Is it just me, or is the way Sonar lists track sends completely sloppy and unhelpful?

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2013/03/30 23:08:50 (permalink)

Is it just me, or is the way Sonar lists track sends completely sloppy and unhelpful?

Case in point: I wanted to set up a kick/bass sidechain, so I insert the compressor on the bass track and sidechain enable it. Then I go to the kick track to route the send. Only I'm looking up and down the list of send possibilities and can't find anything that says "Bass" (the name of the track) or "10" (the number of the track) or "Trillian 1" (the synth that's on the track). In fact barely any of the sends listed are clearly named, they all required thinking about before I worked out exactly what they were. And after an age, I finally worked out that the one I wanted was named "Track Compressor(input 2) - Kontakt 5 1"

So why does it say Kontakt? And then I remembered - the bass track in question originally pointed to an instance of Kontakt which is now long gone. In fact at this point in time, "Kontakt 5 1" is now the name of an instance of Kontakt on a keyboard track. No wonder I was confused. So I can only assume that when you change the softsynth on a track, the part of Sonar that deals with sends doesn't bother updating the name of the synth in its list, and just goes with whatever synth you originally had on the track. Am I right? 

Anyway, I find this labeling system to be messy, clumsy, flawed and completely unhelpful. It just seems like one of those areas of Sonar that remains "unfinished" to this day. 

James
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    Razorwit
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    Re:Is it just me, or is the way Sonar lists track sends completely sloppy and unhelpful? 2013/03/31 00:24:19 (permalink)
    Hi Sharke,
    Here the name of the sidechain input is always "(plugin name)Input number - track name" and it does update in the list when I change the track name. Is the "track name" portion not updating for you when you update the name of the track on which the plugin resides?

    On a slightly separate note, what is mildly annoying here is the fact that Sonar lists physical outputs before busses in the send dialog. These days I have 32 outs, which means I have to scroll before I even get to see my busses. *sigh*

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    Re:Is it just me, or is the way Sonar lists track sends completely sloppy and unhelpful? 2013/03/31 01:28:50 (permalink)
    Nope it's not updating the track name in the list when I change the name of the track. 

    If you ask me, that list would be way more helpful if it listed the send possibilities something like this:

    Track number (if applicable) - Correct track or bus name - Everything else. 


    James
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