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.

Table 40.  

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 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.

All the commands you use to arrange tracks work on selected tracks. The current track (the one with the lighter track name background color) is always selected. You can select additional tracks as shown in the following table.

 

Table 41.  

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. When a track is selected, both the track number and all the data in the track appear highlighted.
Select several adjacent tracks	Click the track number for the first track in the group, drag the mouse to the last track number 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.
Select all buses that a track is routed to (via output or sends).	Hold down the ALT key and click the track number.

 

Note: Track selection gestures also apply to buses. For details, see Bus selection.

 

See:

Changing the order of tracks

Configuring the display of tracks in the Track view

Inserting tracks

Copying tracks

Erasing tracks