Hi,
 
I've just been watching the concrete limiter quick byte and noticed that when Seth talks aboout the CL on a drum bus he has marker zones colour coded -Verse, Chorus etc.  he appears to be doing this using a minimised midi track.  Ive just tried to replicate this with no joy..... 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwASBAGXJf4 
 
Any clues how to do this? I'm sure its probably a simple thing, but I can't see the wood for the trees.
 
VMT

You're close. Set up a dummy midi track at the top. Create a dummy clip that starts and ends at each part of the song (I think you may need to put in a dummy midi event in each one). Then change the color (and name, if you like) of each clip.

kelsoz


You're close. Set up a dummy midi track at the top. Create a dummy clip that starts and ends at each part of the song (I think you may need to put in a dummy midi event in each one). Then change the color (and name, if you like) of each clip.

Yep, this works.

Garry

Of course that was the missing link ..... Adding an event.


Thanks loads.

Was wondering when someone would spot this! 

You can't have a truly 'empty' MIDI clip in SONAR as it needs some kind of MIDI event to exist. What I did was I created a clip with a single note in it, and then hid the note from showing in the Clip by manipulating the Track View separator that lets you re-size the view of MIDI notes and waveforms in Clips.
And from there I named the clips and colored them to stand out from one another. I find the clips easier to read and it makes looking at my arrangement easier for me to understand at a glance than the the Markers in the Timeline. 

Another cool thing is they can be used for arranging. 

For example, when all tracks in the project are selected you can then click the 'Marker Clip' and it will select all clips on all tracks within that region/ part of the song and then you can move or copy/ paste to arrange really easily.

SP

I learn something new everyday .

Great tip !!!

All the best
Jan

Thats fresh!

That's a really useful insight Seth, thank you.  I now have it all working, 


Is there a prize for spotting it ;-) 

Seth Perlstein [Cakewalk
]

Was wondering when someone would spot this! 

You can't have a truly 'empty' MIDI clip in SONAR as it needs some kind of MIDI event to exist. What I did was I created a clip with a single note in it, and then hid the note from showing in the Clip by manipulating the Track View separator that lets you re-size the view of MIDI notes and waveforms in Clips.
And from there I named the clips and colored them to stand out from one another. I find the clips easier to read and it makes looking at my arrangement easier for me to understand at a glance than the the Markers in the Timeline. 

Another cool thing is they can be used for arranging. 

For example, when all tracks in the project are selected you can then click the 'Marker Clip' and it will select all clips on all tracks within that region/ part of the song and then you can move or copy/ paste to arrange really easily.

SP

Why does CW just allow us to create regions in addition to placing markers?  I requested this and I don't know why it wouldn't be implemented.  Other DAWs have regions?  What give?


Kind regards,




Living Room Rocker

Thanks Paul,
   I too was wondering how to do that. Just didn't think to ask when round.
Thanks also everyone who answered. My tracks are now brightly organized. :)