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Opening the Staff View
There are three ways to open the Staff view:
• In the Track view, select the MIDI tracks you want to see, then click the Staff
View button
.
• In the Track view, select the MIDI tracks you want to see, then choose View-
Staff.
• Right-click on a track in the Clips pane and choose Views-Staff from the
menu.
You can always change the tracks that are displayed: click the Pick Tracks button
and select the tracks you want. You can display one or more tracks.
The Staff view lets you edit, delete, copy, and move notes during playback or
recording, in real time. This means you can loop over a portion of your project and
hear any change you make on the next loop. You can freeze the Staff view from
automatic scrolling during playback by pressing the Scroll Lock key.
Like many other views, the Staff view includes zoom tools that let you change the
vertical and horizontal scale of the view. The Staff view also has a Snap to Grid
button. For more information on this feature, see “Defining and Using the
Snap Grid” on page 222.
Staff Pane Layout
The Staff pane can display up to 24 staves of standard and percussion notation.
When you open the Staff pane, SONAR automatically picks a clef for each track—
bass or treble—by looking at the range of pitches in the track. If a track has notes
that fall into both clefs, or no notes at all, SONAR automatically splits the track
into two staves, treble and bass. You can change the assignment of clefs with the
Staff View Layout dialog box.
When you split a track into treble and bass staves, you must select a split point.
Notes at or above the split are placed into a treble staff, notes below the split are
placed into a bass staff.
A wide variety of editing options for notes, layout, and MIDI effects are available
from the Staff Pane Right-Click menu.
Percussion settings are discussed in the section “Setting Up a Percussion Track”
on page 556
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