Instruction Manual

730 Layouts, Templates and Key Bindings
Key Bindings
press the C4 key by itself, the note plays normally. If you press the C4 key
in combination with the lowest key on your keyboard (the key binding shift
key), then it’s just as if you had chosen the Process-Quantize command
from the menu.
You can choose one of two options to define the key binding shift key:
• MIDI key (typically, the very lowest or highest key on your MIDI
keyboard)
• Controller event (typically, one of the pedals)
If you use a MIDI key as the key binding shift key, then you lose the ability
to play that note by itself. When you play the note, SONAR assumes you
are about to choose one of the key bindings you have created and ignores
the note. If this is ever a problem, you can disable MIDI key bindings
without canceling the key assignments and then re-enable the MIDI key
bindings later on.
You can use a key binding to execute a command only when that command
is possible. For example, the File-Save command is disabled when no
projects are open. If you have assigned the Ctrl+F2 key combination to the
File-Save command, it won’t do anything when no projects are open.
You can use MIDI key bindings and computer keyboard key bindings at the
same time.
You use the Options-Key Bindings command to set up and manage your
key bindings. Here’s how:
To Create a Key Binding Using the Computer Keyboard
1. Choose Options-Key Bindings to display the Key Bindings dialog.
2. Check Computer in the Type of Keys list.
3. To quickly scroll to the key or key combination you want, click the
Locate Key button, and then press the key or keys you want to use.
4. Highlight the key combination you want to use in the Key list. Keys on
the number pad appear as Num “n.” 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
Key Bindings dialog under Global Key Assignment. Binding a key or
combination to a command and clicking OK overwrites any default
binding for that key or combination.
5. In the Bind Context menu, select the context in which you want to use
the key binding.