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You can create custom scales, modify existing ones, and choose how SONAR handles non-scale notes.
To Enable or Disable Snap to Scale for a Single Track
• In the Track view, in the track that you want to affect, click the Scale Snap button.
Or
• In the Piano Roll view, in the Track List pane, right-click the track that you want to affect, and
choose
Enable Snap to Scale from the popup menu.
To Momentarily Bypass the Snap to Scale Feature
• Hold down both mouse buttons while you edit.
To Enable or Disable Snap to Scale for Multiple Tracks
1. Select the tracks in which you want to enable or disable Snap to Scale.
2. Use the Track-Snap to Scale - Enable/Disable Snap to Scale command.
To Choose a Root Note for a Single Track
• Do either of the following:
• In the Track view, click the dropdown arrow in a track’s Root Note menu, and choose a root
note from the menu that appears.
• In the Piano Roll view, right-click a track’s name in the Track List pane, and choose Root
Note-(name of root note) from the popup menu.
To Choose a Scale for a Single Track
• Do either or the following:
• In the Track view, click the dropdown arrow in the track’s Scale menu, and choose a scale from
the menu that appears. The scale options in the menu contain both factory-supplied scales
and ones that you create and/or edit.
• In the Piano Roll view, right-click a track’s name in the Track List pane, and choose Scales-
(kind of scale)-(name of scale) from the popup menu.
To Choose a Root Note and/or a Scale for Multiple Tracks
1. Select the tracks for which you want to choose root notes and/or scales.
2. To select a root note for the selected tracks, use the Track-Snap to Scale - Root Note command,
and select the desired root note from the submenu.
3. To select a scale for the selected tracks, use the Track-Snap to Scale - Scales command, and
select the desired scale from the submenu.
Scale Snap button:
turns blue when
enabled
Scale menu
Root Note menu