Hello all,
 
I was wonder if anyone has ever experienced this:  I just installed Sonar Platinum on my laptop and when trying to adjust anything using the touch pad; most likely volume, the faders move so quick, its as if I set my mouse sensitivity to the max. This problem happens to anything that requires an adjustment (volume, panning, etc..). It doesn't seem to have this problem when scrolling; for instance trying to view full console or tracks views.  I can't seem to see where I could adjust this in the Sonar preferences.  I'm starting to wondering if this is a bug because I remember this issue since X3. I just never really made an issue about it cause I was always using a mouse.  So yes, in order for me to work around this problem, I use a mouse. But there are times when you're mobile and may have forgotten your mouse. You would hope that when trying to do a mix, there wouldn't be any technical difficulties.
 
Is there anyone out there experiencing this same thing? 
 
Your response is greatly appreciated.
 
suicocide ;[
 
 

You can adjust the sensitivity of your track pad in Windows.

It's similar to selecting the rotation of a knob or the speed of a slider when using a mouse or mouse wheel. By modifying it with the shift key you make the movements finer, that is, slower.

Hey Mike V.,
 
Thanks for the advice. I went ahead and gave that a try and was able to find out a couple of things.  First off, I did make those adjustments with the mouse sensitivity through the control panel and I did notice a difference; somewhat.  There is an option I also had to make sure was not checked off and that was “Enhanced Pointer Precision”.  Once this was unchecked the “over-abundance” of mouse sensitivity was definitely gone, however the performance still doesn’t come close to when using an actual mouse.  Things I noticed after making those adjustments (lowering mouse sensitivity in windows, unchecking the enhanced pointer precision) was that if I was adjusting a fader, and assuming the fader was set in the middle, if I clicked and swiped up to raise the volume, the knob would shoot all the way down and freak-out; so-to-speak. It was like something was keeping the knob from moving up, it would just stay at the bottom and flutter as I swiped up.  However, if I were to click and swipe up in an area of the fader that was below the knob I would have more success. But it wasn’t consistent, sometimes the knob would shoot all the way down but move up as I swiped in that direction.  So still, I think this would get annoying after a while.  Definitely for sure, holding down the SHIFT key did help when trying to fine tune the adjustments but I found it getting cumbersome when trying to make quick adjustments. Overall, I just need to use a mouse if I don’t want to have any issues.
 
Also, I’m starting to think if its maybe the laptop I’m using; currently I’m using an Asus Taichi using  win 8.1 64.  I don’t recall ever having this issue when I was running a Dell with win7 32.  However back then I was only using Sonar Producer 8.5. and X1.  So to be honest, I first noticed this issue when I was using X3, but back then I wasn’t too concerned because I was using a mouse. 
 
Anyways, thanks again for replying your advice was greatly appreciated…
 
-suicocide

I think you'll find that there is a great variation in the sensitivity of trackpads. I know it's a a pain for me when. I change between my studio DAW and my laptop. Same software but a world of difference in mouse use and trackpad use. I often forget to connect my wireless mouse on the laptop but that's what I'd suggest. That is, get yourself a wireless mouse. The USB wifi dongle is so tiny for that.