Multi-touch

Windows 8 features support for multi-touch displays. Multi-touch allows you to use one or more fingers as an input device to complement the mouse and keyboard. Touch gestures can be used for navigating and manipulating objects. Sonar provides an enhanced user experience on touch-capable devices, with intuitive gestures that increase productivity:

Adjust knobs, faders and buttons.

Scroll and zoom in the Track view.

Scroll both horizontally and vertically in the Console view.

Scroll in the Inspector.

Drag content from the Browser, with visual feedback.

Adjust MultiDock splitter bar.

Control Bar Transport module touch support.

Arrange windows on the screen.

Trigger cells in the Matrix view.

Enable/disable steps in the step sequencer.

 

See:

Using touch gestures

Matrix view touch gestures

Console view touch gestures

Track view multi-touch gestures

Windowing / Skylight touch gestures

Control Bar touch gestures

Browser touch gestures

QuadCurve Equalizer fly-out panel touch gestures

Using touch gestures with a trackpad

Using touch gestures

A gesture is a quick movement of one or more fingers on a screen that the computer interprets as a command, rather than as a mouse movement.

Multi-touch manipulations use multiple contact points simultaneously. For example, you can adjust multiple faders in the Console view simultaneously, or trigger multiple cells in the Matrix view.

Sonar supports many touch gestures, as described in the following table.

 

Table 85. Basic multi-touch gestures  

Gesture		Description
Tap		Briefly touch the surface of the touchscreen with your fingertip.
Double-tap		Rapidly touch the surface of the touchscreen twice with your fingertip.
Swipe		Place a finger on the touchscreen and quickly swipe it in the desired direction.
Pinch		Touch surface with two fingers a little distance apart on the screen and bring them closer together.
Spread		Touch surface with two fingers close together on the screen and move them apart.
Drag		Move fingertip over surface without losing contact.
Scroll		Move one finger up or down, or left and right, across the touchscreen.   Note: Scrolling supports inertia, so if you scroll quickly and let go it will continue scrolling and gradually come to a halt.

Matrix view touch gestures

You can use the following touch gestures to control the Matrix view.

 

Table 86. Matrix View multi-touch gestures

Function	Gesture
Trigger a cell	Tap the cell’s Play circle
Trigger a column	Tap a column header
Mute a row	Tap the row’s Mute button
Solo a row	Tap the row’s Solo button
Stop all cells	Tap the Panic button
Toggle record	Tap the Record button
Reorder cells	Press a cell and drag to the desired location
Scroll left or right	Swipe left or right
Scroll up or down	Swipe up or down

 

See:

Matrix view

Console view touch gestures

You can use the following touch gestures to control the Console view.

 

Table 87. Console view multi-touch gestures

Function	Gesture
Adjust a volume fader	Drag the fader up/down
Adjust a pan control	Drag the Pan control left/right
Adjust an Input Trim control	Drag the Input Trim control left/right
Mute/unmute a channel strip	Tap the channel strip’s Mute button
Solo/unsolo a channel strip	Tap the channel strip’s Solo button

 

See:

Console view

Track view multi-touch gestures

You can use the following multi-touch gestures to control the Track view.

 

Table 88. Track view multi-touch gestures

Function	Gesture
Zoom in or out vertically	Pinch or spread up/down
Zoom in or out horizontally	Pinch or spread left/right
Move loop start/end positions	Tap and drag loop start/end markers
Toggle mute	Tap Mute button
Toggle solo	Tap Solo button

 

See:

Track view

Windowing / Skylight touch gestures

You can use the following touch gestures to navigate windows.

 

Table 89. Windowing / Skylight multi-touch gestures

Function	Gesture
Resize the MultiDock vertically	Drag the splitter bar between the MultiDock and Track view
Expand/collapse the Browser of Inspector	Tap the corner of the Browser or Inspector
Switch between views in the MultiDock	Tap on tabs in the MultiDock
Resize panes	Drag splitter bar between Track view and Inspector or Browser

Control Bar touch gestures

You can use the following touch gestures to control the Control Bar.

 

Table 90. Control Bar multi-touch gestures

Function	Gesture
Toggle Play	Tap Play button
Toggle Stop	Tap Stop button
Toggle Record	Tap Record button
Return to zero	Tap Go to Start (RTZ) button
Move Now Time	Tap the Time Ruler

 

See:

Control Bar overview

Browser touch gestures

You can use the following touch gestures to control the Browser.

 

Table 91. Browser multi-touch gestures

Function	Gesture
Scroll up/down	Swipe up/down
Drag a loop to a Matrix cell	Tap and drag to the Matrix cell
Drag loop to the Track view	Tap and drag to the Track view

 

See:

Browser

QuadCurve Equalizer fly-out panel touch gestures

You can use the following touch gestures to control the graph in the QuadCurve Equalizer fly-out panel.

 

Table 92. QuadCurve Equalizer fly-out panel multi-touch gestures

Function	Gesture
Adjust gain or frequency	Drag a node
Adjust Q	Pinch or spread a node left/right

 

See:

QuadCurve Equalizer fly-out panel

Using touch gestures with a trackpad

Windows 8 supports indirect multi-touch, which is gesture support that occurs through a computer’s trackpad. In addition to touching a touchscreen directly, you can apply gestures to the surface of a trackpad.