Your favorite keyboard shortcuts

Shift F - Fit to project window w - back to where I was thank you space - play Shift space - pause q - quantise cntl-s - save :)

Here's the cakewalk online shortcuts list

http://www.cakewalk.com/Documentation/default.aspx?Doc=SONAR X2&Lang=EN&Req=Menus1.182.html#1306347


I use 'Ctrl S'  (save) a lot cause ever since my X1 crashed a lot.
 
ofcourse 'Ctrl Z' (undo) all the time

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F5 - F10
Ctrl + mouse wheel
Alt + 3
Alt + 6
Ctrl + Space

 
I've customised my key-bindings so that many of the shortcuts I use regularly are reassigned to single keystrokes.
 
I find it incredibly useful to have a free hand if I'm tracking guitar or bass.
 
Here's my latest list:
 

 
 

Shortcut keys I frequently use

CTRL+SHIFT+PAGE DOWN/PAGE UP (Go to next/previous marker)
CTRL+PAGE DOWN/PAGE UP (Go to next/previous bar)
- Recommended with the right hand only.

Shift+X (X-Ray on/off)
- Since Sonar doesn't remember the X-ray state with the screenset, I use this to hide my most often used VSTs Kontakt 4 & 5 every time I come back to my main screenset.

N (Assign or use secondary Snap to Grid resolution while dragging data)
- I use 1/16 for primary snap and "whole" for secondary snap (I don't seem to like SmartGrid). This way, when I want to move/copy a clip to a different location exactly at the start of the bar, I press N+Shift(+Ctrl) and drag the clip.

Ctrl+Shift+H (Show only selected tracks)
- I often use this before double-clicking the midi clip to open the piano roll view, because the track remains visible above the almost fully displayed PRV. And I just double-click the clip header to select all notes in the clip. 


Shortcut key assignable commands worth assigning

Help | Quick Start
- I assigned this to Alt+Q.
 
Launch MIDI Input Quantize Settings
- This opens a dialog box that allows you to change input quantize settings of ALL midi tracks at once.

View | Fit MIDI Content
- The default fit content command assigned to Ctrl+F doesn't fit midi content in the regular piano roll view, but this does (so why not overwrite Ctrl+F).

Bounce To Clip
- I assigned this to G (just because Studio One uses G, too)

Lock Clip Position
- I assigned this to Y (Yeah!)

Unlink Clips
- I assigned this to Ctrl+Alt+U.

Center View on Now Time
- I assigned this to the period key, but I don't seem to use this command at all.

Strips | Narrow All Strips
Strips | Widen All Strips
- I assigned thses to < & >.

Ctrl+Left/Right for zooming, since the mouse zooming is way too chaotic for me. Also like the 1-0 for switching screen-sets.  Spacebar for Stop and Go, although the transport in itself is quite clunky and poorly responsive for me (X2a), worse than X1d or X2.

sergiobklyn


Y - Which I have customized to reset all meters (Reset all clips and numeric peak indicators)

Isn't this possible with the default Shift+C?
It works fine here.

noynekker


I really use Ctrl - TAB (to toggle between Track View and Console) view a lot.

How do you do this? What command did you assign to Ctrl+TAB?

noynekker


Jlien X . . . just maximize Track View and go to top menu "Views" + select "Console View", then you will have both views as 2 separate maximized windows, Ctrl - Tab toggles between them.
This is actually an MS Windows key command, works in most programs where you can have multiple windows open.

I didn't know that  - good to know fellow BC'er.


Boy, if you live anywhere near that Science Globe, you could walk quite quickly to L & M on Terminal Ave. there, and you're not even that far from Tom Lees' multi floor HQ's as well.


There's a good chance we've bumped elbows in both stores.

Jlien X

noynekker


Jlien X . . . just maximize Track View and go to top menu "Views" + select "Console View", then you will have both views as 2 separate maximized windows, Ctrl - Tab toggles between them.
This is actually an MS Windows key command, works in most programs where you can have multiple windows open.

Sorry to ask this stupid question but....how do you maximize Track View?
I undocked the MultiDock and maximized the console view, but when I press Ctrl+Tab it doesn't switch to TV that's behind it.
And what's the difference with just hitting D, which shows/hides full MultiDock displaying  the console view?

Hitting D works too ! . . . but my workflow preference is not to have Console View in the multidock (my multidock is for Staff and PRV views)