TAB to transients

 

Note: As of Cakewalk version 2021.12, the TAB key is now longer assigned to “Tab to transients”. You can re-enable this function again in Edit > Preferences > Customization - Keyboard Shortcuts; bind the TAB key to AudioSnap Go To Next Transient Marker and bind SHIFT+TAB to AudioSnap Go To Previous Transient Marker. For details, see Key bindings.

You can use the TAB and SHIFT+TAB keys to jump to audio transients, and MIDI Note events. Tabbing is only possible when the transport is not rolling.

TAB to transients is selection-based, which means tabbing will go to the next/previous transient amongst all selected clips. If there is no selection, tabbing operates on the current track.

To move the Now time to the next transient

Press TAB.

To move the Now time to the previous transient

Press SHIFT+TAB.

TAB to transients landmarks

The following table shows how TAB to transients applies to different Sonar clip types.

Table 9. TAB to transients landmarks  

Clip type	TAB target
Audio Groove clips.	Each slice.
“Stretch to tempo” clips (clips that are not groove clip looped but use groove clip for rendering).	Each slice.
Regular audio clips.	Each transient as detected by AudioSnap.
Slip stretched audio clips.	Each transient as detected by AudioSnap, scaled to the stretch amount so tabbing continues to line up perfectly.
MIDI clips.	Each Note event (MIDI Controller data is ignored). Note: If there are multiple Note events at the exact same tick position, only one of the notes will be tabbed to.
MIDI Groove clips.	Each Note event.
Step Sequencer clips.	Each step that contains a note.

TAB to transients in the Piano Roll view

In addition to the Track view Inline Piano Roll, TAB to transients also works in the Piano Roll view. If multiple tracks are displayed in the Piano Roll view, tabbing only operates on the current track.