Instruction Manual

642 Mixing
Using Control Groups
• You want two faders to be locked together with the same range of
motion, but a third fader grouped with them to have a different range of
motion.
Custom groups let you set the range of motion for each control in the group
by entering a starting and ending value. As any one control in the group is
moved from its starting position to its ending position, the other controls in
the group exercise their full range of motion.
When you have defined a custom group, you can adjust the starting and
ending position of each control using the Group Settings dialog box or using
popup menus on the controls in the group.
Note: By default, the relative gain between grouped controls that affect gain
is preserved. If you prefer the relative position of the controls to be
preserved regardless of the relative gain, there is a checkbox in the Group
Properties dialog that will toggle between these two behaviors.
To Add a Control to a Group
1. Right-click on the control.
2. Choose a group from the Group submenu.
SONAR adds the control to the group. Controls, knobs and faders are
highlighted with the group’s color indicator.
To Remove a Control from Its Group
1. Right-click on the control.
2. Choose Remove From Group from the menu.
SONAR removes the control from the group and displays the control with
the neutral color indicator.
To Remove All Controls from a Group
• Right-click a control in the group, and choose Clear Group from the
popup menu.
To Override a Control’s Grouping
• Hold down the Ctrl key while moving the control.
The control remains part of the group and functions as such once the Ctrl
key is lifted.
To Set the Group Type to Relative or Absolute
1. Right-click on any control in the group and choose Group Manager to
display the Group Manager dialog.