CAKEWALK SONAR User Manual page 285

Searching for an Event
The Go-Search command is used to find the next event (searching forward from the Now time) that
meets the criteria you lay out in an event filter. Once you have found the first such event, you can find
the next event that meets the criteria using the Go-Search Again command (or by pressing F3).
To Search for an Event
1. Choose Go-Search to display the Event Filter dialog box.
2. Set up the event filter to find the events you want.
3. Click OK.
SONAR finds the next event that meets the criteria and sets the Now time to the start time of that
event. To find the next occurrence, press F3 or choose Go-Search Again.
Selecting Events
The Edit-Select-By Filter command is used to refine a selection by applying an event filter to an initial
selection. You can use this command any number of times to refine the selection even further. Before
using this command, use any of the selection commands and tools to create an initial set of selected
event. You can use the Edit-Select-All command to select all events in the current view.
The Track view cannot display individual selected events. As a result, the Edit-Select-By Filter
command will not necessarily change the appearance of the Track view. SONAR applies the event filter
rule, but the change is not visible. However, once you change the selection in any way (for example, by
clicking on a track number or by clicking in the Time Ruler), the effects of the event filter are erased. If
you want to use the filter, you must choose Edit-Select-By Filter again and click OK to use the same
filter values.
Note:
The shading of a clip in the Track view indicates how many of the events in
the clip are selected. If the clip is shown in solid black, all events in the clip are
selected. If a portion of a clip is shown in medium gray, all the events in that
time range are selected. If the clip is shown in light gray, only some of the
events in the shaded time range are selected.
To Select Events Using the Event Filter
1. First, select an initial set of tracks, clips, or events.
2. Choose Edit-Select-By Filter to display the Event Filter dialog box.
3. Set up the event filter to find the events you want.
4. Click OK.
SONAR searches the currently selected events and weeds out those that do not meet the requirements
of the event filter.
Example: Splitting Left-Hand and Right-Hand Parts
Suppose you recorded a keyboard riff on Track 1 but want to split the left and right hands apart into
separate tracks so you can edit them separately. Suppose that all the right-hand notes are above C4.
Here's how to proceed:
1. Select all of Track 1 by clicking on the track number in the Track view.
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