Thanks, but I think you missed the point. When you copy/paste a single set of grouped clips, you get a new group, as expected. When you copy/paste multiple groups, ALL the new clips are put in a single large group, which is not how Sonar behaved in version X2 and earlier. Take a close look at the group numbers in the above pictures. The .INI tweak you pointed to does not address this....
Here's a simple example of why this is a serious problem:
Hypothetically, I have 16 measure multi-track drum recording, and I want to copy/paste that to create a 32 measure part. Then, I want to slip edit the last measure of the newly pasted section to insert a fill.
First, I group the clips of original 16-measure riff, which gives me Group 1. There's a timing problem in measure 8, so I want to fix that before copying. I split the problem bar on either side, and adjust timing to taste. That leaves me with three groups: Group 1 (meas. 1-7), Group 2 (meas. 8), and Group 3 (meas. 9-16). All good.
Now, I copy/paste the 16 measure chunk with its three groups, giving me a new section starting at measure 17. The new chunk still has three sets of clips: meas. 17-23, meas. 24, and meas. 25-32. BUT....they are ALL put into Group 4. If I slip edit the last measure like I'd planned, since all three sections are now part of the same group, they will all follow the edit. In other words, when I slip edit measure 32, the clips from meas. 17-23 will also change, as will the clips at meas. 24.
With a more complex series of edits, this becomes a gigantic PITA. And considering I do these kinds of edits all the time, until this is addressed by the Bakers, I'm left with no choice but to do that work in X2 and only use S-Plat for final mixes.
post edited by kicksville - 2016/01/16 12:31:25