Reference Guide

Arranging and editing
The Track view makes it easy to arrange and mix your projects from a single view. From one
location, you can select, copy, move, mix, and rearrange the parts of your project, using menu
commands or drag-and-drop tools.
You can add real-time audio and MIDI effects from the effects bin and buses.
Markers provide easy-to-use reference points and labels for the different parts of your project, and
the snap grid makes it easy to align your clips to the desired time points.
Slip-editing allows you to non-destructively change the start and/or end time of a clip, just by
dragging its borders.
With Groove clips, you can easily create repetitions of your clips using your mouse.
Both the Track view and Console view have a full set of record and playback meters, which you can
configure in several ways. SONAR also has a variety of tools and commands for changing the
tempo of your project.
Composite tracks allow you to keep all your takes in one track if you want, and selectively mute and
solo the various clips in the track. Track folders let you edit multiple tracks at once and conserve
screen space.
See:
“Arranging tracks” on page 310
“Working with track templates” on page 317
“Track icons” on page 318
“Arranging clips” on page 320
“Working with partial clips” on page 344
“Clip selection groups” on page 337
“Markers and the snap grid” on page 345
“Working with linked clips” on page 353
“Splitting and combining clips” on page 355
“Take management and comping takes” on page 357