• SONAR
  • Change Key of Multiple Tracks (p.2)
2013/03/22 13:00:59
garrigus
Jlien X

garrigus

... select all melodic tracks (don't select any percussion tracks). Then choose Process > Transpose.
Scott, I thought you were going to tell the OP the quickest way you have shown us in your video.....select all tracks and enter "+" or "-" and the desired value in the Pitch field of Event Inspector. 
Hey Jlien...


That's true! Although, the Transpose feature does have a Diatonic option in case you need that.


But for anyone that hasn't see the free video...


* Cakewalk SONAR: Event Inspector Editing
http://www.digifreq.com/digifreq/video.asp?ID=7


And more videos here: http://www.digifreq.com/digifreq/videos.asp

Thanks for the reminder!

Scott

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2013/03/22 13:51:10
chuckebaby
I liked that video Scott, it was very informative, the commercials, not so much  :)
it is a really good video though, shows how the event inspector can be used, I know for some its just a a module that we over look and find its faster to grab clips and move them around but the way I saw you use it it has some great features and uses.
2013/03/22 15:13:58
garrigus
chuckebaby

I liked that video Scott, it was very informative, the commercials, not so much  :) 
Thanks, Charlie!

Yeah, sorry about the commercials, but the video is free so I think it's a fair trade off.  

Scott

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2013/03/22 15:48:36
garrigus
double post. 
2013/03/22 16:25:16
tbaroni
I appreciate everyone’s responses.  Thank you.  But I’m getting the idea that transpose is the best way to go - PHOOEY!
I may not have made it clear in my question that I realize that using transpose is a good work-around.  But that’s what I consider it – just a work-around.  I don’t particularly like it because: 1) it makes the staff view look ugly with all the accidentals, and 2) about 20% of the time I end up making a change and then inadvertently save the transposed version- when I come back two weeks later I’ve got to wonder and dig around trying to remember what key it was transposed from. 
The key change is slick.  It would be slicker if I could do all tracks at once. 
So I watch Scott’s video (very informative) but I can’t seem to figure out how to apply that to Sonar X2; where’s that Event Inspector in X2?  The inspector view I’m seeing applies to only one track at a time.   And that’s my original question – can I get that key change function to apply to multiple tracks in X2?
It seems the answer is simple: “No.”  And I’m stuck with using transpose.
 
2013/03/22 16:41:53
tbaroni
Oh, and having re-read my follow-up, I should have mentioned the bus method I was hoping I could use - send all the midi tracks thru a single bus and just alter the key of that bus.  Seems conceptionally reasonable to me, but after poking around for a few nights, I came to the conclusion that it's not feasible; is that an accurate conclusion?

2013/03/22 16:43:46
garrigus
Hi Tony,

Yeah, unfortunately the answer is No.

The Event Inspector is in the same place in both X1 and X2... it's one of the modules in the Control Bar. It shows how to access that in the beginning of the video. Press C to show/hide the Control Bar. Right-click the background of the Control Bar to choose which modules to display. Unfortunately, there's not enough room to show them all, so you'll have to hide some in order to make the Event Inspector visible.

Scott

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