Reference Guide

Tutorial 6 – Editing your music
While working on your music, you are likely to find that editing is a major part of the song creation
process. Before people started making music on computers, all of the editing was done by cutting tape
with a razor blade and piecing it together. You can imagine how difficult it could become. In SONAR, you
can actually select a part of your music with the mouse and delete/copy/paste/move it all very easily. This
tutorial will introduce some of SONAR's tools for making some common edits and offer a few tips to make
it faster and more fun.
See:
“Selection” on page 144
“Moving clips” on page 146
“Splitting clips” on page 146
“Cropping clips” on page 147
“Undo and Redo” on page 143
Undo and Redo
While editing a project, you might make mistakes or experiment with an idea that doesn't produce the
desired results. SONAR has unlimited Undo for such occasions. You can undo one step at a time by
selecting Edit > Undo or by pressing CTRL+Z. You can also look at your edit history and select a time to
go back to. To do so, go to Edit > History, choose the edit you'd like to return to and click OK.
If you change your mind and want to revert to the previous undo state, select Edit > Redo or press
CTRL+SHIFT+Z.
See:
“Selection” on page 144
“Moving clips” on page 146
“Splitting clips” on page 146
“Cropping clips” on page 147
Note: When you close a project, the Undo history is erased.