CAKEWALK SONAR - Editing Notes and Chords from the Fretboard

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To Export to an ASCII TAB File
1. Select the track you want to export.
2. Open the Staff view.
3. In the Staff view, click the Export to ASCII TAB button.
The Save As dialog appears.
4. Enter a file name in the File name field.
5. Click OK.
SONAR saves the track with the file extension .
TXT.
Editing Notes and Chords from the Fretboard
You can transpose single notes or chords from the Fretboard.
To Transpose Single Notes
1. Move the Now Time to the note you want to edit by pressing Shift-Right/Left
Arrow. You may need to change the note duration by clicking one of the note
icons in the Staff view toolbar.
2. Use the Select tool to drag the note left or right on the fretboard.
To Transpose Chords
1. Move the Now Time to display the chord you want to transpose.
2. Shift-select all the notes in the chord.
3. Shift-drag the chord to a new position and release the mouse.
Entering Notes from the Fretboard
If you prefer to work with the Fretboard instead of a musical staff, Cakewalk
makes it easy to enter notes from the Fretboard. You can enter single notes or
chords by clicking the string and fret of the note you want to enter at the Now
Time position.
1. Display the track you want to add notes to in the Staff view.
2. In the Staff view toolbar, click the Draw tool.
Now the cursor appears as a pencil when you move it over the Staff or
Fretboard.
3. Move the Now Time to where you want to start entering notes by pressing
Shift-Right Arrow or Shift-Left Arrow. Each press of the arrow moves the Now
Time by the amount of the note duration, which you select by clicking the note
icons in the Staff view toolbar. You may want to display the Now Time by
choosing View-Big Time.