Please return the Staff and Piano View Editing Tool Bar.

2018/03/20 23:26:04

Gene_Townsend

I have been using Cakewalk for almost 30 years or so. Whatever happened to the audio preview (scrub) tool in Staff View?
I am using Sonar X3 now. The Scrub tool is completely missing in versions running in Windows 10.
The Scrub cursor tool icon was a button that had a picture of a speaker on it. [<))].
It allowed me to audit notes in Staff View and did so for as many staves I had in the window at the time.

I did find a key combination among the KBs on the web. It modifies the cursor like it is going to work but produces no sound.
I am a composer. I do a lot of part writing. I often can play what I want long before I can tell you exactly what it looks like.
I have been depending on Cakewalk for live MIDI capture I can analyze, understand then clean up.
I really do need a working audio preview tool to be working.

Please help.

PS
The full Tool Bar was like: [{ }], [ / ], [ Q ], [ <))] [o], [d],
Select [{ }], Insert [ / ], Delete [ Q ], Scrub [ <))] , Then Note Durations [o], [d], ... , [Layout], Resolution, [ ] Fill, [ ] Trim
This Tool Bar was immediately below The Transport Controls where the Tempo and Time/Key Signature interfaces where found.

I do have screen shots that I have saved I can send if you like.

2018/03/22 00:24:46

tecknot

Hi Gene, does the Scrub tool work on audio tracks?

tecknot

2018/03/22 14:06:18

57Gregy

In X3, you hold down the 'J' key while dragging the cursor over the section you want to hear.

2018/03/25 07:32:45

Toddskins

X3 is also missing the MIDI footprints button, where you were able to step through the notes on a staff view, note by note and hear the song as you were editing it. And you could go in either direction. It was great. I used that feature all the time, but it no longer exists.

2018/03/25 14:00:14

57Gregy

This is from the X 3 Help file:
To play notes with Step Play
1.
Set the Now time by clicking in the Time Ruler.

2.
Step through the music as follows:

Table 199.
To do this
Do this
Step forward
Choose Edit > Play Next or press CTRL+RIGHT ARROW
Step backward
Choose Edit > Play Previous or press CTRL+LEFT ARROW

2018/03/25 21:39:34

Toddskins

57Gregy
This is from the X 3 Help file:
To play notes with Step Play
1.
Set the Now time by clicking in the Time Ruler.

2.
Step through the music as follows:

Table 199.
To do this
Do this
Step forward
Choose Edit > Play Next or press CTRL+RIGHT ARROW
Step backward
Choose Edit > Play Previous or press CTRL+LEFT ARROW

Cool, Greg! I just did it and it works. Thanks for educating me on my SONAR. :)

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