Reference Guide

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Track-by-track playback

Controlling Playback

To mute all tracks

• If no tracks are currently muted, click the M button in the Playback State toolbar.

• Select all tracks, and then use the Tracks > Mute command.

To archive or unarchive tracks

1. Select one or more tracks in the Track view.

2. Do one of the following:

• Click the track’s Archive button .

• Choose Tracks > Archive, or right-click and choose Archive from the menu to toggle the

archive status of the selected tracks.

Soloing tracks

Sometimes you want to hear a single track, or a few tracks at once, without having to mute all the

other tracks. You can do this by soloing the tracks you want to hear.

As soon as any track is marked as a solo track, SONAR ignores all mute settings (unless a soloed

track is also muted—mute takes precedence over solo) and plays only the track or tracks that are

set to solo. Any number of tracks at one time can be marked as solo. All these tracks will play

together. As soon as the solo status of the final solo track is turned off, SONAR once again plays

back tracks based on their mute settings.

To solo or unsolo individual tracks

• To solo or unsolo a track, click the Solo button in the Track or Console view

• To solo or unsolo several tracks at once, select the tracks and choose Tracks > Solo, or right-

click, and choose Solo from the pop-up menu.