I did something to a clip that causes it not to play, mute is not set, but waveform is not solid as the rest of the lane is it's just shows the outline of the waveform. Help, it's hard to search the doc or forum for description of a non text indicator.
thanks bob

This behavior is by design.
 
Sonar draws the waveform using a virtual ink cartridge (VIC) which must be replaced periodically. When the level of ink reaches a critically low level Sonar switches to drawing only the outline in order to preserve virtual ink and permit you to continue until you can get a replacement. You probably have been ignoring the "toner low' indicator, or you may have tried to save money by buying an unbranded replacement, which may fail to trigger that warning. Use only Cakewalk branded VIC's. Substitution will void your warranty and produce results such as this.
 
http://forum.cakewalk.com/Solved-What-does-a-quothollowquot-waveform-mean-m3036626.aspx
 

As humorous as slarta's post was I believe that indicates the area has been swiped by the Mute Tool... just so there is an immediate in thread answer.
 
Cheers.
 
Edit: Double checked... it is the Mute Tool swipe. I never use that thing so wasn't 100% sure.

Thank you wize sages
I took my new print cartridge and after finding the Mute Tool hiding behind the Unholy Erase Icon I swiped across the silent clip and behold it did speak. Hollow is the magic word to search for.
 
I haven't figured out how I swiped it into muteness without knowing about the Mute Tool, but now I know  the cure.
Thanks again
Humble Bob

For reference:
 
      http://www.cakewalk.com/D...help=Arranging.37.html

slartabartfast
This behavior is by design.
 
Sonar draws the waveform using a virtual ink cartridge (VIC) which must be replaced periodically. When the level of ink reaches a critically low level Sonar switches to drawing only the outline in order to preserve virtual ink and permit you to continue until you can get a replacement. You probably have been ignoring the "toner low' indicator, or you may have tried to save money by buying an unbranded replacement, which may fail to trigger that warning. Use only Cakewalk branded VIC's. Substitution will void your warranty and produce results such as this.
 
http://forum.cakewalk.com/Solved-What-does-a-quothollowquot-waveform-mean-m3036626.aspx
 

Funny Glad he got it figured out, though.

slartabartfast
This behavior is by design.
 
Sonar draws the waveform using a virtual ink cartridge (VIC) which must be replaced periodically. When the level of ink reaches a critically low level Sonar switches to drawing only the outline in order to preserve virtual ink and permit you to continue until you can get a replacement. You probably have been ignoring the "toner low' indicator, or you may have tried to save money by buying an unbranded replacement, which may fail to trigger that warning. Use only Cakewalk branded VIC's. Substitution will void your warranty and produce results such as this.
 
http://forum.cakewalk.com/Solved-What-does-a-quothollowquot-waveform-mean-m3036626.aspx

bob301
Thank you wize sages
I took my new print cartridge and after finding the Mute Tool hiding behind the Unholy Erase Icon I swiped across the silent clip and behold it did speak. Hollow is the magic word to search for.
 
I haven't figured out how I swiped it into muteness without knowing about the Mute Tool, but now I know  the cure.
Thanks again
Humble Bob

I nominate these for "Best Post Pair" of the month. Maybe even the year 

Anderton

slartabartfast
This behavior is by design.
 
Sonar draws the waveform using a virtual ink cartridge (VIC) which must be replaced periodically. When the level of ink reaches a critically low level Sonar switches to drawing only the outline in order to preserve virtual ink and permit you to continue until you can get a replacement. You probably have been ignoring the "toner low' indicator, or you may have tried to save money by buying an unbranded replacement, which may fail to trigger that warning. Use only Cakewalk branded VIC's. Substitution will void your warranty and produce results such as this.
 
http://forum.cakewalk.com/Solved-What-does-a-quothollowquot-waveform-mean-m3036626.aspx

bob301
Thank you wize sages
I took my new print cartridge and after finding the Mute Tool hiding behind the Unholy Erase Icon I swiped across the silent clip and behold it did speak. Hollow is the magic word to search for.
 
I haven't figured out how I swiped it into muteness without knowing about the Mute Tool, but now I know  the cure.
Thanks again
Humble Bob

I nominate these for "Best Post Pair" of the month. Maybe even the year 

+1 !

bob301
I haven't figured out how I swiped it into muteness without knowing about the Mute Tool,

 
If it's what I constantly encounter, it's a bug. When there are already takes in Take lanes and when I try to record additional takes in the same section or record new takes in an overlapped section using the Comping recording mode, I often see the waveforms in the existing takes become the outlines-only state immediately after I hit R to start recording. What the Comping mode is supposed to do is mute the existing clips, not the waveforms in them (hence a bug). This is why I started using the Mute tool (which I didn't know before, like you), in order to unmute the waveforms muted.