I've got a song with dozens of blank measures after the song is suppose to end, and I can't figure out how to delete them all. How do I tell Sonar where the end of a song is? I've done it before, but can't remember how I did it...

Select all (Ctrl + A) and drag the ends of the clips in. Just keep an eye out for stray automation envelopes.

In the Track View menu select Options > Stop at Project End

That might work but it might cut of MIDI notes. If so I'll dig through my notes to find the solution as I forget at the moment.

Oops... Yeah listen to Karl. He's all smart and stuff.

Not so fast  Beepster, you could be right. It's hard sometimes to know exactly what a poster means.

FastBikerBoy


Not so fast  Beepster, you could be right. It's hard sometimes to know exactly what a poster means.

Yeah, this one's a little vague but it sounds like clips extending out beyond the end of the song so I don't think my method would work anyway.

Cheers, man. Hope you're having a good day. ;-)

And just in case this is a range select issue as opposed to clips dragging out try doing the following before Export:

Edit > Select > None

or 

Ctrl + Shift + A

They do the same thing but it deselects everything in the project which I THINK may effect the length of your export. Not sure if this applies here.

Cheers.

In this song, the music ends at bar 104, but the Now Time Marker just keeps going until bar 174, where it stops and jumps back to the beginning of the song. I just need to let Sonar know that the song ends at 104, not 174. I selected all, and tried to grab the end of the clips to drag them back, but it won't let me grab anything.

In that case there'll almost certainly be some sort of event at bar 174. An automation node or MIDI event of some sort. Have a look in the "Event list" to see if you can see it there, then delete it.

Edit: Just to be clear you won't see an automation node in the event list, you'll need to find that on the envelope using the edit filter.

Are the clips locked? 

  Select the clip(s) > Right Click > Lock... I think. 

Otherwise you can check in the Inspector...

Select the clip/track > Opene Inspector (press I) > Select the Clip tab at the top of the Inspector and then look where it says Lock. If it says Pos or Data or Pos/Data click that section and choose None (or whatever it says there) to unlock the clips. 

Then you should be able to slip edit them.

If they aren't locked then I have no idea why you can't drag the ends.