The Official Sonar Workflow Enhancement Thread

dke



3. I would like too see the Pro Channel as a Fly Out like it is in Console View instead of a tab on the Inspector.  When in the PC you can't adjust volume, pan, etc, in the inspector

WHYZ


its something like "Official" lmao... its unofficially official.

ba_midi



And I'll add my workflow enhancement request:    WAY BETTER TESTING BEFORE RELEASING

1. [Update] button in the Plugin manager that saves the currently loaded plugin menu list without all of the normal file save/warning dialog boxes popping up. After you click [Update], changes should be saved automatically and the window should close with no further interaction needed.
2. Optional single-window plugin editor mode (ala Pro-Tools,Studio One)
3. Standard bypass button on all Effects windows. Should function exactly like the bypass buttons in the Effects bins
4. Better integration of Bitbridge plugins, specifically windows should look and work like other plugins windows and not stay on top. You also shouldn't need to use special keystrokes to use ACT features
5. 'Repeat Last Export' option, should re-run the most recent export operation without opening any dialog boxes. It should also automatically select and reuse the previous selection criteria
6. Option to use Friendly plugin names in Effects bins
7. Indicator (eg. bold/italics) to identify if a plugin is already included in the currently loaded plugin menu.
8. Indicator or filter to identify newly-discovered plugins after a plugin scan completes
9. Option to follow transport Play/Stop commands for Media Browser
10. Support for more (currently supports about 730) items in plugin menus. I like to keep some plugins under multiple sub-menu categories. For example, the same EQ plugin may be listed under the EQs, UAD & Mastering sub-menus.
11. Ability to backup friendly plugin names or ideally the ability to retain them after a full re-scan or installation of plugin updates
12. Auto-Expand for Narrow mode. The selected channel should automatically expand to full size when selected. Optionally, the Pro-Channel could also be opened/closed when a channel is selected
13. Volume control on the Media Browser (ala Logic, Ableton Live)
14. Ability to Rename a project, and have the program also rename the underlying folder when using per-project folder. Ideally, it would create a new folder and move the current project and audio files to it. It could then optionally leave the old folder (and project files)  if you want it to.

Indicator or filter to identify newly-discovered plugins after a plugin scan completes

Also, I'd like some really basic navigation stuff at the top of the console view. Current time, and a clickable timeline showing markers. Once I'm mixing, I'm usually only really using the console view, so would be nice to be able to work more fully effectively in that view

This has been banged on about in the past, but I'd really like an option to double click on the EQ plot and get a larger floating plot for fine tuning. Could get a bit more information on it, visible nodes with floating numbers and what have you.