[Solved] SP is doing it again - creating MIDI(audio?) latency for no apparent reason..

 

williamcopper
I agree about putting "SOLVED!" on a post ... it's deceptive.

 
Deceptive? What the hell?!?
 
I marked it solved because the OP said "Well I think I have narrowed it down the the LP-64 EQ  - every time I insert it into ANY track, the latency happens, remove it and it goes back to normal. As I said it doesn't even need to be in the track being recorded. Weird!!"
 
"Solve" means "find an answer to, explanation for, or means of effectively dealing with (a problem or mystery)." Read what the OP said. That is EXACTLY the situation. An explanation was provided, an answer was found, and that answer provided a means of dealing with the problem. 
 

Makes the casual viewer think it was just operator error, when usually, as here, it's a mixture of insufficient knowledge or inadequate documentation or design choices that are not clear. Reading threads like this can be informative, and the "Solved" label is kind of a dis-incentive to read them.

 
I disagree as much as it is possible to disagree. First of all, it's ridiculous to think that saying "solved" implies a value judgement that something was operator error. See the definition above. Second, and the reason for changing a thread title to include "solved," is that putting solved is an INCENTIVE to read it because if you have ever experienced this issue, you can see that there is a thread with an answer. Also, adding [Solved] means that anyone with basic search chops can use the magic string:
 
site:forum.cakewalk.com [solved]
 
To return hits that are chock full of tips. And if someone has this issue, this will make it much easier to find a solution.
 
I suspect I'm not the only person who scans the forum for threads that are marked "solved" so I can build my personal knowledge base about solutions to problems for future reference.
 
Accusing "deception" seems like a very strange conclusion to reach about something that's done to make it easier for people to "find an answer to, explanation for, or means of effectively dealing with (a problem or mystery)." Most people remember, and are courteous enough, to add this themselves. As long as an OP finds a solution to a problem, and states they have found a solution, I will continue putting [Solved] in the title to benefit other users. 
 
I might add that I'm always appreciative of people who circle back into a thread and indicate when a problem has been solved. Particularly in the case of operator error, some people are too embarrassed to return to the thread and confirm that something was their fault, and not a flaw with SONAR as they sometimes claim in their OP. Therefore the thread is never marked "solved," thus making it that much more difficult for someone making the same error to find a solution.