Instruction Manual

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Key Bindings dialog
Dialog Reference
Key Bindings dialog
Key bindings let you associate SONAR commands with keys on your MIDI
or computer keyboard. This makes it easy for you to access specific
features more quickly and efficiently.
The Options-Key Bindings command opens the Key Bindings dialog box,
which lets you specify which keys and key combinations to use for specific
SONAR commands.
The Key Bindings dialog box has the following fields:
Type of Keys
Use these options to choose what kind of keys will trigger selected SONAR
commands:
• Computer—links computer keyboard commands to specific SONAR
commands.
• MIDI—links MIDI keyboard commands to specific SONAR commands.
The Enabled checkbox must be checked for MIDI keys to function.
MIDI ‘Shift’ Options
You can designate a MIDI Key or Controller (usually a pedal) to act as a key
binding shift key. That way you can require that the key binding shift key be
depressed before any command is triggered, so you only lose one note or
pedal from its regular function.
Use these options to choose what acts as the key binding shift key:
• Key—Clicking this option makes a key on your MIDI keyboard act as a
key binding shift key. Choose which key by clicking the + or - buttons in
the window that’s just to the right of the Key button.
• Controller—Clicking this option makes a controller on your MIDI
keyboard act as a key binding shift key. Choose which controller
(usually the sustain pedal) by choosing one from the dropdown list
that’s just to the right of the Controller button.
Bindings
The Bindings field has three windows, a button, and a line of text in it:
• Key—Use this window to highlight a key that you want to bind to a
command in the Function window. If a key or combination is already
bound to a global command by default, the name of the key appears in
bold text, and the command it is bound to appears at the bottom of the
dialog under Global Key Assignment. Binding a key or combination to a
command and clicking OK overwrites any default binding for that key or