CAKEWALK sonar x3, Reference Manual

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Templates and key bindings
Key bindings
To create a key binding using the computer keyboard
1. Go to Edit > Preferences > Keyboard Shortcuts (make sure the Advanced option is selected
at the bottom of the Preferences dialog box).
2. Check Computer in the Type of Keys list.
3. To quickly scroll to the key or key combination you want, click the Locate Key button, and then
press the key or keys you want to use.
4. Highlight the key combination you want to use in the Key list. Keys on the number pad appear as
Num “n.” If a key or combination is already bound to a global command by default, the name of
the key appears in bold text, and the command it is bound to appears at the bottom of the
Key
Bindings dialog box under Assigned to . Binding a key or combination to a command and
clicking OK overwrites any default binding for that key or combination.
5. In the Area menu, select the context in which you want to use the key binding.
6. Highlight the command you want to assign from the Function list.
7. Click Bind to bind the key combination to the command.
SONAR places an asterisk next to the key(s) that you chose, and draws a line from the
highlighted key(s) to the command that the key(s) will trigger. Any keys that are assigned to
commands have asterisks next to them. Any commands that have keys assigned to them list the
keys in the
Computer column and/or the MIDI column.
8. Repeat steps 3 through 7 for all the keys you want to bind.
9. If you want to save these key bindings for other sessions, make sure that the Save Changes for
Next Session check box is checked.
10. Click OK when you are done.
SONAR assigns the key(s) you chose.
To create a key binding using a MIDI keyboard
1. Go to Edit > Preferences > Keyboard Shortcuts .
2. Check MIDI in the Type of Keys list.
3. Check the Enable box to make sure MIDI key bindings are enabled.
4. If you haven’t already done so, create a key binding shift key by doing one of the following:
• Check
Key under MIDI Shift Options , and enter the name of the key you want to use.
• Check Controller under MIDI Shift Options , and choose the controller you want from the list.
5. Highlight the key you want to bind from the Key list (if you click inside the Key list to put the focus
on it, you can then play a note on your MIDI keyboard, and the note automatically becomes
highlighted in the
Key list).
6. Select the command you want to bind from the Function list.
7. Click the Bind button.
SONAR places an asterisk next to the Key that you chose, and draws a line from the highlighted
key to the command that it’s bound to. Any keys that are assigned to commands have asterisks
next to them. Any commands that have keys assigned to them list the keys in the
Computer
column and/or the MIDI column.