simplest way to mark and loop

At the recent Sounds Expo show in London there was a great session by the Sound on Sound folks showing how to rescue a mix. This was done using Logic and one thing that really impressed me was that the presenter seemed to be able to just drag and highlight a portion of the track and immediately get Logic to loop that section.

I'm having trouble achieving that with Sonar; it seems to take quite a few key presses to get that to work. This is probably just me not knowing that ctrl+alt+left shift something does it, but what's the preferred way to, while playing a track, select a loop region and get Sonar to start looping it.

Also, is there any way to get Sonar to loop 'just once' i.e every time you press play it will play the loop from beginning to end but then STOP!. When you're trying to trim out a small chunk of audio, you don't always want to loop endlessly but with small chunks it's tricky to see if, played by itself, the chunk is exactly what you want.

I'm sure it's just me being noobish here.

PS: Sonar kept a very low profile at this show, for some reason. Seems like a lost opportunity, ah well.... Logic was all over the place....

Make a key binding for:

Set loop points to selection

For your second question you may want to consider auto punch.

20x7

In addition to what others mentioned above, you can quickly drag along the Time Ruler to select your portion. Then click on the 'Set Loop Points To Selection' button.

Note that this button also exists on the Transport toolbar. It's always close by depending on how you use your Transport and configure your toolbars.

You may already be aware, but dragging along the Time Ruler is affected by your Snap to Grid settings.

Also, is there any way to get Sonar to loop 'just once' i.e every time you press play it will play the loop from beginning to end but then STOP!.

Do either of these:

1. Right-click on the Time Ruler and select Auto Shuttle; or

2. Select menu Transport > Loop and Auto Shuttle

Then in the ensuing dialog box, uncheck "Loop Continuously"

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Also, is there any way to get Sonar to loop 'just once' i.e every time you press play it will play the loop from beginning to end but then STOP!. When you're trying to trim out a small chunk of audio, you don't always want to loop endlessly but with small chunks it's tricky to see if, played by itself, the chunk is exactly what you want.

Another method is to use Transport->Audition. Select the time and track(s) you want to hear, then hit SHIFT-SPACE. This will play the selected area and then stop. Hit SHIFT-SPACE again to re-play (as long as the same time and tracks are selected).

That's an even better way or auditioning a section of audio or a section of a particular track in addition to to using the Alt drag combination.

See, this is why I love the forum, minds workng to gether coming up with ways to make recording easier.

I add these bits of information to my sonar Tips of the Day displayed page. I like being reminded or things that I forget to do using this program.

Peace

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ORIGINAL: TwentyTimesSeven


20x7

One Hundred Fourty (Shrugs)

Forty? 4d? forte?

Unfortunately, for me, transport-audition has been broken in my DAW since S403PE and remains broken through S501PE.

After loop recording to a multi-lane track, a transport-audition will finish with a rewind to the start of the project.

(Not related to "On stop rewind to now marker".)

20x7

thanks everyone. What a great selection of ideas!. I wish there was some place all these cool hints existed in these forums (or is there?).

Good News!
However, I could not find "Loop/Auto Shuttle" function in Sonar X1 but I found another way to play one time the selection.It is so easy.
1. select part of track which going to play
2. Press "shift"+"space" key
It starts to play and at the end point automatically stops.
Regards
Ramtin