Reference Guide

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Adding and editing notes in the Piano Roll
Editing MIDI events and continuous controllers (CC)
Piano Roll lasso behavior
By default, lasso selecting the top of velocity lines in the Piano Roll's Note pane also automatically
selects the corresponding note events. If you don't want velocity lines to affect note selection, you
can change the behavior by adding a switch to the Windows registry.
1. Click the Start button and select Run.
2. Type regedit and click OK to open the Registry Editor.
3. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cakewalk Music Software\SONAR
Producer\X2.
4. Add a new DWORD value called AllowLassoVelInNotesPane (click Edit > New > DWORD
Value).
5. Double-click the new AllowLassoVelInNotesPane DWORD event to open the Edit DWORD
Value dialog box, then change the value to 0 (0=OFF; 1=ON).
6. Click OK to close the Edit DWORD Value dialog box, then restart SONAR.
See:
“Piano Roll view snap resolution” on page 691
Piano Roll view snap resolution
The Piano Roll view can use its own optional and independent Snap to Grid resolution, separate
from the global Snap to Grid resolution. This allows you, for example, to use a specific resolution
when working with clips in the Track view, and a different resolution when working with note events
in the Piano Roll view.
The Piano Roll view always obeys the global Snap to Grid on/off setting, even if you specify an
independent snap resolution in the Piano Roll view. The Snap settings in the Piano Roll view only
apply to the snap resolution, not whether Snap to Grid is on or off.
Warning: Always back up the Windows registry before making any changes. Only edit the
registry if you are comfortable doing so.
Note: If you are showing velocity lines in the Piano Roll Controller pane, you can still lasso select
velocity lines to select the corresponding note events. The above registry setting only affects the
Note pane in the Piano Roll and inline Piano Roll.
Note: The inline Piano Roll always obeys the global snap resolution.