Snap ? not that snappy .....

ok so if i understand sonar plus is the real patch to apply ;) !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Screen sets are great. I just wish they were faster..

Loptec

How do I disable the floppy controller?
Can the floppy controller still be active even though I don't have a floppy drive in my computer? 

subtlearts  

in XP it's Control panel -> System -> Device manager... not sure what the equivalent flow in Win7 is. The controller is often switched on (meaning, with an active driver) even if you built your machine and installed your OS 5 years after the last floppy died.  


Worked like a charm for me anyway.  

FastBikerBoy
To have screenset dependant snap settings you need to set a variable IncludeSnapInScreenet=1 in the ini file. Preferences->File->Initialization File 

FastBikerBoy

Not that I'm aware of but then you don't really need to exclude anything either. If you don't want it there just don't use it.

I think there's a lot of confusion about how screensets work. Think of them as different views of the same project in which  you can have different settings if you wish.

Once you've got them set up how you want them, you can lock them. That basically means if you make changes in a session those changes aren't 'saved' so you next switch back to that screenset it is as when you set it up, not how you last left it. Unlocked is the opposite so it will be as you last left it not which is not necessarily how you set it.

For example you have a screenset in which you have a TV, a multidock with CV, PRV, and a soft synth interface open in it. That screenset is locked and you close the multidock. When you switch away from that screenset and then switch back to it the multidock will still be there - because the screenset is locked. Had it been unlocked it wouldn't have been.

One of my wishes is that there is some sort of easy to see indicator on whether a screenset is locked or not. I have a keybinding to the lock/unlock toggle so I can choose on the fly whether a change I'm about to make is permanent or temporary.

They are a very, very powerful concept and because of that it can take a while to wrap your head around their full potential.

I use them in several ways including a Buss only Console View, a track Only Console view, a Track & Console View with Audio tracks only, A Track view with MIDI tracks only and PRV. A view I've set up for comping and several others. IMHO they are my favourite X1 feature that older versions didn't have. A sort of turbocharged layouts feature.

For anyone who's interested or would like some ideas I posted some examples of mine HERE a while ago, although some of those have now evolved to beyond recognition.

y systems, b

FastBikerBoy


Ok. I've seen several people complain about slow screensets even though their floppy disk drive is disabled. I wonder whether there's something else going on on some systems, perhaps a graphics card issue?

Or perhaps my definition of slow is different. On my systems, both laptop and desktop the switch isn't really that noticeable. Certainly less than a second but it seems a little more sluggish on my laptop, my desktop is almost instant.

Loptec

y systems, b

FastBikerBoy


Ok. I've seen several people complain about slow screensets even though their floppy disk drive is disabled. I wonder whether there's something else going on on some systems, perhaps a graphics card issue?

Or perhaps my definition of slow is different. On my systems, both laptop and desktop the switch isn't really that noticeable. Certainly less than a second but it seems a little more sluggish on my laptop, my desktop is almost instant.

I think it's just different views of what’s slow.
Less than a second is slow if you just want the snap time to change.
I want it to happen as fast as when you change tools with the F-keys. :)

FastBikerBoy


I guess that's it then but they still change quicker than I can change the snap to manually, although on the desktop I don't think they are much slower than the F key tool changes. I'll check later when I get in the studio.

Update FYI: just checked my DAW (specs in sig). 

I think the F-key tool changes are what you would call more 'snappy' than screenset changes but I certainly couldn't measure the time difference. The difference is in msecs maybe 200 or 300 but certainly not what I'd call noticeable. 

They are definitely slower on my laptop but again not so slow as to be un-usable as some find.