Delighted with MIDI/PRV Changes in X2! Other changes too!

Wow!

So many little details making this a much more comfortable environment for me...

Now we can click anywhere in a clip and it both selects the clip as well as sets the now time locator (as in the old days). A Dbl-Click opens the PRV and "nothing is selected"! What a relief! I can't count how often I have to undo/redo my first motion in X1's PRV as I continually forget that all notes are selected... 

New draw note function is fast and easy and the timeline drag-zoom is being so very handy! the auto-snap looks as tho it's gonna be very fast for a lot of work too... I can hardly wait!

I must admit that I'm having a lot of fun with so many things in X2.... Having the FX Chains in PC so we can now interleave our VST's with the PC modules... Outstanding! (Tho I use very little other than the PC modules lately)...

So not much I can do with this machine yet as I'm running the internal chip set for audio while I await the arrival of a new audio interface... It should be here by the middle of next week!

I've got a long way to go getting up to speed in X2 and used to all the new abilities... but so far the changes feel so natural to me they feel like old shoes!

Many Thanks Bakers! You listened... You heard... You excelled!  Kudos Galore!

Too bad you didn't include SonarPlus built in with it as those are a few items still missing from the build... But it appears that there is a new Duck on the horizon to address those issues (and more) for us!

Thanks You All!

Keni

Glad all is going well with SX2 for you guys. I too had a great session and quite a long run this past weekend. Before the patch I had one crash in SX2 (x64 bit) while adjusting some settings in pro channel but since installing the quick fix patch SX2 has been rock solid for me. The only problem I'm still having is with Rapture Pro (x64). The box to enter my serial number is grayed out even with "run as admin" selected. Rap Pro LE is fine and both versions of Rapture are working in SX2 32 bit. I think I read where the bakers are working on a fix. I hope they come up with one soon as I don't want to re-install anything again. I might break something else...

I think we've got a winner in X2! So far there have been very few bugs or complaints.... I'm guessing these little hangs will soon be resolved as it should be easy for The Bakers to focus on so few issues...

Keni

Have you guys noticed, clicking on a track in track view while working in Piano View, resets the piano view's zoom to minimum and the player to 0. (in piano view)

EDIT: pressing play sets the marker back to the now time, so the reset is a moment's frustration but fixes itself. The zoom issue though remains.

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Have you guys noticed, clicking on a track in track view while working in Piano View, resets the piano view's zoom to minimum and the player to 0. (in piano view)

EDIT: pressing play sets the marker back to the now time, so the reset is a moment's frustration but fixes itself. The zoom issue though remains.

Hi...

Are you using the PRV in the multidock? I haven't noticed such a problem (yet) using the PRV as non-floating, full-screen...

Keni

Thanks... I haven't put it thru any real work yet, so there may be "issues", but feature-wise, it's much more what I expected X1 to be and remained shocked and pained at it's initial release... Many things improved with the point releases, but these issues were still a pain... No longer!
...These items I've mentioned are such in-your-face items that the relief is astounding!

 
I agree 100%.  X2 has so many things that may not sound like much on paper but in normal use are just great.
 
 

I can't do any real-work testing for another week or so as I'm awaiting my interface and running at 72ms latency with the built-in Realtek chip set is just too un-real!

 
Uh... yeah, that could be a little difficult.  
 
 

I did play with the lanes a little and tho I'm definitely not a fan of lane-style work in general, the implementation in X2 might be just the "hybrid" to work for me... But I still would like to have pop-ups of the envelopes names with a mouse-over.... that's still something missing... Time will tell if my opinion and work habits change in this regard... Right now I'm feeling so good about the choices made for X2 that I'm hoping to find lanes a good thing when implemented in this way! ;-) What about you? Have you made the change yet?

 
I haven't really "switched" to lanes at this point, but I have been using them to see whether they'll work for me in certain cases.  Right now I find them most useful for tracks that have more than 3-4 envelopes or envelopes that occupy a similar space.  Lanes seem to make it much simpler to see what's what and select the right envelope in those scenarios.  As far as mouse-over goes, I'm pretty sure I've seen that...  It's probably a modifier key (Shift, Ctrl or Alt) + Hover to see them.
 
Now I need to see if I can make use of the little sliders at the end of each lane... 
 

Bristol_Jonesey


I just mentioned in another thread that one of the features of the new PRV that I absolutely love is the horizontal aim-assist.

It is rather handy. What is cool is its something we as users should have asked for but I for one never thought of it. Clearly CW did realize its usefulness.

I also have to agree with Keni that the PRV is superb. I think at present its the best in the industry.

stevec


  I haven't really "switched" to lanes at this point, but I have been using them to see whether they'll work for me in certain cases.  Right now I find them most useful for tracks that have more than 3-4 envelopes or envelopes that occupy a similar space.  Lanes seem to make it much simpler to see what's what and select the right envelope in those scenarios.  As far as mouse-over goes, I'm pretty sure I've seen that...  It's probably a modifier key (Shift, Ctrl or Alt) + Hover to see them.
 
Now I need to see if I can make use of the little sliders at the end of each lane... 
 

Yeah... I'm wondering what/how the do/work too! ;-)

Keni

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Have you guys noticed, clicking on a track in track view while working in Piano View, resets the piano view's zoom to minimum and the player to 0. (in piano view)

EDIT: pressing play sets the marker back to the now time, so the reset is a moment's frustration but fixes itself. The zoom issue though remains.

Hi...

Are you using the PRV in the multidock? I haven't noticed such a problem (yet) using the PRV as non-floating, full-screen...

Keni

Hey Keni,

Yea in the multi-dock. It seems you need several MIDI tracks open and try clicking between them a few times until it happens. I tested in floating as well. In X1 this is not an issue. 

Hi TM...

Probably be a good idea to tell them that along with the Problem Report... It probably has to do with changing window focus issues or some such as I don't experience (not yet?) that using the non-floated/full-screen PRV...

Keni

Keni

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Have you guys noticed, clicking on a track in track view while working in Piano View, resets the piano view's zoom to minimum and the player to 0. (in piano view)

EDIT: pressing play sets the marker back to the now time, so the reset is a moment's frustration but fixes itself. The zoom issue though remains.

Hi...

Are you using the PRV in the multidock? I haven't noticed such a problem (yet) using the PRV as non-floating, full-screen...

Keni

Hey Keni,

Yea in the multi-dock. It seems you need several MIDI tracks open and try clicking between them a few times until it happens. I tested in floating as well. In X1 this is not an issue. 

Hi TM...

Probably be a good idea to tell them that along with the Problem Report... It probably has to do with changing window focus issues or some such as I don't experience (not yet?) that using the non-floated/full-screen PRV...

Keni

Indeed, I reported it to them. It could also be with certain VSTi's open, for example I had Kontakt 4 open as the only plugin running.