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When you move the Draw tool over a note, it changes into one of 3 different editing
tools, depending on what part of the note you move it over:
• If you move the Draw tool over the beginning or end of a note, the Draw tool
changes into a cross. When you drag one end of a note with the cross icon, the
other end of the note stays put, thereby changing the duration of the note as
you move the opposite end.
• If you move the Draw tool just inside the beginning of a note, the Draw tool
changes into a horizontal, double-ended arrow. When you drag the beginning
of a note with this icon, the other end of the note moves with the beginning of
the note, thereby keeping the duration of the note constant.
• If you move the Draw tool over the middle of a note, the Draw tool changes
into vertical, double-ended arrow. Use this tool to drag the note up or down in
pitch.
Slip Editing
Now let’s take advantage of one of the most convenient new features of SONAR:
slip editing. Slip editing lets you drag the beginning or ending borders of a clip to
hide the notes or other MIDI data that are in the area that you drag through (slip
editing also works on audio clips). SONAR does not delete these notes or data, but
does not play them either. As soon as you drag the clip borders to display the data
again, SONAR plays them again. Slip editing is a very fast and convenient way to
try out different sounds, without destroying any data. You can also leave the clip
borders unchanged and only drag the data that’s within the clip, which is called
scroll-trimming. Scroll-trimming changes the rhythmic placement of data without
changing the clip’s borders.
To Slip Edit TUTORIAL4.CWP
1. Drag the horizontal zoom controls in the Clips pane so that a space of about 2
measures fills up the Clips pane.
2. Click the down arrow in the Snap to Grid combo button to open the Snap to
Grid dialog box, change the Musical Time resolution to Eighth, make sure
Move By is selected in the Mode field, and click OK. Now we can only drag the
borders of clips by units of eighth notes.
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