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To Permanently Delete Slip-edited MIDI Data
1. Select the clips that contain the slip-edited data you want to delete.
2. Select the Edit-Apply Trimming command.
SONAR permanently deletes the slip-edited data from the clips you selected.
Slip-editing Multiple MIDI Clips
You can slip-edit multiple clips at the same time.
To Slip-edit Multiple MIDI Clips at Once
1. Select the clips you want to slip-edit.
2. Move your cursor over the beginning or end range of the selected clips until your cursor changes to
look like this: .
3. Drag the boundary to the desired location and release.
Changing the Timing of a Recording
When you record a performance, there may be problems you’d like to correct. For example, the note
timing may not have been as accurate as you would like. Or, you may have recorded without using a
metronome and strayed from the tempo in one direction or another.
SONAR has two types of commands that you can use to modify the timing of a clip. The Quantize
commands alter the timing of the notes in your recording so that they fit a time grid.
The grid can have fixed time intervals or intervals that are based on some existing note pattern. The
Fit to Improvisation command, on the other hand, sets up a series of tempos that fit the material you
have recorded. Here’s a summary of when to use each type of command:
These two types of commands are discussed in the following sections.
Quantizing
Quantizing is one of the most important editing functions in SONAR. You use this feature to correct
timing errors you make when recording from a MIDI instrument or to adjust the timing of audio clips.
Very few musicians are capable of performing in perfect time. As you play, you are likely to strike some
notes slightly before or after the beat or to hold some notes slightly longer than you intended. The
Quantize commands can help to correct these types of timing mistakes.
Use this
command...
To do this...
Quantize Change the timing of the notes you’ve recorded to fit with the tempo of a project
Fit to Improvisation Change the tempos of a project to fit with the performance you’ve recorded