CAKEWALK SONAR - Dotted Lines; Drawing Envelopes on Clips

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SONAR adds a shape between the nodes. You can drag any shape except a
jump up or down and it maintains its curve or angle. To edit a jump, drag the
node that’s at either end of the jump.
Play your track and listen to the results. You can undo any step by using the Edit-
Undo command (Ctrl+Z) directly after that step. You can play back your project
with or without the automation data by clicking the Enable Automation Playback
button in the Automation toolbar.
When you add multiple envelopes to a track, you can choose which envelopes you
want to display. See “Showing or Hiding Envelopes” on page 502.
You can also draw envelopes on audio tracks. See “Drawing Audio Envelopes in the
Track View” on page 497.
Dotted Lines
The dotted line in an envelope shows two things:
• There is no automation data at the time in a track where the dotted line is.
• The value of the last piece of automation data that exists before the dotted line
is represented by the vertical level of the dotted line.
You can move an automated control while your project plays, and if you move it
during a time where that control has a dotted line in its envelope, the control will
stay where you move it. As soon as the Now time reaches a node or solid line, the
control snaps to the value of the node or solid line.
Drawing Envelopes on Clips
You can also draw envelopes on audio clips, but only for gain and pan. On MIDI
clips, you can draw velocity envelopes. If there is already a track-level envelope on
the clip, the clip envelope data merges with the track envelope data.
Note: The Trim value of a track is actually a clip parameter, not a track
parameter. SONAR applies clip volume settings, including Trim, to a clip before
the clip’s audio data reaches any plug-in effects. Effects can sound very different
when their incoming data changes volume, even if the final volume is unchanged.
To Draw Envelopes on Clips
1. Right-click the clip that you want to draw the envelope on.
The Clips pane popup menu appears.
2. Choose Envelopes-Clip-(Gain or Pan or Velocity) from the menu.
An envelope appears on the clip with a node at each end.
Edit the envelope just as you would a track envelope.