CAKEWALK sonar x3, Reference Manual

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Introduction
SONAR basics
The Track pane lets you see and change the initial settings for each track. To change the current
track, move the highlight using the mouse or the keyboard as follows.
The Clips pane shows the clips in your project on a horizontal timeline called the time ruler that
helps you visualize how your project is organized. Clips contain markings that indicate their
contents. The
Clips pane lets you select, move, cut and copy clips from place to place to change the
arrangement of music and sound in your project.
The
Bus pane shows the buses in the project, and also shows any editing views that are in tabbed
(docked) format. The Show/Hide Bus pane button allows you to show or hide the Bus pane at
the bottom of the Track view.
The
Navigator pane displays a large part of your project so you can see an overview of your song.
The Navigator pane displays all of your project’s tracks.
The Track view makes it easy to select tracks, clips, and ranges of time in a project.
For more information, see
“Track view” on page 1922 and “Configuring the display of tracks in the
Track view” on page 334.
What it does Key
Moves the highlight to the next or previous control. LEFT/RIGHT ARROW
Moves to the same control in the adjacent track, or the next track of the same type
if the control only applies to a specific track type (for example, the Patch control
only applies to MIDI tracks). UP/DOWN ARROW
Displays the next page of tracks. PAGE DOWN
Displays the previous page of tracks. PAGE UP
Moves the focus to the first track. HOME
Moves the focus to the last track. END
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