In Pro Tools, in mix, you can, with one click select one plugin for all inserts....Can you do the same in sonar Console view. while I understand the Pro Tool mix area well, I still have difficulty with sends and resturns. Am I the only one! I also do not know how to change colors for channels and busses.

Not with one click I don't think. You can quick group the tracks and insert the effect but if you want that effect's parameters to remain consistent across all the tracks I'm not sure how or if you can link them. You could however just send those tracks to a bus with the effect on it via sends or change the track output. That's how I do it. Much simpler.

How do you visual this with different colors and gruouping.  I can find my way around it, but I always have to "kind of study it", rather than just glance over it.

Not sure what you mean but the color options are a little limited in Sonar. I don't use them much but there is are a few pretty straightforward sections in the manual about what you can do. Some of it has to be done VIA the Preferences menu but you can assign colors to more specific things too. I forget what that feature is called or how to access it.

Sorry, I ment, how do you know, that grouping is engaged in console view. on one particuler effect!

Ah, sorry. I never could figure out how to link my insert effects across tracks. That's why I use busses now. What exactly are you trying to do? Like what effect for what end result?
 
BTW... I'm still learning myself so my advice may not be the greatest for stuff like this but I will try to help you find a solution if I can. Cheers.
 
 

I am trying to switch from pro tools, as for Ilok issues, and trying to learn, as I have outboard as well. So far, most of the stuff its kind of similar, exept for mix/console view. I am trying to figure this out, so I could effectivlly use it.
I do find, routing issues a bit confusing....
 
I also could not find shortcut  instructions, how do you minimize track view. all tracks -to one line each?
 

Okay, I think I might be getting what you are talking about. I've never used Pro Tools but from the videos I've seen when you insert an effect you get a little popup track fader that controls the effect and you can send out to that effect. I think what you want to do is use the Send module on the Console View channel strips. So instead of that little popup you're gonna be using a bus in the bus section of the Console View. On the track channel click in Console View go to the Sends module. I'm not at my DAW right now and I'm a little brain fried but I think you can right click on it and select Insert Send Assistant. That will allow you to select an effect and create a bus all at once. You could also do it manually by just inserting a bus, adding the effect to the bus, quick grouping the tracks you want sent to that bus, right clicking the Sends module and selecting the bus. Now that send will be going out to the bus and the little send level knob will act like the fader of the insert pop up fader would in Pro Tools. Your main track output though will still be going to whatever you have it set to (like the Master bus). So you use the Send module level knob to adjust how much signal is going to your effect bus and the main fader to send out to the master. I believe this is summed so watch your levels. You can also set the Send module to be Pre or Post fader so if you want the main track fader to effect how much signal is sent out to the effect bus set it to Post. If you want to be able to move the main track fader and still have the send level stay the same select Pre.

There are sections in the manual regarding Zoom issues and a general binding list. You can collapse all tracks at once but I'll have to look at my notes.
 

Yes man, that is what I was trying to learn. Thanks, i will try this, and let you know
 
As far as collapsing, i have been trying to figure it out, for at least a week.