Master Keyboard Shortcuts in Cakewalk Sonar Free: A Simple Guide to Boost Your Workflow (Video Tutorial)

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Hey everyone, I’ve just put together a quick video tutorial on how to create and customize keyboard shortcuts in Cakewalk Sonar Free, and I wanted to share it with you all. If you're like me, you probably spend a lot of time inside the DAW, and setting up the right shortcuts can make a huge difference in how fast and efficiently you work.

Why I Created This Video

I’ve been using Cakewalk for a while now, and one of the best things I’ve done for my workflow is creating custom keyboard shortcuts. It saves me so much time, especially during the mixing and editing stages. I know a lot of people are just getting started with Cakewalk Sonar Free, so I wanted to make this video to show you how to set everything up, step-by-step.

In this tutorial, I walk you through:

How to navigate the Preferences menu and find the Keyboard Shortcuts section

How to assign custom shortcuts (Keyboard and MIDI)

How to identify keys already assigned to shortcuts

If you're a beginner or just looking to make your setup more efficient, this should help a lot. It's not about doing anything complicated—just simple steps to make your experience in Cakewalk smoother and faster.

Check It Out Here

If you think this might help you, here's the full video tutorial:
🔗 Watch the Video: How to Create Keyboard Shortcuts in Cakewalk Sonar Free

I genuinely hope it’s useful. I know it can be a bit overwhelming when you’re first starting out with a DAW, so I just wanted to share something that helped me get better at Cakewalk.

Feel free to ask any questions if you get stuck or need more info. I’d be happy to help out where I can.

 

P.S. I did not know how to embed the video here, so here is my trial and error 🤐🤐

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