SONAR 7.01 Shortcut Reference Document

2007.11.25 by Mabian, ssrp at prjteam.com -
Accessible version by Tim Burgess

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All Views

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Activate Zoom Tool Z (Hold) Audiosnap Enable / Disable F12 Audition Shift+Space Center Now Time G Clip Mute / Unmute Q Clip Properties Alt+Enter Close Window Ctrl+F4 Copy Ctrl+C Copy Ctrl+Ins Cut Ctrl+X Delete Del Display Track View Alt+0 (not NumPad) Enable / Disable Automatic Crossfades X Enable / Disable CPU conservation mode (reduce GUI updates) Pause* Enable / Disable playback auto scroll Scroll Lock Enable / Disable X-Ray on window under mouse pointer Shift+X Envelope Edit Tool E Fit Project To Window Shift+F Fit Tracks To Window F From = Start Ctrl+F9 Go to Beginning / End Ctrl+Home / End Go to From F7 Go to Previous / Next Measure Ctrl+PageUp / PageDown Go to Thru F8 Go to Time F5 Groove Clip Looping Ctrl+L Help F1 Hide All Envelopes Ctrl+Shift+E Hide Selected Tracks Shift+H Hide tracks not in selection Ctrl+T Insert Marker F11 Isolate Clip(s) in Layer Shift+1 Lock Clip Position And Data Ctrl+K Lower / Raise Groove-Clip Pitch Alt+NumPad - / Numpad + Move Focus to Track Pane / Bus Pane Shift+Up / Down Move to previous / next tabbed window Ctrl+Shift+Left / Right Mute Tool K New Ctrl+N Next Pane F6 Next Window Ctrl+F6 Nudge Down NumPad 2 Nudge Left 1 NumPad 1 Nudge Left 2 NumPad 4 Nudge Left 3 NumPad 7 Nudge Right 1 NumPad 3 Nudge Right 2 NumPad 6 Nudge Right 3 NumPad 9 Nudge Settings NumPad 5 Nudge Up NumPad 8 Open Ctrl+O Open / Close Current Track Folder Ctrl+F Open Clip Effect Bin Ctrl+B Open Snap Dialog Shift+N Open the Console view Alt+3 Open the Event List view Alt+4 Open the Loop Construction view Alt+2 Open the Loop Explorer view Alt+1 Open the Piano Roll view Alt+5 Open the Staff view Alt+7 Open the Step Sequencer view Alt+Shift+5* Open the Synth Rack Alt+8 Open the Tempo view Alt+9 Open the Video view Alt+6 Open Track Manager M Paste Shift+Ins Paste Ctrl+V Play / Stop Space Play / Stop with Now Marker Ctrl+Space Previous / Next Marker Ctrl+Shift+PageUp / PageDown Previous Pane Shift+F6 Print Ctrl+P Record R Redo Ctrl+Shift+Z Redo View Change Shift+U Rewind W Rewind Shift+W Run CAL Ctrl+F1 Save Ctrl+S Scale Waveforms Up / Down All Tracks Alt+Up / Down Scale Waveforms Up / Down Current Track Ctrl+Alt+Up / Down Scissors Tool C Scrub Tool B Search Next F3 Select All Ctrl+A Select by Time Shift+F9 Select None Ctrl+Shift+A Select Tool T Set From = Now F9 Set Thru = Now F10 Show / Hide Bus Pane Shift+B Show / Hide Large Transport F4 Show / Hide Navigator Pane D Show / Hide Track Inspector I Show / Hide Video Thumbnail Pane L Show All Anvelopes Ctrl+E Show All Tracks Ctrl+W Show All Tracks A Show and Fit Selection Shift+S Show Only Selected Tracks H Show Pan Envelopes P Show Volume Envelopes V Snap Enable / Disable N Solo / un-solo current track / Split at Now Time S Step Record Shift+F4 Tab to the previous / next control Shift+Left / Right Tempo Ratio 1 Ctrl+1 Tempo Ratio 2 Ctrl+2 Tempo Ratio 3 Ctrl+3 Thru = End Ctrl+F10 Toggle Envelope / Offset Mode O Turn Step Record On / Off Shift+R Undo Ctrl+Z Undo View Change U Zoom Out / In All Tracks - Vertical Ctrl+Up / Down Zoom Out / In Current Track - Vertical Ctrl+Shift+Up / Down Zoom Out / In Horizontal Ctrl+Left / Right

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Console View

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Change values (large) [ and ] Change values (small) + and - Delete effect Del Move between controls Tab, Left, Right Open module manager M

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Track View

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Add current track to quick group Shift+. (full stop key) Add current track to selection Shift+, (comma key) Create V-Vocal Clip Shift+V Edit left / right slip edges also sliding data Alt+Shift+drag clip edges Fast zoom in Ctrl+=* Fast zoom out Ctrl+-* Insert track (same kind as current track; if no tracks exist, opens the Choose Track Type dialog box) Ins Lasso zoom scale audio clip / waveform Shift+Z (while selecting a clip) Maximize / restore the Tabbed View Ctrl+Shift+B Move between controls in same track Left / Right Move between same controls in different tracks Up / Down Moves to the previous or next tab (All, Mix, FX and I / O Tabs) Shift+Left / Right Open V-Vocal Editor Ctrl+Shift+V Reorder track pane widgets Alt+drag widget Reset track height to default Shift+Click on Min/Max buttons Scroll Track view up / down PageUp / PageDown Select current track , (comma key) Slip data in clip without moving edges Alt+Shift+drag clip middle Start quick group with current track . (full stop key)

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Synth Rack View

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Delete Del* Freeze F Increment / Decrement current preset + / - Increment / Decrement current preset by 10 ] / [ Insert A, Ins Move to previous / next synth Up / Down Mute current soft synth M Open "Insert Soft Synth" Options dialog O Properties P Quick Unfreeze T Rename synth F2* Solo current soft synth S Toggle Connection for current synth Pause / Break Unfreeze U

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Piano Roll View

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All Tracks A Dotted Note . Draw Tool D Enter a Half Note 2 Enter a Quarter Note 4 Enter a Sixteenth Note 6 Enter a Thirty-second Note 3 Enter a Whole Note 1 Enter an Eighth Note 8 Erase Tool E Insert new MIDI Data Lane Shift+L* Invert Tracks V No Tracks K Open Snap dialog Shift+N Pattern Brush Tool Q Pick Track T Scroll Left / Right Left / Right Scroll Up / Down Up / Down Scrub Tool B Select Tool S Show / Hide durations in the Drum pane O Show / Hide Grid lines I Show / Hide the Controller pane C Show / Hide Track Pane H Show / Hide velocity tails in the Drum pane Y Snap Enable / Disable N Triplet P Undo Zoom U Zoom Out / In Vertically Ctrl+Up / Down Zoom Tool Z

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Step Sequencer View

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Coarse adjust for knobs [ / ]* Delete the active row Del* For spinner controls, increase/decrease value; fine adjust for knobs + / -* Insert a new row above the selected row Ins* Move focus to the next control Right* Move focus to the previous control Left* Open the Step Sequencer View Alt+Shift+5* Shift the active row's steps by 1 step and wrap first step to the end Alt+Left* Shift the active row's steps by 1 step and wrap the last step to the beginning Alt+Right* Toggles the Audition (Play) button for the view Ctrl+Shift+Space* When focus is either on the steps or strips pane, move focus to the toolbar Ctrl+Up* When focus is on a control in the steps pane, move focus to the strips pane Ctrl+Left* When focus is on a control in the strips pane, move focus to the steps pane Ctrl+Right* When focus is on a step, allow velocity adjustment Shift+Enter* When focus is on steps, toggle step or tie on/off; for buttons, turn on/off Enter* When focus is on the steps pane, move focus to the next enabled note on the same row Tab* When focus is on the steps pane, move focus to the previous enabled note on the same row Shift+Tab* When focus is on the toolbar, move focus to the strips pane Ctrl+Down* When there are multiple strips, move focus to the same control on the next row Down* When there are multiple strips, move focus to the same control on the previous row Up*

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V-Vocal

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Arrow tool S AutoScroll A Bypass B Cancel drag gesture Esc Cycle through all modes Shift+Left / Right Dynamics edit mode 4 Erase tool E Fit content vertically F Fit entire region into display Shift+F Formant edit mode 3 Go to/Center cursor G Hand tool H Line tool L , or hold down Shift while using the Pen tool Loop on/off \ Pen tool D Pitch edit mode 1 Play / Stop Space Redo Ctrl+Shift+Z Redo zoom Shift+U Return selection to default settings Del Rewind W Scroll left / right Left / Right Scroll up / down Up / Down; PageUp / PageDown Select All Ctrl+A Select None Ctrl+Shift+A Show/hide waveform in Pitch edit mode Shift+W Solo track / Time edit mode 2 Undo Ctrl+Z Undo zoom U Vibrato / LFO tool V Zoom horizontally Ctrl+Left / Right Zoom tool Z Zoom vertically Ctrl+Up / Down

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AudioSnap

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Add Transients To Pool Ctrl+F12 Audition Beat Ctrl+Shift+Space Auto Stretch (Follow Tempo) Alt+F12 Clear Selection Alt+Shift+C Delete Inserted Marker Ctrl+Alt+Backspace Disable Marker Ctrl+Alt+D Enable / Disable F12 Go to Next Transient Marker Tab Go to Previous Transient Marker Shift+Tab Insert Marker Ctrl+Alt+I Promote Marker Ctrl+Alt+P Reset Clip Markers Ctrl+Alt+Click on Audiosnap Toolbar "Reset" button Reset Selected Transient Marker(s) Ctrl+Alt+R Select All Markers Alt+Shift+A Select Disabled Markers Alt+Shift+D Select Enabled Markers Alt+Shift+E Select Moved Markers Alt+Shift+M Select Promoted Markers Alt+Shift+P Select Stretched Markers Alt+Shift+S Set Measure Beat at Now Ctrl+M Show Palette Shift+A Show Transient Markers Shift+F12 Show Transient Pool Ctrl+Alt+F12 Snap to Transients Ctrl+Alt+N

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Staff View

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Chord C Dotted . Draw Tool D Eighth Note 8 Erase Tool E Export to ASCII TAB X Expression I Fill Durations F Hairpin H Half Note 2 Layout L Lyric Y Open Snap dialog Shift+N Pedal A Pick Track T Play Previous / Next Note Ctrl+Left / Right Quarter Note 4 Scroll Left / Right Left / Right Scrub Tool B Select Tool S Show / Hide Fretboard View V Sixteenth Note 6 Snap enable / disable N Thirty-second Note 3 Trim Durations M Triplet P Whole Note 1

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Event List View

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Delete Event Del Event Manager V Filter (hide) Note events N Filter Audio events U Filter Channel Aftertouch Events F Filter Chord events O Filter Controller events C Filter Expression events E Filter Hairpin events I Filter Key Aftertouch events F Filter Lyric events L Filter MCI Command events M Filter NRPN events P Filter Patch Change events A Filter Pitch Wheel events B Filter RPN events Z Filter Shape events H Filter Sysx Bank events S Filter Sysx Data events Y Filter Text events X Insert Event Ins Pick Tracks T Play Single Event Ctrl+Shift+Space

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Loop Explorer View

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Preview file Ctrl+Shift+Space Stop preview Ctrl+Shift+Space

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Loop Construction View

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Clip Properties C Default all markers M Enable looping L Enable Slice Auto-Preview A Enable stretching T Erase marker tool E Follow project pitch P Move to Previous / Next Slice PageUp / PageDown Preview loop (Ctrl+) Shift+Space Save loop to wave file F Select tool S Show / Hide Gain Envelope G Show / Hide Pan Envelope N Show / Hide Pitch Envelope K Slice Auto-Preview Loop Shift+A Stop preview (Ctrl+) Shift+Space

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Step Record

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16th Note Num Pad 6 32nd Note Num Pad 3 64th Note Num Pad 7 Add next step size to previous step size Num Pad plus key "+" Auto Advance Num Pad . Beat Advance Shift+Num Pad Enter Beat Backward Shift+Num Pad 0 Custom Step Size Num Pad 9 Dot Num Pad * Double Dot Shift+Num Pad * Eighth Note Num Pad 8 Follow step size Ctrl+Num Lock (does not change Num Lock state) Half Note Num Pad 2 Measure Advance Ctrl+Num Pad Enter Measure Backward Ctrl+Num Pad 0 Quarter Note Num Pad 4 Step Advance Num Pad Enter Step Backward Num Pad 0 Toggle Step Recording Shift+R Toggle the Delete on Back Step option Num Pad minus key "-" Tuplet Num Pad / Whole Note Num Pad 1

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Surround Panner (Large)

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C NumPad 8 Constrains to angle Alt+drag Constrains to angle at 100% focus Alt+Shift+drag Constrains to focus only Ctrl+Shift+drag Cs NumPad 2 Fine resolution Shift+drag controls (Angle, Width, etc.) Jump to speaker angle at 100% focus NumPad 0-9 L NumPad 7 Lc / Ls NumPad 1 Move to next / previous panner in same track Left / Right Move to next / previous widget in surround panner Up / Down Move to surround panner in another track Ctrl+Up / Down n/a NumPad 5 n/a NumPad 0 R NumPad 9 Rc * Rs NumPad 3 Sets panner point to the point that you click (large and medium panners only) Shift+click Sl NumPad 4 Speaker mutes Ctrl+NumPad 0-9 Sr NumPad 6

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* From Sonar Tips *

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Absolute / Relative Multiple Slip Editing Shift+drag Adjust multiple velocity tails Shift+adjust Adjust spinner control value Drag center button Autoerase on / off in Draw Tool Alt+click Browse overlapping markers Tab or right mouse button while clicking an overlapping marker Change lasso zooming mode Right click while lasso zooming Change multiple channel / port in drum map Ctrl+Shift+change Copy / move with no time change Shift+drag Copy effect with settings Ctrl+drag Create accidentals on Staff View Click both mouse buttons while dragging with Draw Tool Envelope Shape Amplitude Lock Shift while drawing shape Envelope Shape Frequency Double Alt while drawing shape Envelope Shape Frequency Halve Ctrl while drawing shape Fast lasso selecting Z+drag selecting Fine parameter tuning on knobs and sliders Shift+MouseWheel Fit vertical content in track Ctrl+double click on track scale Lasso select navigator zoom area Alt+select Learn mode (Cakewalk Generic surface Dialog) Alt+L Maximum or minimum zoom Shift+click on zoom buttons Move clip to another track without changing position Shift while dragging Move data in slip editing Ctrl+Shift+drag Move rectangle in navigator with no time change Shift+move Multiple tracks resize Shift+resize Next / Previous track strip (Cakewalk Generic surface Dialog) ] / [ Open patch browser Right click Bank or Patch control in Track View Open piano roll on all tracks of same drum map Ctrl+Shift+open Piano Roll Open Soft Synth property page Double click In / Out field of Soft Synth Audio Track Reset slider control Double click Scale snap override in PRV Hold right mouse button while dragging in PRV Scrub all audio tracks Drag in time ruler with Scrub Tool Select by time Alt+drag Specify marker instead of location Click F5 to bring out Marker list Switch from floating to docked toolbar Double click title bar Track Scale Zoom (or Horizontal Zoom if Simultaneous H/V Zoom disabled) Alt+Ctrl+MouseWheel (+Shift for increased effect) Zoom (Only Vertical if Simultaneous H/V Zoom disabled) Alt+MouseWheel (+Shift for increased effect) Zoom in / out to maximum Shift+click zoom buttons Zoom to fit selection Z+Select

2007.11.25 by Mabian, ssrp@prjteam.com - Accessible version by Tim Burgess, http://www.raisedbar.net

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