Reference Guide

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Arranging and editing
Take Management and Comping Takes
Note that the Edit > Undo and Edit > Redo commands work with all three of these editing
commands.
To Split Clips into Smaller Clips
1. Select the clips you want to split.
2. Right-click on any selected clip, and choose Split from the pop-up menu. SONAR shows the Split
dialog box or press the S key to split the clip(s) at the Now Time.
3. Choose the Split option you want to use, and enter the settings you want to use.
4. Click OK.
Or
1. Select the clips you want to split.
2. Set the Now Time to the time you want to split the clips.
3. Press the S key.
SONAR splits the selected clips according to your instructions.
To Combine Clips
1. Select the clips you want to combine (the clips must be on the same track).
2. Right-click on of the clips and select Bounce to Clip(s) from the pop-up menu.
SONAR combines the selected clips into a single, new clip.
Take Management and Comping Takes
By default, SONAR stacks any overlapping clips on top of each other, but you can choose to display
them in separate layers (lanes) in the same track. When you store clips in separate layers, it’s easy
to mute and solo them individually and eventually come up with a composite take, with only the best
clips playing back. You can also mute and solo whole layers.
When you use loop recording, you can store all your takes in the same track, and then use the Mute
tool or Audition (Selection Playback) to hear only the ones you want.
If you enable a track’s Show Layers option, SONAR stores the track’s clips in separate layers
whenever any of the following happens:
• You use loop recording in Sound on Sound mode, and choose to store takes in a single track.
• You record over some pre-existing data while in Sound on Sound mode.
• You enable the Tracks > Show Layers menu option for a track that contains at least one
overlapping clip.
Note 1: You can create as many layers as you want.