Reference Guide

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Arranging Tracks
Arranging and editing
To Insert a Single Track
• Click the Insert New Tracks or Buses button that’s in the Track View toolbar, and choose
options from the pop-up menu.
Or
• Right-click in the Track pane at the place where you want to insert a track, and select Insert
Audio Track to add an audio track or Insert MIDI Track to add a MIDI track.
Or
• Press INSERT to add a track of the same type (audio or MIDI) as the current track.
SONAR shifts the current track and all tracks below it down by one, and inserts a blank, new track at
the location of the highlight.
To Insert Multiple Tracks
1. Use the Insert > Multiple Tracks command to open the Insert Tracks dialog.
2. If you want to insert audio tracks, do the following:
• Fill in the number of audio tracks you want to insert in the Audio section’s Track Count field.
• Pick a main audio output for the tracks in the Main Destination field.
• If you want the main output that you chose to be the default output for new audio tracks, enable
the Set as Default Bus check box. You can also choose the default bus by right-clicking a bus,
and choosing Set as Default Bus from the pop-up menu.
• If you want your new audio tracks to contain a Send module that outputs to a specific bus,
choose the bus in the Send field. If you choose None, the new audio tracks will not contain a
Send module.
3. If you want to insert MIDI tracks, do the following:
• Fill in the number of MIDI tracks you want to insert in the MIDI section’s Track Count field.
• Pick a MIDI output for the tracks in the Port field.
• Pick a MIDI output channel for the tracks in the Channel field.
4. Click OK to insert your tracks, or click Cancel to cancel the operation.
Your new tracks appear below any pre-existing tracks, with new audio tracks appearing above new
MIDI tracks.
Configuring the Display of Tracks in the Track View
There are several commands in the Zoom tool drop-down menu that allow you to configure the
appearance of your tracks in the Track view. You can use these commands to zoom in or out, show
Note: You can also choose the default output bus for new audio tracks by right-clicking a bus,
and choosing Set as Default Bus from the pop-up menu.