Reference Guide

400 Arranging and editing
Comping
See also:
“Loop recording multiple takes to a single track” on page 394.
“Looping” on page 194
“Recording” on page 267
“Recording modes” on page 278
Comping with the Smart tool and Comping tool
SONAR’s Smart tool or Comping tool have an isolate function that allows you to select a
region on one Take lane and automatically mute the same region in all other Take lanes on the same
track.
The mouse pointer looks like when comping operations are possible. Simply click a take to
isolate the take, or drag to make a time selection, and SONAR automatically mutes all other
overlapping takes in the same track. Clips are split, if necessary, in order to be isolated or muted.
Figure 104. Click the take you want to isolate.
When a clip is split, the two resulting clips contain identical data, but are cropped differently. SONAR
will intelligently create as few clips as possible when comping. If a clip has been split, it can later be
“healed” by removing the split. SONAR can heal split clips if two clips are abutting, and contain the
identical audio data, as long as the clips have not been moved relative to each other.
When you use the Smart tool
or Comping tool to isolate and mute/unmute, SONAR will
automatically “heal” any split clips if possible in order to reduce the number of clips. You can simply
Tip: When comping, enable Aim Assist ( Edit > Aim Assist , or press X) so you can clearly see which
clips overlap at the position you click. When you click or drag to isolate a take, any other takes on the
same track that intersect the Aim Assist line will be muted.