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Layouts, Templates and Key Bindings
Key Bindings
•Check Controller under MIDI Shift Options, and choose the controller you want from the list.
5. Highlight the key you want to bind from the Key list (if you click inside the Key list to put the focus
on it, you can then play a note on your MIDI keyboard, and the note automatically becomes
highlighted in the Key list).
6. Select the command you want to bind from the Function list.
7. Click the Bind button.
SONAR places an asterisk next to the Key that you chose, and draws a line from the highlighted
key to the command that it’s bound to. Any keys that are assigned to commands have asterisks
next to them. Any commands that have keys assigned to them list the keys in the Computer
column and/or the MIDI column.
8. Repeat steps 5 through 7 for all the keys you want to bind.
9. If you want to save these key bindings for other sessions, make sure that the Save Changes for
Next Session check box is checked.
10.Click OK when you are done.
SONAR assigns the key(s) you chose.
To disable MIDI key bindings, uncheck the Enable box in the Key Bindings dialog.
See also:
Importing Key Bindings
Exporting Key Bindings
Importing Key Bindings
SONAR can use key bindings from other sequencer applications. Clicking the Import button in the
Key Bindings dialog allows you to choose a new set of key bindings. After you import new key
bindings, you can edit and save them the way you do with the default key bindings.
To Import Key Bindings
1. Choose Options > Key Bindings to display the Key Bindings dialog.
2. Click the Import button to open the Import Key Bindings dialog.
3. Navigate to the SONAR program folder (you don’t have to store them there).
4. Choose a key bindings file from the choices in the program folder. Key bindings files use the file
extension .kbn.
5. Click Open.
SONAR loads the key bindings you chose.
Exporting Key Bindings