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Key Bindings
Layouts, Templates and Key Bindings
7. If you like, configure other parameters needed in your projects, such as
auto-send Sysx banks, tempo settings, window positions, and
comments.
8. Choose File-Save, and save the file as a template named
MY3SYNTHS.
Now, each time you want to start working on a new project, you can simply
load your template and start recording.
See also:
Tem p l a te s
Key Bindings
Key bindings let you associate SONAR commands with keys on both your
MIDI keyboard and your computer keyboard. This makes it easy for you to
access specific features more quickly and efficiently.
In addition, SONAR supports:
• Importing key bindings from other popular sequencer programs (see
Importing Key Bindings)
• Exporting key bindings from SONAR (see Exporting Key Bindings)
• Use of any single key as a key binding (number keys on the number
pad are separate keys from the other number keys)
• Changing the key bindings for commands that were previously
hardwired, including hotkey commands in the various views
Note: The Spacebar is now “globally” bound to the Play/stop button, so that
when you have a plug-in window open, you can still start and stop playback
with the Spacebar.
Any one or two of the Ctrl, Alt, and Shift keys can be used in combination
with other keys. Preset key combinations appear in bold, with the command
that they’re currently assigned to listed at the bottom of the Key Bindings
dialog.
Rather than tie up all the notes on your MIDI keyboard with key bindings,
SONAR lets you define a key binding shift key on your MIDI keyboard that
indicates when you want to use a key binding. For example, you could
designate the lowest note on your MIDI keyboard as the key binding shift
key, and then assign different notes to specific commands (for example, C4
to Process-Quantize, C5 to Process-Groove Quantize, and so on). If you