Cakewalk Sonar 5 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 in on all audio waveforms

Insert

arrow

n arrow

arrow

Alt+up arrow

Track View (continued)

Command Shortcut

Zoom out on all audio waveforms

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

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 window 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+down arrow

Alt+Ctrl+up arrow

Alt+Ctrl+ down arrow

Ctrl+Shift+ down arrow

Ctrl+Shift+ up arrow

arrow

Shift+Down arrow

Page Up or Page Down

Up or Down arrow

Left or Right arrow

Shift+Left/ Right arrow

Alt+ or Alt-

Track View (continued)

Command Shortcut

Activate Scrub tool B

Activate Envelope Edit tool

Loop enable/disable selected audio clip

Auto crossfade X

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-Audition Shift+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

Ctrl+PageUp

Ctrl+Shift+PageUp

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SONAR Keyboard Shortcuts

Piano Roll View

Command Shortcut

Select tool S

Draw tool D

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 Shift+N

Triplet P

arrow keys

Staff View

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 Track manager

left or right arrow

+ and -

[ and ]

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

Synth Rack View

Command Shortcut

Insert synth Insert

Delete current synth

Navigate between synths

Change preset for current synth

Mute current synth M

Solo current synth S

For a complete list of all keyboard shortcuts in SONAR, select Help- Keyboard Shortcuts from the SONAR menu. In addition, you can change and customize most shortcuts. See the online help topic Key Bindings.

Delete

Up/Down arrows

+, -, [ and ] keys