Reference Guide

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Arranging and editing
Arranging Clips
By default, double-clicking a MIDI clip in the Clips pane opens a Piano Roll view for that track, and
double-clicking an Audio clip opens the Loop Construction view for that track.
To Open a View From a Clip
1. Right-click in the Clips pane, and choose View from the pop-up menu.
2. Choose the type of view you want to work with from the submenu.
Selecting Clips
Before you move, copy, edit, or delete clips you need to select them. There are several ways to
select whole clips, as shown in the table:
Moving and Copying Clips
You can copy or move clips using drag-and-drop editing or the Cut, Copy, and Paste commands. If
you copy or move clips into tracks that contain existing material, you need to let SONAR know how
to combine the two.
To do this Do this
Select a single clip Click on the clip in the Clips pane.
Select several clips at once Drag in a rectangular pattern that touches each clip.
Select all the clips in a track Click on the track number in the Track view.
Select a portion of one or more clips Press and hold the ALT key and drag across the clips. The Snap to
Grid setting determines the size portion you can select.
Add clips to the selection Hold the SHIFT key and either click on the clips or drag a rectangle
around the clips.
Add or remove clips from the selection Hold the CTRL key and either click on the clips or drag a rectangle
around the clips.
Add or remove all clips in a track from
the selection
Hold the CTRL key and click on the track number.
Table 59.