Working with triplets

The Staff view places certain limitations on the use of triplets. The limitations are:

Triplets must occur in full sets of three.

All three steps in a triplet must be notes (no rests) of the same basic duration.

There can be no ties in or out of, or within the triplet.

In most cases, the Staff view can recognize triplets in MIDI data. However, the slight timing inaccuracies inherent in live performances can complicate the detection of triplets. If working from performance data, you may find it useful to quantize the notes closer to exact triplet positions using the Process > Quantize command. See Quantizing for details.

To enter a triplet

1.	Enable Snap to Grid in the Control Bar’s Snap module.

2.	Select the Draw tool in the Control Bar.

3.	Select a triplet note duration in the Tools module.

4.	Enter the first note at the desired location in the staff.

SONAR inserts all three triplet notes at the same pitch. You can then drag the second and third notes to their correct pitch locations.