RogerH
I'm not using the duckbar
 

in a clean install of Sonar X3 you cannot change clip colors automatically. you need to go into the inspector EACH TIME, and then if you combine clips, they go black again.

I am looking for this in the COLOR PREFERENCES!

Unbelievable! Yes there was a change in how X3 handles clip colors BUT! You can still change them by using the Inspector.
 
It is a little disconcerting, though, that whenever I "bounce to clips" I have to reset the colors because doing so reverts the clip to default colors. That should be fixed.

soens
Unbelievable! Yes there was a change in how X3 handles clip colors BUT! You can still change them by using the Inspector.
 
It is a little disconcerting, though, that whenever I "bounce to clips" I have to reset the colors because doing so reverts the clip to default colors. That should be fixed.

agreed, or just add it back to the color preferences so they can be defined by track #.

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I did uppgrade fro X2....

Yes you can manually set colors for each clip individually in the inspector but as has been stated it will revert back to the default when you bounce.  It's also very slow and tedious.  I like my colors associated with track numbers like in 8.5.  If I could at least make the clip backgrounds colored and the waveforms black I'd be good, (set them in preferences and be done with it).  I was so looking forward to the track/bus color feature...
 
Paul

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Select all, and change bg color for all tracks in 2 second. I know it's a workaround, but i takes me 2 seconds....

The OP said that bg colors couldn't be changed, and that's just not correct

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