Grouping controls

SONAR lets you create groups of StudioWare controls. When several controls are in a single group, you can move a single control and have the remaining controls in the group adjust automatically. This is useful for many different mixing and crossfade applications.

When you create a group of controls, each control in the group has a starting and an ending value. Here’s how these values are used:

When you move any control in the group to its starting value, all controls in the group are set to their starting value

When you move any control in the group to its ending value, all controls in the group are set to their ending value

When you position any control in the group somewhere between its starting and ending value, all controls in the group are set to the same relative position between their starting and ending value

The initial range for each control is set based on the position of the controls at the time you group them.

You can adjust the range for any individual control, even if it is part of a group, simply by holding the SHIFT key while you move the control. When you adjust an individual control by holding the SHIFT key, its maximum or minimum is adjusted, depending on whether the entire group is closer to its minimum or maximum value.

To create a group of controls

1.	Select any control by clicking on it with the mouse.

2.	Hold down the CTRL key and click on one or more additional controls.

SONAR creates a group from the selected controls.

To remove controls from a group

Hold down the CTRL key and click on any control in the group.

SONAR removes the control from the group.

To adjust a single control in a group

Hold down the SHIFT key and drag the control to a new value.

The range for the control is adjusted so that its current position corresponds with the current position of other controls in the group.

Example: to set two faders for a crossfade

1.	Move the two faders to their midpoint.

2.	Click on the first fader, and then CTRL-click on the second to create a group.

3.	Move both faders to their highest position.

4.	SHIFT-drag the second fader to its lowest position.

5.	Drag the first fader to its lowest position.

6.	SHIFT-drag the second fader to its highest position.

These two controls are now grouped so that they move in opposite directions.

The minimum and maximum values of the faders look like this:

 

Table 220.  

Fader	Starting value	Ending value
#1	0	127
#2	127	0

To set faders that are always the same distance apart, set the ranges something like this:

 

Table 221.  

Fader	Starting value	Ending value
#1	0	63
#2	64	127

To set faders to move over different ranges of values, set them something like this:

 

Table 222.  

Fader	Starting value	Ending value
#1	0	127
#2	0	100