The shortcut I is another conflict, which opens Sonar's Inspector. Although this overwrote Studio One's shortcut for Invert Selection, I think Sonar users will be willing to sacrifice Invert Selection for having something similar to opening up the ProChannel.

So I mapped Studio One's Open Channel to Ctrl I (the screenshot shows assigning this in the process of creating the key scheme), Sonar's shortcut for opening the ProChannel. Yet Studio One has a functionally similar Console feature when you open the channel-you see what effects are inserted, and a thumbnail of their settings. A Sonar user will more likely want the refresh function, although that means creating a new shortcut for reverse audio.Īnother example is for Sonar users who miss its ProChannel. For example, Studio One's reverse audio shortcut is Ctrl R-the same as Sonar's shortcut to refresh the Media Browser. Also, many functions for which Sonar has few or no keyboard shortcuts (e.g., automation) have shortcuts in Studio One, and assigning some shortcuts to Sonar can overwrite useful Studio One shortcuts, so you need to create a new shortcut for any you remove. Many of Sonar's shortcuts are based on the traditional Windows approach of using control keys to navigate quickly through menus rather than calling up functions directly. Spoiler alert: Ultimately I think it's best to learn Studio One's keyboard shortcuts unless you use multiple DAWs and don't want your brain to explode learning all the variations. What I learned in the process might be useful if you want to create mappings for a program you were using prior to migrating to Studio One.

To add to that list, I mapped Sonar's shortcuts to Studio One these mappings are included as an alternate key scheme in the most recent update. Studio One comes with keyboard shortcut mappings for Cubase, Logic, and Pro Tools, so those switching to Studio One can use the keyboard shortcuts with which they're familiar-as well as navigate the trial version without having to learn a lot of new shortcuts.

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