Reference Guide

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Arranging and editing
Clip Muting and Isolating (Clip Soloing)
With the new Mute tool , that’s in the Track view toolbar, SONAR offers two styles of clip
muting:
• Default style. After you activate the Mute tool, you can drag through time ranges to mute all or
part of a clip: dragging through the bottom half of a clip mutes the time range you drag through;
dragging through the top half of a clip unmutes the range you drag through. The default setting in
the Mute tool drop-down menu produces this behavior (you’ll see a checkmark next to Mute Time
Ranges under Click+Drag Behavior). If you want to temporarily switch to the Alternate style
(see below), hold down the ALT key while you click.
• Alternate style. Use the Mute tool to mute or unmute entire clips by clicking clips instead of
dragging through time regions. A clip that is completely muted displays the Mute icon in its
upper left corner. You can choose this behavior by choosing Mute Entire Clips under Click+Drag
Behavior in the Mute tool drop-down menu. If you decide you want to temporarily switch to the
Default style, hold down the ALT key while you drag.
In addition, you can also play back only selected data if you want by pressing the SHIFT key and the
SPACEBAR at the same time.
See:
Clip Muting with the Default Style
Clip Muting with the Alternate Style
Isolating (Clip Soloing)
Audition (Selection Playback)
Clip Muting with the Default Style
When you choose Mute Time Ranges under Click+Drag Behavior in the Mute tool drop-down
menu, you can use the following procedures to mute all or parts of clips. This is the default behavior.
To Enable or Disable the Mute Tool
• Click the tool or press K on your keyboard. The Mute tool turns blue when it is enabled.
To Mute a Time Range Using Default Style
1. Make sure that Mute Time Ranges under Click+Drag Behavior in the Mute tool drop-down
menu has a check mark.
2. If you want to mute a precise amount of time, enable the Snap to Grid button and set its menu to
an appropriate value.
3. Using the Mute tool, drag inside the lower half of a clip.
SONAR mutes the area you dragged through and displays the muted waveform or MIDI data as a
dotted line.