Reference Guide

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Arranging and editing
Clip Muting and Isolating (Clip Soloing)
Clip Muting with the Alternate Style
Clip Muting with the Alternate Style
When you choose Mute Entire Clips 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 alternate style.
To Enable or Disable the Mute Tool
• Click the Mute tool or press K on your keyboard. The Mute tool turns blue when it is enabled.
To Mute or Unmute an Entire Clip Using Alternate Style
1. Make sure that Mute Entire Clips under Click+Drag Behavior in the Mute tool drop-down menu
has a check mark.
2. Using the Mute tool, click anywhere in the clip.
SONAR displays the Mute icon in the upper left corner of a muted clip.
To Mute a Time Range Using Alternate Style
1. Make sure that Mute Entire Clips 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, ALT-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.
To Unmute a Time Range Using Alternate Style
1. Make sure that Mute Entire Clips under Click+Drag Behavior in the Mute tool drop-down menu
has a check mark.
2. Using the Mute tool, ALT-click inside the upper half of a clip in the muted area.
Toggling a Clip’s Mute Status
You can mute or unmute a clip without using the Mute tool if you want. Pressing Q on your keyboard
toggles the mute status of all selected clips. Any muted time ranges remain muted.
See:
Note: If the clip you’re muting or unmuting with this method already has one or more muted
time ranges, these time ranges remain muted while you ALT-click the clip, so you don’t lose any
precise mute edits you’ve performed.