Cakewalk Sonar 3, Sonar 4 User's Manual
SONAR Keyboard Shortcuts
All Views
Command Shortcut
Help F1
Close Window Ctrl+F4
Next Window Ctrl+F6
Open the Loop
Explorer view
Open the Loop
Construction view
Open the Console
view
Open the Event List
view
Open the Piano Roll
view
Open the Video view Alt+6
Open the Staff view Alt+7
Open the Lyrics view Alt+8
Open the Tempo
view
Alt+1
Alt+2
Alt+3
Alt+4
Alt+5
Alt+9
Track View
Command Shortcut
Solo/un-solo current track /
Insert track (same kind as
current track)
Snap enable/disable N
Open Snap dialog Shift+N
Activate Split tool C
Toggle between Envelope
Mode and Offset Mode
Zoom in Horizontally Ctrl+right
Zoom out horizontally Ctrl+left
Zoom all tracks in vertically Ctrl+dow
Zoom all tracks out vertically Ctrl+up
Zoom out on all audio waveforms
Insert
O
arrow
arrow
n arrow
arrow
Alt+down
arrow
Track View (conti nued)
Command Shortcut
Zoom in on current track’s
audio waveforms
Zoom out on current
track’s audio waveforms
Zoom current track in vertically
Zoom current track out
vertically
Zoom in on all audio waveforms
Activate Zoom tool Z (hold)
Center Now time G
Puts focus in Track pane Shift+Up
Puts focus in Aux/Main
Bus pane
Scroll Track view up or
down
Move between same
controls in different tracks
Open the Track Manager M
Show and fit selection Shift+S
Fit tracks to win do w F
Fit project to window Shift+F
Show only selected tracks H
Hide selected tracks Shift+H
Show all tracks A
Undo view change U
Redo view change Shift+U
Split selected clips at Now
time
Move between controls in
same track
Moves to the previous or
next tab (All, Mix, FX, and
I/O tabs)
Raise or lower the pitch of
a loop-enabled clip
Activate Select tool T
Alt+Ctrl+up
arrow
Alt+Ctrl+
down arrow
Ctrl+Shift+
down arrow
Ctrl+Shift+
up arrow
Alt+up
arrow
arrow
Shift+Down
arrow
Page Up or
Page Down
Up or
Down
arrow
S
Left or
Right arrow
Shift+Left/
Right arrow
Alt+ or Alt-
Track View (conti nued)
Command Shortcut
Activate Scrub tool B
Activate Envelope Edit
tool
Loop enable/disable
selected audio clip
Auto crossfade X
E
Ctrl+L
Menu Commands
Command Shortcut
File-Open Ctrl+O
File-Save Ctrl+S
Edit-Undo Ctrl+Z
Edit-Redo Ctrl+Shift+Z
Edit-Select All Ctrl+A
Edit-Select None Ctrl+Shift+A
Edit-Cut Ctrl+X
Edit-Copy Ctrl+C
Edit-Paste Ctrl+V
Edit-Delete Delete
Insert-Marker F11
Realtime-Play Spacebar
Realtime-Record R
Realtime-Rewind W
Realtime-Stop Spacebar
Go-Time F5
Go-From F7
Go-Thru F8
Go-Beginning Ctrl+Home
Go-End Ctrl+End
Go-Previous
Measure
Go-Next Measure Ctrl+PageDown
Go-Previous
Marker
Go-Next Marker Ctrl+Shift+PageDn
Go-Search Next F3
Ctrl+PageUp
Ctrl+Shift+PageUp
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SONAR Keyboard Shortcuts
Piano Roll View
Command Shortcut
Select tool S
Draw tool D
Draw Line tool L
Erase tool E
Scrub tool B
Pattern Brush tool Q
Snap enable/disable N
Pick Track T
Scroll up/down Up/Down
Scroll left/right Left/Right
Activate Zoom tool Z
Undo Zoom U
Show/Hide Track pane H
Show/Hide Controller
pane
Show/Hide velocity tails Y
Show/Hide Grid lines I
Show/Hide durations O
All Tracks A
No Tracks K
Invert Tracks V
Enter a Whole note 1
Enter a Half note 2
Enter a Quarter note 4
Enter an Eighth note 8
Enter a Sixteenth note 6
Enter a 32nd note 3
Dotted Note .
Open Snap dialog S hift+N
Triplet P
arrow keys
arrow keys
C
Staff V iew
Command Shortcut
Select tool S
Draw tool D
Erase tool E
Scrub tool B
Snap enable/disable N
Fill Durations F
Trim Durations M
Layout L
Pick Track T
Whole note 1
Half note 2
Quarter note 4
Eighth note 8
Sixteenth note 6
Thirty-second note 3
Dotted .
Triplet P
Scroll left/right arrow keys
Play Previous Note Ctrl+left arrow
Play Next Note Ctrl+right arrow
Open Snap dialog Shift+N
Console View
Command Shortcut
Move between
controls
Delete an effect Delete
Change values
(small)
Change values
(large)
Open Module man-
ager
Show Record
meters
Tab
+ and -
[ and ]
M
C
Loop Construction View
Command Shortcut
Save loop as wave F
Enable looping L
Enable stretching T
Follow Project Pitch P
Preview loop Shift+Spacebar
Stop preview Shift+Spacebar
Select tool S
Erase Marker tool E
Default All Markers M
Loop Explorer View
Command Shortcut
Preview file Shift+Spacebar
Stop preview Shift+Spacebar
Synth Rack View
Command Shortcut
Navigate between
DXi synths
Change preset for
current DXi
Mute current DXi M
Solo current DXi S
Up/Down arrows
+, -, [ and ] keys
For a complete list of
all keyboard shortcuts
in SONAR, select Help-
Keyboard Shortcuts
from the SONAR menu.
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