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Arranging and editing
Arranging Tracks
Arranging Tracks
SONAR provides a variety of commands that let you work with the tracks in your project. Here are
some of the things you can do:
All the commands you use to arrange tracks work on selected tracks. The current track (the one with
the lighter titlebar) is always selected. You can select additional tracks as shown in the table:
You can Here’s why
Rearrange the tracks in the Track
view so that they appear in a
different order
This makes it easier to see and work with a subset of tracks, like the
rhythm section, or the vocals and vocal backing tracks, or all muted tracks.
Hide individual tracks This makes it easier to work in a large project. You can display only the
tracks you want to see at a given time.
Move tracks into a track folder Lets you group tracks by function, edit several tracks at once, hide groups
of tracks easily, and mute, solo, archive, arm, or input monitor a group or
tracks with one click. See “Track Folders” on page 334 for more
information.
Make copies of a track Copying a track and then adding a time offset or changing the patch is an
easy way to double a part. You can also copy and then transpose a track to
add harmony.
Erase or delete a track Tracks and clips that you are no longer using in your project are distracting
and take up space in your project file.
Table 52.
To do this Do this
Select a track Click the track number (click the right side of the track number; the
upper left corner of the track number is for grouping tracks) in the Track
view. The track is selected, and all other tracks—except the current
track—are deselected.
When a track is selected, both the track number and all the data in the
track appear highlighted.
Select several adjacent tracks Click the track number for the first track in the group, drag the mouse to
the last track number in the group, and release the mouse button.
Select/deselect all tracks Double-click a track number.
Add or remove a single track from
the selection
Hold the SHIFT key and click the track number to add it to the selection;
hold the CTRL key and click the track number to toggle its selection
status.
Table 53.