Using The Navigator View; Double-Clicking Clips; Selecting Clips - CAKEWALK SONAR User Manual

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Use a custom color
4. Click OK.
SONAR changes the color of the selected clips.

Using the Navigator View

The Navigator view displays a large part of your project so you can see an overview of your
song. The Navigator view is a floating version of the Navigator pane found at the top of the
Track view.
Track Rectangle
The Track Rectangle appears as a green rectangle within the Navigator view. The Track
Rectangle indicates the section of your project which appears in the Clips pane of the Track
view. You can move the Track Rectangle or change its size.
To Move the Track Rectangle
1. Position your cursor inside the Track Rectangle until the icon changes to look like this:
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2. Click and drag the rectangle where you want and release.
To Change the Size of the Track Rectangle
1. Click one of the nodes on the rectangle border.
2. Drag to change the rectangle size.
To Change the Now Time in the Navigator view
1. Hold down the Ctrl key.
2. Click where you want the Now Time to be.

Double-clicking Clips

By default, double-clicking a MIDI clip in the Clips pane opens a Piano Roll view for that
track, and double-clicking an Audio clip opens the Loop Construction view for that track. You
can set the type of view opened when a clip is double-clicked. For example, you may want to
open MIDI tracks in a Staff view rather than in a Piano Roll view.
To Set the View Opened by Double-clicking
1. Right-click in the Clips pane and choose View Options.
2. Select the types of view opened by double-clicking MIDI and audio clips.
3. Click OK.

Selecting Clips

Before you move, copy, edit, or delete clips you need to select them. There are several ways to
select whole clips, as shown in the table:
To do this...
Select a single clip
Select several clips at once
Click the Choose Color button and pick a
color from the Color dialog box
Do this...
Click on the clip in the Clips pane.
Drag a rectangle around the clips.