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Arranging Tracks
SONAR provides a variety of commands that let you work with the tracks in your
project. Here are some of the things you can do:
All the commands you use to arrange tracks work on selected tracks. The current
track (the one with the gold titlebar) is always selected. You can select additional
tracks as shown in the table:
You can… Here’s why…
Rearrange the tracks in the Track
view so that they appear in a
different order
This makes it easier to see and work with a subset of
tracks, like the rhythm section, or the vocals and vocal
backing tracks, or all muted tracks.
Hide individual tracks This makes it easier to work in a large project. You can
display only the tracks you want to see at a given time.
Move tracks into a track folder Lets you group tracks by function, edit several tracks
at once, hide groups of tracks easily, and mute, solo,
archive, arm, or input monitor a group or tracks with
one click. See “Track Folders” on page 238 for more
information.
Make copies of a track Copying a track and then adding a time offset or
changing the patch is an easy way to double a part.
You can also copy and then transpose a track to add
harmony.
Erase or delete a track Tracks and clips that you are no longer using in your
project are distracting and take up space in your
project file.
To do this… Do this…
Select a track Click the track number in the Track view. The track
is selected, and all other tracks—except the current
track—are deselected.
Select several adjacent tracks Click the track number for the first track in the
group, drag the mouse to the last track in the group,
and release the mouse button.
Select/deselect all tracks Double-click a track number.
Add or remove a single track from the
selection
Hold the Shift key and click the track number to add
it to the selection; hold the Ctrl key and click the
track number to toggle its selection status.
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