CAKEWALK sonar x3, Reference Manual

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Basic musical editing
Notation and lyrics
See:
“Inserting notes on the staff” on page 1187
“Inserting notes with the Fretboard” on page 1188
“Selecting notes” on page 1189
“Moving, copying, and deleting notes on the staff” on page 1190
“Moving notes from within the Fretboard” on page 1191
“Auditioning” on page 1192
“Changing note properties” on page 1192
“Deglitch dialog” on page 1194
“Working with triplets” on page 1195
“Beaming of rests” on page 1195
“Changing the way notes are displayed” on page 1196
“Using enharmonic spellings” on page 1197
“MIDI Channels and the Fretboard” on page 1198
Inserting notes on the staff
You can add notes to your composition with simple point-and-click techniques. To help with your
composing, SONAR gives you audio feedback as you place each note.
You can insert notes anywhere in the Staff pane, but inserting them at the Now time gives you
control over the exact time you want to insert to. The SHIFT+RIGHT/LEFT ARROW command
moves the Now Time forward or backward by the amount of the note duration you choose. To
specify a note duration for new notes, use the Duration control in the Control Bar’s Tools module.
The CTRL+RIGHT ARROW/CTRL+LEFT ARROW commands pages you through the track,
sounding each note as the cursor passes over it. You can also page through the track by choosing
the
Edit > Play Previous and Edit > Play Next commands in the Staff view menu.
You may want to pick a different snap-to grid value for a particular note. For example, if you want to
insert a half note in the last quarter note position in a measure (in order to get two tied quarter
notes), you must set the snap resolution to a quarter note. SONAR will automatically convert the half
note to two tied quarter notes. The same method can be used to insert a syncopated note, such as a
quarter note at an eighth note position.
You may also want to disable the
View > Fill Durations and View > Trim Durations options before
you enter notes on the staff. This will allow you to see the true durations of all the notes you enter.
These options are discussed in
“Changing the way notes are displayed” on page 1196.
Note: You cannot insert notes whose durations are less than the value in the Display
Resolution field, which accessed via the View > Display Resolution command in the Staff
view menu.