Instruction Manual

SONAR Basics

Introduction

To lock a view, just click the lock button at the top right of the view. An

unlocked view looks like this , and a locked view looks like this . A view

can be locked automatically by pressing the Ctrl key when opening the

view.

Floating Views

When a view is float enabled, you can move it outside of the confines of

SONAR. This is particularly useful if you take advantage of SONAR’s dual

monitor support. Using dual monitor support, you can keep the Track or

Console view on one monitor and “float” other views to the other monitor by

dragging them to the second screen.

For more information, see the online help topic “Floating Views and Dual

Monitor Support.”

X-Ray Windows

The X-Ray Windows feature eliminates the need to constantly minimize,

move, or close windows in order to work in other windows. It works by

decreasing the opacity of the current window enough so that you can see

and work with the window that’s behind the current window. You activate

the feature by pressing a keyboard shortcut (default shortcut is Shift+X)

when the mouse cursor is over a window you want to x-ray. You can choose

to X-Ray whichever window is underneath the mouse cursor, or

automatically X-Ray all FX/synth property pages in one step (note: the

mouse cursor does not need to be over any plug-in property pages).

The X-Ray Windows feature works on the following windows:

• AudioSnap palette

• Synth Rack

• Piano Roll view (when float-enabled)

• Snap To Grid dialog

• Plug-in effects and synths

• Controller/Surface plug-ins

To Select Key Bindings for X-Ray Windows

1. Use the Options-Key Bindings command to open the Key Bindings

dialog.

2. If you want to use currently unassigned keys or key combinations, scroll

through the options in the Key window until the Global Key Assignment

field that is just under the window reads Unassigned. It’s a good idea