SHS7 - Can it open multiple projects?

For some reason I can not open multiple projects in SHS7.  If one is open then opening another causes the first one to close.
Am I missing some setting?
--Larry

not missing something - I think that's a limitation in SHS7 - only 1 project at a time.

Apparently SHS7 has gain some candy, but lost a few teeth in the process, a disappointment for SHS6 users who were looking forward to upgrading to ver.7, some took up the offer (discount) for SE or PE. Not sure but I think there is a special sale on NOW!

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Do yourself a favor and upgrade to Sonar Studio. Maybe they'll put some of the basics back in Home Studio 8 whenever that's released.

It's all true...HS6 can do that and HS7 can't. I wish I'd not bothered with HS7 - it's a backward step as far as I can see. Just sticking with HS6 for now. Seems to me that Daveny5 has got the right idea though - go for Sonar Studio!

I use the 'multiple project' feature every once in a while.
If I've got a couple of similar projects (say, 1 guitar, bongos, and 1 vocal track), i'll drag/drop the FX from bins in one project into another.  This keeps all the same settings which then only need a minor tweak.  It really comes into play when I try to do vocal takes on multiple projects that I'm planning on compiling on an album (so i want similar sounds for each song).  Drag/drop/record.  Simple and fast.

It also comes in handy the odd time a file corrupts.  I can drag/drop everything except the bad file (i guess what it might be), and restart without much waste.

It's not a make-or-break feature for me, but it's sure saved me some time...

I love HS7XL and was not born yet (in terms of my sound recording)))) when HS dyno was around. 

I do use HS7XL and MC5 for simalteneous opening of related projects. In this case HS7XL is a major sound lab bench with all instruments and fx, while MC5 serves to simalteneiusly inspect midi tracks (that no single track lost in HS).

I also use MC5 to record vocal at 48Khz 16 bit (this is what my USB sound card from Behringer allows, in fact I have two identical cards, so, I record on one PC, physically located in another room to reduce noise) while mixing and working on a project with HS7XL on a better PC. The recording PC is 1000Mhz Pentium 3 with 500 Mb memory. Its' doing its job just fine, as I do not abuse it with VST instruments: vocal headphone mix is a wav file, while MIDI tracks in the vocal project are not connected to istruments, of MIDI tracks I need just melody track to follow running note in a staff view while singing. Remote computer is operated by wireless keyboard and mouse, wires include shielded monitor cable and two mics cableing (mixer and tube preamp are also in the other room, where recording computer is)

Down your negative emotions with HS7, develop your own tricks to use it full capacity!

larrymcg

So, why do you want to have multiple projects open at the same time?

--Larry

  Hi Larry

There are many reasons for the 'Multiple Projects' option;

. In general; copy/paste parts from one project to the other and then...

. Compare very quickly.

. Keep project copies as a backup and checking/compare between copies.

. Use projects to create 'Templates'; to have everything on standby that includes virtual instruments plugins and FX's all instantly ready to begin composing the next song AND have the option to do updates from one to the other very easily, very quickly.

. For mixdown; any updates on the fly can be updated to the backup (project copy) but importantly; it's not the same as; 'save-as' because the copy contains the original midi-only not including audio.wav clips for that project is being prepared for mixdown (contains audio.wav).

. Try various mixdown ideas, and quickly compare.

. Try various arrangements ideas, and quickly compare.

. The ability to make changes and/or additions accordingly to start and endings of compositions so that those transitions go smoothly. (well organized, prepared for mastering CD), therefor making sure that the key, style, flow etc' will work from one song to the next. AND since these songs may also need to be separate for reasons such as; publishing online, thereby another reason to have more than one copy of a project.

. Also like to compare between projects different styles and ideas such as; drums (or one part of such as; hi-hats) and bass lines or use those ideas as a part for another new composition or to add/update to a Template.

I'm sure there are other reasons why some users would like the ability to have multiple projects opened.  Whilst this may not be useful to some users it is for others. 

Having various workflow options available is a positive for SONAR

What I love most about SONAR are the many options available, to adapt to various workflows and preferences according to the project at hand and how best a person wishes to work with it.  Nothing negative about that, the only negatives are the removal of various workflow options in SHS7/XL such as for another example; the removal of the Track Inspector. *ouch* (there goes another tooth)

Anyway! Afterall that's been said the bottomline is; what matters most is the 'composition/Song' and getting the job done.  Have fun


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