Matrix View Applications?

The Matrix View itself is extremely versatile and it's not at all "genre of music specific "...
I've used it to do Rock , Blues , Jazz , and Pseudo Orchestral type of Grooves ...
The Matrix View can be as deep as you want to take it ....
Rather than sit here a write up a bunch of ways I have used it or opinions on it , I think you may benefit more from an in depth  well produced u tube video  by one of our members here ....

 
hope that helps,
Kenny

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Anderton
Here's an article I wrote about the Matrix View for Sound on Sound magazine.

Do you know if there have been many changes to the Matrix View since 2009? I just had a look through Groove3's library and could find no mention of the Matrix View in any of their Sonar videos.
 
I see a couple of changes in the early access description for Sonar 2016.10.

No major changes I know of, mostly the occasional fix.

TranceCanada
Honestly I've been real interested in the Matrix view but have never really known how to start with it, just seems over whelming at first glance cause it's not what I'm use to.  I'm certain though if I did learn it it would be a huge help with my music creation.

 
It helps to think in terms of musical collage. True story: When Apple dropped the price of Logic to $199 and pulled out of retail, GC decided to go with Ableton Live as their main program to push. I was talking to a guitar-playing friend at GC who said "it makes no sense to me, I don't use loops, I don't get loops at all." I said "Sure you do. Hum me the first two bars of 'Brown Sugar.'" He did. "Okay, hum the next two bars." So he did. "Hum the next two bars," and he got the point. I advised him to open the Live doc and do a find-and-replace to replace "loop" with "riff." 
 
As to triggering Scenes (the equivalent of triggering a column in the Matrix View), I said it was like you're the conductor of a four piece band, and you cue the players when to stop and start playing. "Okay - bass and drums!" "Now, rhythm guitar kick with piano." "Bass and piano, drop out" etc.
 
Once you wrap your head around the Matrix View paradigm, you'll wonder why you couldn't figure it out sooner 
 

The Matrix View in SONAR is great for coming up with fast drum parts ...
These drum grooves can be used for jamming , songwriting , practicing and what ever else you feel like doing ...
 
I just opened up a new project and inserted 2 drum plugs with built in midi patterns VIA the synth Rack ..
Since I'm not on my main PC that has Addictive Drums 1 &2 .
I used Session Drummer 3 and the  M T Power Drum Kit 1 ...
 
 
Over on your end , if you decide to follow along , please feel free to use what ever you have for drums and prefer
 
Now here's where the real fun happens .....load up your kits ...
 
Bring up SONAR's Matrix View and audition some of your patterns in each of the drums VST interface ....
When you find a beat you like , just left click and drag the corresponding midi from the GUI of the drum plug over to the Matrix View and place it in a cell....

 
Once the clips are placed on the Matrix , you can start triggering the individual cells ,  the whole row , or any combination of cells you have patterns loaded in for both kits loaded in The Matrix ...
 
In this example ,  I'm using track 1 in The Matrix  for Session Drummer 3 . Track 2 is for my secondary kit the  M T Power Drum Kit 1...
 
You may notice in the other pics that this does not correspond to my actual audio tracks numbers 
This is what I got and I'm rolling with it since The Matrix  has decided to help me keep it simple ...
 
All routing can be changed after the fact by using the drop down arrow ..The drop down arrow can be found on the left side where this instrument description is in The Matrix .
 
One of the thing I like to do is to mix and match drum patterns from the 2 different drum instruments ..
Since I'm dragging the beats out of the GUI 's of the Drum Plugs . Who says I have to use Session Drummer 3 beats only in session drummer or vise a versa 
 

 
I may have both kits playing the same beat ,  I may have both kits playing different beats ...or even just one kit with one beat for the corresponding row and cell ... 
Remember , you can always choose individual cells any time you want as far as playing or not playing the cell goes...
When you factor in that you can start by hitting a row that contains a group of cells and while that row is playing you can also trigger other individual cells in other groups  ...or even mute them ...the variations can reach large numbers .
 
This way of experimenting can be fun and you may find yourself coming up with lot's of new interesting beats just by using The Matrix  ...
 
When you have 2 kits playing the same beat you may find that it can be synergistic or you may find that you may prefer to use each drums mixer to mute or solo different drum elements until you come up with a unique tailor made drum sound that's totally yours ... 
Another thing to consider , if The Matrix View is somewhat new to you ...
Don't sweat it if you decide to arm it and have it place your performance as a recording in SONAR's track View ....
One of the beauty's of getting acquainted with using the Matrix View is once a performance has been recorded over to the track view...it is very easy to see logically what you have recorded as a Matrix View performance ....
If it turns out some of your "having fun is way too busy " you will find that you will have a very clear visual representation of each clip in the track views time line ....it will be very easy for you to edit out what you don't want ..In my pic I left it as it was ....
 
The recorded content shows up as groove clips . Each and every different source clip may have a different color and depending on the source the clip , the clip itself may even have it's name and pattern number embedded  ....
 

 
The important thing is to enjoy yourself and have fun while learning and creating ... 
 
hope this helps ,
 
Kenny