looking for zoom options in SONAR's track view

You will get better answers and a lot quicker if your title reflects the question.

In Sonar there are many ways to zoom. I would study up on the different ways to see which one is best for your needs.

In the track view on the title bar of each track is a maximize and minimize button. That is the fastest way to zoom the track for editing. Then there are the zoom controls on the vertical and horizontal scroll bars. Then in 7 it has enhanced zooming as well as a zoom tool. 6 has the z key and u key for zooming. There are other ways too but you need to read about them in your manual.

Thanks guys, John I have read the manual, many, many of them. I have used cakewalk since Dos 1.0 John, just not the last couple years, I was hoping there was some undocumented function or something as I do not find it fast at all compared to cubase, and that would be my only regret but its a big one for me, slows me down way too often and I hate the thought of ending up back in sx3 to edit things just for the lack of good navigational implementation. It has pretty much been the same approach for a decade now and I would love to see things expanded a bit so both camps can work effectively. Oh well back to work, but thanks

"In the track view on the title bar of each track is a maximize and minimize button. That is the fastest way to zoom the track for editing. Then there are the zoom controls on the vertical and horizontal scroll bars. Then in 7 it has enhanced zooming as well as a zoom tool. 6 has the z key and u key for zooming."


John offered you several options AND suggested there are even more options...

AND your response is to change the subject of your post to call him out????

That's weird.

Using 6 not the others. Why are we doing this? I was addressing what he said he uses.

ORIGINAL: OzziesFurHat

"John offered you several options AND suggested there are even more options...

AND your response is to change the subject of your post to call him out????

That's weird. "

John rightly pointed out I had not put enough info in the topic, so i fixed it, giving him credit with a smile, I don't know if to you that is calling him out as you say, but I don't think so...:) relax please, this is not the cubase forum and just because i have 20 posts does not mean i am a newbie or an idiot my friend and thanks John it may be its time to install 7 now

Well, If I made a mistake I apologize. I felt that it seemed you were acting rudely. How's that for relaxed?

best regards,
mike

John it may be its time to install 7 now

Not if you have 8! LOL. In fairness to Mike I got the same vibe as he in this and I thank him for stepping in. It seems we both, Mike and I got it wrong. That is really a good thing. I want to welcome you to the forum Ozzie. Its sometimes hard to read the real meaning behind the writing. Each time we post we run the risk of being misunderstood. Me more then most.

Man you have a lot on your plate. Thanks for getting back on this. I hope all turns out well for you. I don't know if I could deal with two versions at the same time but it sure would be fun.

ORIGINAL: kwgm

Ozzie,

If you have a wheel on your mouse, try spinning it in Sonar. You may be in for a surprise.

Then try the shift-wheel spin.

Then try another modifier with wheel spin, like alt or control.

Sonar has many neat tricks like this -- much easier to work with than Cubase. I was a Cubase 3 SX user too, because I thought it integrated better with my Yamaha Motif/mlan synths. But after customizing Sonar to my needs using the toolbars, the keyboard shortcuts, the menus, and the views, I'll never return. Sonar's so much easier to use!

That's right! Those are all really nice features I use a lot in SONAR.

Okay dokey! I'm off to spin a few more tracks hehehehe

I appreciate all of your help, and yes I did know about and am using the mouse wheel w / modifier keys but I am

thinking maybe if I explain better the way I work and why it is an issue for me, maybe there is an aspect of sonar

that I have overlooked or perhaps I need a certain type of programmable mouse someone else uses or knows of.

Ok here goes, I am not the best at explaining things so please try to overlook that. I am primarily a guitar / muti

stringed player i.e. mandolin bass acoustic electric, you get it:) So when I am recording I like to work as fast as I

can

with new riffs or one that's not right in the pocket needing to be replaced. So I have the mouse at my right hand

along with Alphatrack and I am working of course in the track view. So I need to fairly often zoom into a zero

crossing point before the area I want to split, generally select the clip to the right not left after split and delete it

zoom back out to a reasonable maybe 20 measure size view back up a couple of measures from split point and

resume recording.

So in cubase I could drag down in timeline with one hand on the mouse (that is very important for me, not having

to have the keyboard with other hand doing shift or alt or cntrl keys) to zoom, split, cut clip drag up in timeline and

be done, all very quickly, you see? So if that clears up what and why I am needing please let me know if I am

overlooking an aspect of Sonar or a new wireless mouse that would help.
oz

Thanks Mike:) I have been using midi since the DX7 came out and midi drums since they came out with midi sequencers time coded to tape (yes there were tape machines one upon a time hehe ) track with smpte, so the minute i saw a program in dos (seems like it might have been ad in keyboard mag at the back in the ads section as i recall and Greg answered the phone back then hihi) that would allow for more control and better timing I was on it!:)
oz

So I need to fairly often zoom into a zero

crossing point before the area I want to split, generally select the clip to the right not left after split and delete it

zoom back out to a reasonable maybe 20 measure size view back up a couple of measures from split point and

resume recording.

Thumb on the CTRL button on the lower right of the keyboard, fingers on the arrow keys, left, right, up, down. Look ma, one hand zoom!

I also add with the Mouse Wheel quick zoom there are different options in the "Zoom Tool" button drop down menu. Different combination's yield different zooms depending on, Key stroke, cursor position and/or now time.

There are many ways to zoom


Tom