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  • Feature request: Track search feature
2017/03/08 20:09:45
cyberzip
Hey all!
 
It would be awesome to have a track search (track find) feature to find or filter out tracks, much like Cubase has (introduced in v7 in 2013). It would make finding tracks in big projects much quicker!
 
There is a suggestion for it made on the Bakery, check it out below:
 
Track Search or Track Find in Track view menu
http://bakery.cakewalk.com/Idea/14701/Track-Search-or-Track-Find-in-Track-view-menu#14914
 
Explanation of feature
From the Sound On Sound review in Feb 2013:
"For those who work with large track counts, Cubase 7's handy track search function might be worth the price of the upgrade alone. As you type into the search field, the list of tracks displayed is filtered to show only those containing the search string."

 
What do you guys reckon?
2017/03/08 21:07:52
conklin
No.  Not at all.
 
But if you dig it great.
2017/03/12 11:24:28
cyberzip
Thanks for your input! :) Well I would think there are a lot of users working with large projects who'd benefit from this.
 
Maybe the Bakers could squeeze this in between all the constant comping enhancements? :)
2017/04/26 13:41:16
RESQ
Yes!! I was just going to make a post about this when I saw yours!
This would be really helpful with big orchestral templates!!
2017/04/26 14:36:32
Anderton
Between Track Folders and Track Sort, I don't really have any problem finding tracks as long as I name them properly.
 

2017/04/26 16:55:02
timidi
I would like something along the lines of the 'track list' in Studio One. (on the left). 
Pro tools has something similar.
 

2017/04/26 20:35:55
Anderton
Track Manager lists all tracks and buses, in a window that you can move around anywhere (like to a second monitor). You can also highlight muted, archived, and frozen tracks if you're curious which tracks have those attributes.
 
For a quickie you can just use Shift + Z when you want to see track headers only.
2017/04/27 20:14:36
cyberzip
RESQ - Great, I'm glad you found this post! :) Yeah, it's a really cool feature in Cubase 7 that Sound on Sound's reviewer Mark Wherry really liked! ("...might be worth the price of the upgrade alone")
 
Anderton - Thanks for the tips, and I'm glad you have a workflow that works for you! :) Sometimes, though, one can really find use for a feature one previously never thought one would need... ;)
 
Now, I'm really thrilled to install the final 2017.04, I'm extra curious about the transform tool's scale, stretch & ramp tricks (that no one has mentioned so far?!). If they behave like in Cubase, this is going to be a major MIDI update! :D
2017/04/27 20:17:10
RSMCGUITAR
Anderton
Track Manager lists all tracks and buses, in a window that you can move around anywhere (like to a second monitor). You can also highlight muted, archived, and frozen tracks if you're curious which tracks have those attributes.
 


I can see how that would be nice if you have two monitors. I for one would like to see this window dockable in the browser.
2017/04/27 20:41:39
Anderton
Curious as to why. Is this really something you need to refer to so much that it's not enough just to open the Track Manager and locate the track, or hit shift+z to collapse all the headers temporarily? 
 
I did notice that the feature request mentioned projects with 234 tracks. In that case I can see how being able to type a search string could be handy, although with 234 tracks I don't know if I would remember all their names so I would know what to type to find them 
 
I think if the tracks are organized properly to begin with in terms of names and folders, then the Sort function would likely be good enough to find a track easily. I always make the first few characters of a name the most important identifiers because control surfaces usually can't display long names, so Sort works for me. (Although I don't always Sort on name...other attributes like Muted and Output can come in pretty handy.) Then again my projects rarely exceed 120 tracks.
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