Newbie Sonar User Needs Help
So, I'm sure everyone will laugh but:
I'm learning Pro Tools 12 in a broadcasting media class and trying (unsuccessfully) to teach myself Sonar Platinum at home.
My main issues are:
- How to copy and then quickly paste repeated parts. Seems like I saw someone just dragging the mouse along the track and the clips pasted out like spreading mayonnaise on bread. I'd really like to know how to do that.
-Understanding the routing of my Focusrite Scarlett 6i6 sound interface. It's more luck than understanding, that gets the sound system running on each track.
The different INs and OUTs available for the different track types (Audio, Instrument and MIDI) gets me confused with however the Scarlett is set up. Sometimes the choices are there in the choices for input and output on a track and sometimes they're not. Should I just leave ALL the in's and out's active and available on the Scarlett and checked off within Sonar?
-I feel like I DO understand the use of the Audio and Instrument tracks, but I DON'T understand how a MIDI track is used in a DAW.
-Figuring out how the heck to map my M-Audio Code61 controller. What a headache this has become. The controller does not have a Sonar setting and the ACT feature doesn't have a preset for the Code. I've looked at many of the "how to's" including Mr. Anderton's, but I guess its just a long process. I've had it somewhat working, but being a newbie, I sometimes don't save a project, because without the proper settings, I don't feel like I've made any actual improvements worth saving.
So, that's where I'm at. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.