I want my Overlap Cropping Tool!

Hi Features Forum!
 
I'm making use of this nice new forum section by starting a thread to raise awareness for my favorite pet bug/dead feature/lack of functionality.
 
For those who want to know what I'm talking about, here's my last thread on the subject:
http://forum.cakewalk.com/Overlap-Cropping-Tool-Well-I-knew-this-was-gonna-happen-m2896684.aspx
 
 
I do like the Comping mode when recording other players, I really do! But when I'm alone recording myself I tend to use the old Sound-on-Sound mode and try to get each part exactly right before moving on to the next. 
 
It used to be that when you had two adjoining, partially overlapping clips on a single track without Layers/Lanes displayed, you could hover the mouse over the upper (or in the case of SONAR X2a, lower) portion of the overlap and the Overlap Cropping Tool would appear allowing you to get a perfect edit by simultaneously slip-editing both clip edges (adding a super-short crossfade with Auto X-fades enabled)!
 
I can think of no faster way to perfectly join two adjacent Audio Clips!
 
Since X3, there's been no way to use the Overlap Cropping Tool on single un-Laned tracks! So in order to use the tool, I need to open the track's Lanes and work from there, which can be fiddly since the Lanes I'm joining aren't always close to each other, vertically. Basically just takes much longer! (I also can't consistently make the OCT appear while viewing Lanes either, but that's a different discussion...)
 
I can see that trying to make this work under Comping Mode would be opening a can of worms, but I would be overjoyed if this feature would to return to the way it was when using Sound-on-Sound mode! 
 
Sven

Yes, have an upvote because sometimes editing on a single lane can be a bit convoluted

yeah getting rid of track layers ruined a huge part of my sonar workflow, and the tool you're mentioning is definitely part of that...

brian brock
yeah getting rid of track layers ruined a huge part of my sonar workflow, and the tool you're mentioning is definitely part of that...

I think that generally, "layers" were a something of a buggy mess and I wasn't sad to see them go. I think "lanes" are more solid and work much better in terms of comping/muting. But in terms of slip editing/fades/"flattening" there's room for improvement. I'd definitely like better control over the "master clip" (what you see when lanes aren't displayed).
 
Sven

gilgovy
with ovelap cropping tool it was so easy, when cursor turned into cropping tool, just went a little lower and you got the "two cropping clips icon", and that's it. you moved it anywhere you wanted it, it automatically crop the ending and the beginnig of the overlaping clips and doing the crossfade at the same time if you had crossfade turned on. in order to do it now, you must change to cropping tool, crop one clip, then crop the other clip making the crossfade. if you do it wrong, you have to do this all over again. with overlap cropping tool just went to the lower part of the beginnig of the clip, and then drag it anywhere you needed it. you did it wrong, just needed to drag it again. so simple, so beautiful, right on the master clip with no need to change to track lanes, but, if you were working in track lanes, just moved one lane right below the other and overlap cropping tool worked too!

Nice elaboration on the heart of the matter! The OCT was pure, fast workflow! Editing is important to me! I'm sometimes tempted to go back to X2a for this feature alone...