Reference Guide

SONAR basics

Introduction

Views

SONAR displays your project in windows on the screen that are known as views. You can have

many views open at once, all showing the same project. When you edit a project in one view, the

other related views are updated automatically.

The Track view

Track view is the main window that you use to create, display, and work with a project. When you

open a project file, SONAR displays the Track view for the project. When you close the Track view

for a project, SONAR closes the file.

The Track view is divided into several sections: menu bar (at the top), the Navigator pane, the

Video Thumbnails pane, the Track pane, the Inspector pane, the Clips pane, the Bus pane, the

Browser pane, and the MultiDock.

Figure 7. The Track view.

A. Control Bar B. Inspector pane C. Track pane D. Clips pane E. Video Thumbnail pane F. Browser

G. MultiDock

All of the current track’s controls are contained in the Track Inspector, which is an expanded version

of the current track’s controls located on the far left side of the Track view. You can hide or show the

Track Inspector by pressing I on your keyboard (see “Inspectors” on page 503, for more

information).

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