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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
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