Reference Guide

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Using control groups
Mixing
3. Choose Value > Set End = Current.
SONAR sets the end value of the control.
The Set Start = Current and Set End = Current commands set the range of motion that a grouped
control moves through as the other members of the group move through their starting and ending
values. You don’t have to designate a group as a custom group to create a custom group—just
group some controls and set their starting and ending values.
See also:
“Quick Groups” on page 917
Quick Groups
Quick Groups allow you to effortlessly adjust identical controls across multiple tracks or buses. A
Quick Group can either affect all tracks, or only selected tracks of the same type. You hold down the
CTRL key to momentarily create a Quick Group.
The following rules apply when using Quick Groups:
• Quick Groups only affect tracks of the same type (Audio or MIDI).
• For instrument tracks, the relevant controls is treated as belonging to an Audio or MIDI track.
• Quick Groups do not work between tracks and buses.
• Quick Groups apply a relative adjustment to each control.
• If you adjust a control in a selected track, only selected tracks of the same type are affected.
• If you adjust a control in a non-selected track, all tracks are affected.
To use a Quick Group
Do one of the following:
• To adjust the same control in all tracks. Hold down the CTRL key and adjust a control in a
track that is not selected. SONAR automatically adjusts the same control in all other tracks.
• To adjust the same control in selected tracks. Select the tracks you want to adjust, then hold
down the CTRL key and adjust a control in any selected track. SONAR automatically adjusts the
same control in all other selected tracks of the same type.
When you adjust controls in a Quick Group, each affected control displays a temporary group color.
The following controls can be adjusted via a Quick Group:
•Mute
•Solo
• Arm for Recording
• Input Monitor/Echo
• Automation Read
• Automation Write