SONAR Keyboard Shortcuts

All Views
Command Help Close Window Next Window Open the Loop Explorer view Open the Loop Construction view Open the Console view Shortcut F1 Ctrl+F4 Ctrl+F6 Alt+1 Alt+2 Alt+3

Track View (continued)

Command Zoom in on current tracks audio waveforms Zoom out on current tracks audio waveforms Zoom current track in vertically Zoom current track out vertically Zoom in on all audio waveforms Activate Zoom tool Center Now time Puts focus in Track pane Puts focus in Aux/Main Bus pane Scroll Track view up or down Shortcut Alt+Ctrl+up arrow Alt+Ctrl+ down arrow Ctrl+Shift+ down arrow Ctrl+Shift+ up arrow Alt+up arrow Z (hold) G Shift+Up arrow Shift+Down arrow Page Up or Page Down Up or Down arrow M Shift+S F Shift+F H Shift+H A U Shift+U S Left or Right arrow Shift+Left/ Right arrow Alt+ or AltT

Track View (continued)

Command Activate Scrub tool Activate Envelope Edit tool Loop enable/disable selected audio clip Auto crossfade Shortcut B E Ctrl+L X

Open the Event List Alt+4 view Open the Piano Roll Alt+5 view Open the Video view Alt+6 Open the Staff view Open the Tempo view Alt+7 Alt+9 Open the Lyrics view Alt+8

Menu Commands
Command File-Open File-Save Edit-Undo Edit-Redo Edit-Select All Edit-Select None Edit-Cut Edit-Copy Edit-Paste Edit-Delete Insert-Marker Realtime-Play Realtime-Record Realtime-Rewind Realtime-Stop Go-Time Go-From Go-Thru Go-Beginning Go-End Go-Previous Measure Go-Next Measure Go-Previous Marker Go-Next Marker Go-Search Next Shortcut Ctrl+O Ctrl+S Ctrl+Z Ctrl+Shift+Z Ctrl+A Ctrl+Shift+A Ctrl+X Ctrl+C Ctrl+V Delete F11 Spacebar R W Spacebar F5 F7 F8 Ctrl+Home Ctrl+End Ctrl+PageUp Ctrl+PageDown Ctrl+Shift+PageUp Ctrl+Shift+PageDn F3

Track View
Command Solo/un-solo current track Insert track (same kind as current track) Snap enable/disable Open Snap dialog Activate Split tool Toggle between Envelope Mode and Offset Mode Zoom in Horizontally Zoom out horizontally Zoom all tracks in vertically Zoom all tracks out vertically Zoom out on all audio waveforms Shortcut / Insert N Shift+N C O Ctrl+right arrow Ctrl+left arrow Ctrl+dow n arrow Ctrl+up arrow Alt+down arrow

Move between same controls in different tracks Open the Track Manager Show and fit selection Fit tracks to window Fit project to window Show only selected tracks Hide selected tracks Show all tracks Undo view change Redo view change 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

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SONAR Keyboard Shortcuts

Piano Roll View
Command Select tool Draw tool Draw Line tool Erase tool Scrub tool Pattern Brush tool Snap enable/disable Pick Track Scroll up/down Scroll left/right Activate Zoom tool Undo Zoom Show/Hide Track pane Show/Hide Controller pane Show/Hide velocity tails Show/Hide Grid lines Show/Hide durations All Tracks No Tracks Invert Tracks Enter a Whole note Enter a Half note Enter a Quarter note Enter an Eighth note Enter a Sixteenth note Enter a 32nd note Dotted Note Open Snap dialog Triplet Shortcut S D L E B Q N T Up/Down arrow keys Left/Right arrow keys Z U H C Y I O A K V 1 2 4 8 6 3 . Shift+N P Command Move between controls Delete an effect Change values (small) Change values (large) Open Module manager Show Record meters Shortcut Tab Delete + and [ and ] M C

Staff View
Command Select tool Draw tool Erase tool Scrub tool Snap enable/disable Fill Durations Trim Durations Layout Pick Track Whole note Half note Quarter note Eighth note Sixteenth note Thirty-second note Dotted Triplet Scroll left/right Play Previous Note Play Next Note Open Snap dialog Shortcut S D E B N F M L T 1 2 4 8 6 3 . P arrow keys Ctrl+left arrow Ctrl+right arrow Shift+N

Loop Construction View

Command Save loop as wave Enable looping Enable stretching Follow Project Pitch Preview loop Stop preview Select tool Erase Marker tool Default All Markers Shortcut F L T P Shift+Spacebar Shift+Spacebar S E M

Loop Explorer View

Command Preview file Stop preview Shortcut Shift+Spacebar Shift+Spacebar

Synth Rack View

Command Navigate between DXi synths Change preset for current DXi Mute current DXi Solo current DXi Shortcut Up/Down arrows +, -, [ and ] keys M S

Console View

For a complete list of all keyboard shortcuts in SONAR, select HelpKeyboard Shortcuts from the SONAR menu.

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