kelsoz
Max Output Level: -86 dBFS
- Total Posts : 235
- Joined: 2007/06/16 19:09:06
- Location: Pennsylvania
- Status: offline
X3 Track Colors are also PRV Note Colors-Track Grouping VS Multi-Track PRV Editing Dilema
So I like the idea of the X3 track colors in TV and CV from a grouping point of view so I can make all the string tracks blue (for example). But I now see that these track colors are also the note colors in PRV. So if I have several tracks showing in PRV (as I often do), and if they are the same track color, the note colors of the several tracks are the same - degrading from the multi-track viewing and editing experience in PRV.
It looks like if I really want the notes of different tracks to be different colors in PRV I'll need to give up the TV and CV color grouping advantage.
Is there a way I can have both????
Thanks
kelsoz Dell Desktop PC / Win7 HomePrem 64 / Core i5 760 (quad, 2.8GHz) / 8GB / 1 TB / E-MU1616 PCI+Realtek PC Audio / Event 6 Pro Monitors / BIAB 2012.5 / Sonar X3c/64 Bld 216
|
stevec
Max Output Level: 0 dBFS
- Total Posts : 11546
- Joined: 2003/11/04 15:05:54
- Location: Parkesburg, PA
- Status: offline
Re: X3 Track Colors are also PRV Note Colors-Track Grouping VS Multi-Track PRV Editing Dil
2013/10/11 18:22:39
(permalink)
If you select a track that should also select all the clips on the track. Then go to the Clips tab in the TI and you can change the foreground color there.
SteveC https://soundcloud.com/steve-cocchi http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=39163 SONAR Platinum x64, Intel Q9300 (2.5Ghz), Asus P5N-D, Win7 x64 SP1, 8GB RAM, 1TB internal + ESATA + USB Backup HDDs, ATI Radeon HD5450 1GB RAM + dual ViewSonic VA2431wm Monitors; Focusrite 18i6 (ASIO); Komplete 9, Melodyne Studio 4, Ozone 7 Advanced, Rapture Pro, GPO5, Valhalla Plate, MJUC comp, MDynamic EQ, lots of other freebie VST plugins, synths and Kontakt libraries
|
Brando
Max Output Level: -47.5 dBFS
- Total Posts : 2776
- Joined: 2003/11/06 11:47:20
- Location: Canada
- Status: offline
Re: X3 Track Colors are also PRV Note Colors-Track Grouping VS Multi-Track PRV Editing Dil
2013/10/11 18:37:18
(permalink)
stevec
If you select a track that should also select all the clips on the track. Then go to the Clips tab in the TI and you can change the foreground color there.
... And/or background colour
Brando
Cakewalk, Studio One Pro, Reaper Presonus Audiobox 1818VSL ASUS Prime Z370-A LGA1151, 32GB DDR4, Intel 8700K i7, 500 GB SSD, 3 x 1TB HDD, Windows 10 Pro 64
|
icontakt
Max Output Level: -32.5 dBFS
- Total Posts : 4266
- Joined: 2012/03/04 08:18:02
- Location: Tokyo
- Status: offline
Re: X3 Track Colors are also PRV Note Colors-Track Grouping VS Multi-Track PRV Editing Dil
2013/10/11 20:29:59
(permalink)
stevec
If you select a track that should also select all the clips on the track. Then go to the Clips tab in the TI and you can change the foreground color there.
However, you have to do this every time after you record a new midi clip in that track, which you didn't have to in X2.
Tak T. Primary Laptop: Core i7-4710MQ CPU, 16GB RAM, 7200RPM HDD, Windows 7 Home Premium OS (Japanese) x64 SP1Secondary Laptop: Core2 Duo CPU, 8GB RAM, 7200RPM HDD, Windows 7 Professional OS (Japanese) x64 SP1Audio Interface: iD14 (ASIO)Keyboard Controller/MIDI Interface: A-800PRODAW: SONAR Platinum x64 (latest update installed)
|
stevec
Max Output Level: 0 dBFS
- Total Posts : 11546
- Joined: 2003/11/04 15:05:54
- Location: Parkesburg, PA
- Status: offline
Re: X3 Track Colors are also PRV Note Colors-Track Grouping VS Multi-Track PRV Editing Dil
2013/10/11 23:17:36
(permalink)
True... it's the defaults that can't be set. For that reason I might wait until I was I've recorded all my parts for that track... I personally tend to use color coding when I'm arranging or mixing vs. recording.
SteveC https://soundcloud.com/steve-cocchi http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=39163 SONAR Platinum x64, Intel Q9300 (2.5Ghz), Asus P5N-D, Win7 x64 SP1, 8GB RAM, 1TB internal + ESATA + USB Backup HDDs, ATI Radeon HD5450 1GB RAM + dual ViewSonic VA2431wm Monitors; Focusrite 18i6 (ASIO); Komplete 9, Melodyne Studio 4, Ozone 7 Advanced, Rapture Pro, GPO5, Valhalla Plate, MJUC comp, MDynamic EQ, lots of other freebie VST plugins, synths and Kontakt libraries
|
kelsoz
Max Output Level: -86 dBFS
- Total Posts : 235
- Joined: 2007/06/16 19:09:06
- Location: Pennsylvania
- Status: offline
Re: X3 Track Colors are also PRV Note Colors-Track Grouping VS Multi-Track PRV Editing Dil
2013/10/12 10:02:44
(permalink)
Thanks - but not a good solution for me.
First, the PRV not colors are tied to the track colors. So I must make my 3 string tracks a different colors so they will be differentiated in PRV. Now to get color grouping I (as suggested) make the clip colors of these three tracks the same - now they look grouped in PRV. BUT, in CV, which shows only track colors, grouping is not to be had. Not a satisfying approach.
Any solutions?
kelsoz Dell Desktop PC / Win7 HomePrem 64 / Core i5 760 (quad, 2.8GHz) / 8GB / 1 TB / E-MU1616 PCI+Realtek PC Audio / Event 6 Pro Monitors / BIAB 2012.5 / Sonar X3c/64 Bld 216
|
jbraner
Max Output Level: -57 dBFS
- Total Posts : 1830
- Joined: 2003/11/06 14:38:35
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
- Status: offline
Re: X3 Track Colors are also PRV Note Colors-Track Grouping VS Multi-Track PRV Editing Dil
2013/10/12 16:10:13
(permalink)
The notes in PRV are the foreground colour - so we're working on the basis of making all clips the same colour (background colour) and grouping by foreground colour.
I agree that this isn't ideal - especially as you say, when looking at a few different MIDI tracks in PRV.
I think it would be good to group our tracks by the *background* colour - for example make audio clips use black for the foreground colour and group them by background colour (black on blue, black on red etc etc). Then for MIDI tracks we could still have a group of - for example - blue background clips, with different foreground colours - to see them better in PRV with a few MIDI parts on screen.
THE PROBLEM - I don't see background colour in the colour settings any more! I know they are still configurable as I imported some colour schemes from X2, and I have all different background colours for clips.
so I think it would be good for the X3 colours to represent the *background* clip colours! and then let us easily modify the forgoing colours on MIDI tracks (audio tracks actually work fine the way things are now)
what does anyone else think?
|