Classic Cakewalk Tip: Using Keyboard Shortcut Presets in SONAR

In the age of mouse-all-over-the-screen interactions, there are still some of us (in fact many, I would dare say) who prefer using keyboard shortcuts to perform essential engineering tasks.Read more

Staff View

Description Shortcut
Chord C
Dotted .
Draw Tool D
Eighth Note 8
Erase Tool E
Export to ASCII TAB X
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Loop Explorer View

Description Shortcut
Preview file Ctrl+Shift+Space
Stop preview Ctrl+Shift+Space

Event List View

Description Shortcut
Delete Event Del
Event Manager V
Filter (hide) Note events N
Filter Audio events U
Filter Channel Aftertouch Events
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Markers View

Description Shortcut
Delete marker D
Insert marker A
Marker properties C
Toggle marker lock L