dcmg
For me, I un-checked the key bindings box, as I want my custom bindings to persist at all times. I believe one could also uncheck the "custom" module in the CB so that it persists in all Lenses. Craig ( or anyone) correct me if I'm wrong there.

Andrzej Salm
I really miss the old Cakewalk, the one with no take lanes, multidock and all this pointless crap. Perhaps I'm getting old... ;)

Andrzej Salm
I really miss the old Cakewalk, the one with no take lanes, multidock and all this pointless crap. Perhaps I'm getting old... ;)

Anderton

John
What I don't understand is the negativity some express about them.

It's easy to think that people are just resistant to change, but that doesn't explain why someone would resist change. Often, the unspoken conclusion is it's due to someone being a Luddite, but I think that misses the point in the vast majority of cases, and does a disservice to those who resist change. 
 
At my seminars I often talk about the conflict of the intuitive art of making music with processes that require conscious thought. The two are opposed to each other. The example I always give is you have some great groove going, then the phone rings or there's a mechanical problem. There goes the groove, because you had to switch from right-brain to left-brain thinking. Rarely can you get the groove back.
 
So the initial response to an "upset the applecart" shift is "this will make the process of making music more difficult" because it will require left-brain thinking to learn it, which goes against the right brain, which just wants to make music.  And those who resist change for this reason are right. But - they need to take this process one step further, not stop just shy of the finish line.
 
A shift can cause a disruption but once you get past the disruption and integrate the shift into your workflow and it becomes second nature, the right kind of shift can actually make a more accommodating environment for right-brain thinking. Take track icons: an image appeals directly to your right brain, whereas a text label requires left-brain parsing. It's a tiny change, but all my songs use track icons now and it may sound weird, but my music is better because of it. Cakewalk has added a ton of features to SONAR (some big and some small) that once assimilated, streamline workflow so you can make better music.

Anderton

dcmg
Craig's tips serve as introductions to functions I would rarely use, but will often check it out after he explains it...if only to say "woah cool..had no idea SONAR could do that". ( Of course, I then promptly forget how to do that task and never do it again, but that's another thread :) )

That's why it seemed like a book was a good idea 

kzmaier

jshep0102
They can also be looked at as global screensets. I opened each of my screensets, then created a new lens and saved it with the same name. You can create more lenses than you can screensets.
 
I expect it's been explained elsewhere, but why do screensets have to be per project only, and not global?

I agree, just make screensets global???

jshep0102
On the first page I said that Lenses load much slower than screensets for me. Is anyone else experiencing this? I shutdown/restart daily, so I don't think it's cache related.

Steve_Karl
 
For me that would remove a ton of functionality as I have different screensets for every project.
I think screensets need to stay on a per project level.