Instruction Manual

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SONAR Basics
Introduction
pressing i on your keyboard (see Track/Bus Inspector, for more
information).
The Track pane lets you see and change the initial settings for each track.
By default, the current track is displayed in gold. To change the current
track, move the highlight using the mouse or the keyboard as follows:
The current track’s controls are contained in the Track/Bus Inspector.
The Clips pane shows the clips in your project on a horizontal timeline
called the Time Ruler that helps you visualize how your project is organized.
Clips contain markings that indicate their contents. The Clips pane lets you
select, move, cut and copy clips from place to place to change the
arrangement of music and sound in your project.
The Bus pane shows the buses in the project, and also shows any editing
views that are in tabbed (docked) format. The Show/Hide Bus pane button
allows you to show or hide the Bus pane at the bottom of the Track view.
The Navigator pane displays a large part of your project so you can see an
overview of your song. The Navigator pane displays all of your project’s
tracks.
Key… What it does…
Left/Right Arrow Moves the highlight to the next or
previous control.
Up/Down Arrow Moves to the same control in the
adjacent track, or the next track of the
same type if the control only applies to
a specific track type (for example, the
Patch control only applies to MIDI
tracks).
Page Down Displays the next page of tracks.
Page Up Displays the previous page of tracks.
Home Moves the focus to the first track.
End Moves the focus to the last track.