Arranging Tracks - CAKEWALK SONAR User Manual

Arranging Tracks

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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:
You can...
Rearrange the tracks in the Track
view so that they appear in a
different order
Hide individual tracks
Move tracks into a track folder
Make copies of a track
Erase or delete a track
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:
To do this...
Select a track
Select several adjacent tracks
Select/deselect all tracks
Add or remove a single track from the
selection
Here's why...
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.
This makes it easier to work in a large project. You can
display only the tracks you want to see at a given time.
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.
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.
Tracks and clips that you are no longer using in your
project are distracting and take up space in your
project file.
Do this...
Click the track number in the Track view. The track
is selected, and all other tracks—except the current
track—are deselected.
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.
Double-click a track number.
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.