Copying and duplicating tracks

Being able to quickly duplicate an existing track can be a time-saver in various mixing and recording situations. For example, you may want to double-track an instrument, or layer multiple copies of a track with slight panning and effect variations.

When you copy one or more tracks using the Track view Tracks > Duplicate Track(s) command, you can choose any of the following options:

What to copy:

Events (clips and automation)

Properties (name, color, volume, output, etc.)

Effects

Sends

Repetitions: how many copies of each selected track

Starting track: where you want the first new track to appear

To copy tracks

1.	Select the tracks that you want to copy.

2.	Do one of the following to open the Duplicate Track(s) dialog box:

Right-click the Duplicate Track button .

Click the Track view Tracks menu and choose Duplicate Track(s) t

3.	Select the Events, Properties, Effects, and/or Sends check boxes to indicate which items you want to copy.

4.	If you want copied events to become linked clips, select the Link to Original Clips check box.

5.	Select the number of repetitions of each selected track that you want to create.

6.	Select the track number where you want the first new track to appear. The other new tracks appear right after it.

7.

Click OK.

Sonar copies the tracks and pastes the selected tracks, with the first new track appearing at the track number you selected. All tracks appear consecutively.

Note: You can also duplicate the selected track(s) by clicking the Duplicate Track button in the Track view. To specify the default settings, right click the Duplicate Track button to open the Duplicate Track Settings dialog box.

To duplicate a track

1.	Select the track(s) that you want to duplicate. Sonar will use the focused track if no tracks are selected.

2.	Click the Duplicate Track button .

All duplicated tracks appear consecutively.

 

Tip: You can assign the Duplicate Track(s) command to a keyboard shortcut. To do so, go to Edit > Preferences > Customization - Keyboard Shortcuts, select Track View in the Area drop-down menu, then assign Tracks | Duplicate Track(s) to the desired shortcut. For details, see Key bindings.

To specify which track settings you want to duplicate, right-click (or hold down the CTRL key and click) the Duplicate Track button to open the Duplicate Track Settings dialog box.