Hi All A couple of extra possibilities from the Sonar keystroke document are: Hide Selected Tracks: Shift+H Hide tracks not in selection: Ctrl+T and Show All Tracks: Ctrl+W Show All Tracks: AI don't know why there are two keystrokes to show all tracks or which, if any work, but they're there to play with.
Talk soon John At 19:08 20/05/2014, you wrote: Tim, thanks...and is it OK if I post this on VIP Audio Access? as it's a very handy tip to know, best Steve. Visit: www.vipaudioaccess.com for audio access solutions, articles, demos, to showcase your music and to basically get involved! Follow on Twitter: @VIPAudioAccess Follow me on Twitter: @stevesax123 -----Original Message----- From: visurfacereader-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:visurfacereader-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tim Burgess Sent: 20 May 2014 14:19 To: VI SurfaceReader VI SurfaceReader Subject: [visurfacereader] Sonar tip: hiding tracks Hi all, I was doing some testing with Steve Spamer this morning and he asked me how he might hide tracks so that they didn't appear on his control surface. Being able to do this would reduce the amount of banking that might be necessary and would also prevent confusion if you had multiple MIDI tracks feeding lots of audio outputs. I couldn't remember how to do this in Sonar at the time, but I've checked since and here's the method: 1 - Whilst positioned in the Track View, press M to bring up the Track Manager; 2 - You'll see a list of checkable items - one for each track/bus in your project. Use the space bar to uncheck the things you want to hide then Tab to the OK button and press Enter; 3 - You'll be returned to the Track View and the tracks you unchecked will have been hidden - test this by arrowing up/down through your project. However, the hidden tracks will still be visible on your control surface; 4 - Go to the Options menu and choose Control Surfaces; 5 - In the list of installed control surfaces, highlight the unit you want to configure; 6 - Press Tab until you get to a radio button called "All strips" This sets your surface to see all of the track strips in your project; 7 - Down Arrow until you've selected the radio button for "Track View" - this will only expose the track strips that are visible in the Track View; 8 - Tab to the Close button and press Enter. Don't be alarmed if you hear a load of faders reposition themselves - this is just the hidden tracks vanishing from your control surface. Obviously, all you need to do to make the tracks reappear is to go back into the Track Manager and check them again - this will make them visible on-screen and on your surface. Thanks to Steve for a really useful question. Best wishes. Tim Burgess