Instruction Manual

104 Tutorials
Tutorial 1—The Basics
1. In the Track pane, click the track number (the left-most column) of the
Piano track. The track is selected.
2. While pressing Ctrl, click the track number in the Sax track. The Piano
and Sax tracks are selected.
3. Use the Tracks-Mute command. Both tracks are muted.
You can also mute or unmute tracks by using the popup menu:
1. In the Track pane, click the track number of the Piano track.
2. While pressing Ctrl, click the track number of the Sax track. The piano
and sax tracks are selected.
3. Right-click on either track to bring up the popup menu.
4. Choose MSR-Mute (which should have a check mark beside it).
SONAR unmutes the tracks. You can also unmute all tracks by clicking the
Mute indicator on the Status bar.
Playing a Track Solo
If you want to hear one track by itself, you could mute all other tracks. But
there’s a quicker way to do it—the Solo button. For example, to play the
drum part by itself, do the following:
1. Click the Solo button in the Drum track (track 5). Voila, a percussion
solo!
2. To let the other instruments back into the project, click the Drum track's
Solo button again.
Solo is not exclusive—you solo as many instruments as you like. Notice
that the green SOLO indicator lights up in the Status bar (located at the
bottom of the screen) whenever a track is soloed.
Let’s use a different method to solo all three percussion tracks:
1. In the Track pane, click the track number in the Drums track. The track
becomes selected.
2. While pressing Shift, click the track numbers in the Shaker and Triangle
tracks. All three percussion tracks become selected.
3. Choose Tracks-Solo.
When you want to let the entire ensemble back into the project, click the
Solo indicator on the Status bar to unsolo all the tracks, or select all
soloed tracks and choose Tracks-Solo. As a third option, right-click in a
track strip to bring up the popup menu, and turn off