Hi,
 
I'm not trying to be funny - but I don't really see that much of a reason for the MIDI transform tool.
For example - isn't it easier to just use the freehand tool to re-draw your CC data the way you want it? Rather than enable the transform tool, pick the right selection, work out what you're doing, drag the correct corner...
 
I'm sure it's just me, but I think it's easer to just use the smart tool and re-draw CC data, or volumes (which overwrites what's already there).
Hopefully, I'm missing something - and there is a more useful reason to have this tool

Its great for me. I want to preserve the breath controller data's shape, but make subtle adjustments. I don't want to go through take re-drawing what I performed. I'm really happy about, feels so much more intuitive. Pulling up the velocities over half a bar incrementally, modifying the shape, but keeping the dynamic shape.
 
 

Hmm - I just swipe the mouse over it to redraw, and reshape.
If it's not right, hit ctrl-z and try again ;-)

If you play a wind controller, then you trigger every note with air pressure, and shape the attack. More so than with a breath controller, as note are still triggered by the key, and you are shaping with breath pressure.
 
If you played a nice vibrato, but was a little fast of slow, you can drag it out now, or speed up the beginning and slow the end. Or you can draw and re-draw until you get it right. This way is much more intuitive, responsive.
 
Probably the best update for me in the last year.
 
 
 
 
 

Little things like this help making adjustments without affecting the following note so much easier. It's brilliant, I can't believe they came out with it, its like they've been reading my mind

 
I played a simple trumpet line earlier, and briging up the dynamics on some notes, adjusting the attacks, then dropping the velocity made tidying up my performance a breeze.
 

OK, I don't use a wind (or breath) controller - so fair enough 😉

I'm glad to hear that there are good uses for this - I figured there would be...

https://www.cakewalk.com/Documentation?product=SONAR&language=3&help=NewFeatures.02.html

Hi Steve,
I know how it works - that's why I was (still) wondering why it isn't easier to just swipe your mouse over the CC data to "fix" it.

Why play a keyboard if you can just enter the notes in PRV?
 
Also, what if it's not broken?

jbraner
Hi,
 
I'm not trying to be funny - but I don't really see that much of a reason for the MIDI transform tool.
For example - isn't it easier to just use the freehand tool to re-draw your CC data the way you want it? Rather than enable the transform tool, pick the right selection, work out what you're doing, drag the correct corner...
 
I'm sure it's just me, but I think it's easer to just use the smart tool and re-draw CC data, or volumes (which overwrites what's already there).
Hopefully, I'm missing something - and there is a more useful reason to have this tool

The attached image shows 8 bars of CC #1 used to modulate volume for Violins I in Garritan Personal Orchestra.  You may have greater mouse drawing skills than I do, but I certainly would not want to redraw these 8 bars with the exact shape when I wanted to scale the volume up or down by 10%.
 
I am not being sarcastic, but using your analogy, Cakewalk could just remove the ability the change the length of an existing note with the mouse and just force the user to erase the note and redraw it.
 

 
Hope this helps,
-- Ron