Reference Guide

796 Editing MIDI events and continuous controllers (CC)

MIDI effects (MIDI plug-ins)

SONAR provides the ability to use plug-in MIDI effects. Using plug-in effects is similar to using the

MIDI processing commands off-line. The overall procedure is as follows:

• Select the MIDI data to be affected.

• Right-click the selected clip(s) and choose Process Effect > MIDI Effects on the pop-up menu.

• Set effect parameters (or select a preset if you’ve made one for this purpose).

• Click Audition to preview the music with the effect applied.

• Click OK to apply the effect to the selected MIDI data.

If you're not happy with the result, choose Edit > Undo before doing any additional work.

MIDI effects can be applied to whole or partial clips. For example, you can apply an echo to just one

note.

MIDI effects can also be applied to MIDI tracks in real time (during playback) in the Track view, Track

Inspector and Console views. Unlike any of the processing described so far, using effects in real

time is non-destructive. This means that the MIDI data itself is not modified.

SONAR includes the following MIDI plug-ins:

• Arpeggiator

• Chord Analyzer

• Echo/Delay

• Event Filter

• Quantize

• Transpose

•Velocity

See:

“MIDI effects presets” on page 797

“Quantizing” on page 797

“Adding Echo/Delay” on page 798

“Filtering events” on page 800

“Adding Arpeggio” on page 801

“Analyzing chords” on page 803

“Changing velocities with the Velocity effect” on page 804

“Transposing MIDI notes with the Transpose MIDI effect” on page 805

Note: Offline effects may cause your MIDI events to grow in size. For example, when you apply

echo, the clip may need to grow to accommodate the tail end of the echo.