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I managed to solve my problem using AutoHotKeys, an open-source software. My code is below. Works on both MIDI and Audio tracks. All you need is to arm the first track you are on. Then if you have tracks above or bwelow this track, use the relevant Up or Down Arrows. with up arrow you can un-arm the current track, seamlessly jump to the new track, arm that and continue recording. Same with the Down arrow. Copy the code into a text file and save as a .ahk file. Thats all. Up::Send !r{Up}!r Down::Send !r{Down}!r Windows lets you bind a short cut key but it is always a three key combination. With this you can do with even one but that can become messy as one letter may be used for other things. Below code can launch Cake walk. Modify to launch anything. Even a website. !c::Run D:\Cakewalk\Cakewalk.exe - this will run cakewalk with Alt+c.

@David Baay, the Up and Down arrow keys are bound to "go to next marker" and 'go to previous marker', and the left and right arrow keys are unassigned. But, when I select the console view, the left and right arrow keys move to the next strip and previous strip respectively (even though they are shown as unbound). I even loaded the default SONAR key bindings, and they are the same. I loaded several key maps and now the original bindings that you said are happening, but they do NOT show up in the key bindings

Thanks very much for your reply! I have been using Cakewalk only for around 4 days. I have figured out a vast majority of functions with my experience with Cubase, but this feature I need has eluded me. I even asked on a user group on Facebook to no avail. I know how to arm and record but when I need to record on another track I need to stop and arm the next one and start again. That process is painstakingly slow. So, am I to understand that what I have requested is not implemented currently and may be considered later?

I suggest an option in the preference menu where one can arm a track simply by selecting it. Also, a keyboard key or a macro to go Up or Down tracks. As it is, tracks have to be manually selected with the mouse. The track selected will be in focus, armed and ready for recording and the previous track will be not in focus anymore. As it is, recording on a track is possible only if the track is manually armed, which is done by a mouse click.