Oh yeah Laurie. I use the fit to improv all the time when creating tracks for live performance. I'll tell you how I do it and you can apply it to what you're doing. It doesn't matter if the source is audio or midi. I import the original recording of a song into an audio track, and set the tempo as close as possible in sonar. You may need to slide the audio you import around to get it to line up with the click. It's always a good idea to leave some space up front, like one measure. The nudge feature in SOnar 4 is really handy for this. You'll want to have the playback click turned on while you are doing this. Make sure you are in overwrite record mode. Now go to a midi track and set it to a drum kit on one of your hardware synths. You'll use that to tap in the reference click. Since you slid the audio up a bar ahead, you'll need to enter the first 4 reference clicks first, since the fit to improv needs to have clicks right from the beginning. THis is why you set the tempo close to the original. After entering the first four reference clicks, turn off the record metronome, go to bar 2, and press R. You should hear the count-in and then start tapping quarter notes along in time with the original recording. You can punch in if you find yourself off time, which is bound to happen now and then. Once you get the reference click done, select the entire reference click track (alt enter). In the edit menu, select bounce to clips, which has the hot key B. Select the whole click track again, and run the fit improv function. Mute your reference track and it should work. Gord ----- Original Message ----- From: Laurie Simpson To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Saturday, October 15, 2005 12:00 AM Subject: [ddots-l] Fit to improvisation Has anyone used the fit to improvisation in Sonar 4? If so, could you give me a brief overview of the steps to make it work? Does the music you play along with creating the reference track have to be midi or can the improvised music be audio tracks? I assume the reference track must be a midi track? I created a midi reference track, selected only that track, bounced to clip(s), reselected only the reference track then did the fit to improvisation. Nothing appeared to happen and, when I toggled the playback metronome on, it didn't follow the improvisation. Did I miss something? Thanks! Laurie