruments Stand alone synths...
Page 1042: ...1042 ProChannel Producer and Studio only...
Page 1088: ...1088 Sharing your songs on SoundCloud Troubleshooting...
Page 1140: ...1140 Automation Recording automation data from an external controller...
Page 1178: ...1178 Multi touch...
Page 1228: ...1228 Notation and lyrics Working with lyrics...
Page 1282: ...1282 Synchronizing your gear MIDI Machine Control MMC...
Page 1358: ...1358 External devices Working with StudioWare...
Page 1362: ...1362 Using CAL Sample CAL files...
Page 1386: ...1386 Troubleshooting Known issues...
Page 1394: ...1394 Hardware setup Set up to record digital audio...
Page 1400: ...1400 MIDI files...
Page 1422: ...1422 Initialization files Initialization file format...
Page 1463: ...1463 Misc enhancements New features in SONAR X3...
Page 1470: ...1470 Comparison...
Page 1518: ...1518 Included plug ins Instruments...
Page 1532: ...1532 Cyclone Using Cyclone...
Page 1694: ...1694 Beginner s guide to Cakewalk software Audio hardware sound cards and drivers...
Page 1854: ...1854 Preferences dialog Customization Nudge Figure 518 The Nudge section...
Page 1856: ...1856 Preferences dialog Customization Snap to Grid Figure 519 The Snap to Grid section...
Page 1920: ...1920 Snap Scale Settings dialog...
Page 2042: ...2042 View reference Surround panner...
