X2's horrible new automation

brconflict


Could be. Does anybody use Offset? I have yet to understand what it does, exactly. I assume it allows me to bring up a guitar after it has been automated, perhaps, but Cakewalk's description isn't clear to me.

it can be useful for something, the problem lays were its easily hit by hitting the "O" key on your keyboard. so one has no idea they're in offset mode, which really stinks, because you can drive yourself up a wall trying to figure it out. lol

stevec

it can be useful for something, the problem lays were its easily hit by hitting the "O" key on your keyboard. so one has no idea they're in offset mode, which really stinks, because you can drive yourself up a wall trying to figure it out. lol

 
I use Offset mode fairly often to make overall adjustments to controls that already have envelopes - I find it faster (and less tedious) than grabbing every node and moving the envelope.   As far as knowing when you're in Offset mode, there's the "+" on track controls and an indicator in the Control Bar as well (new to X2 I think).
 

jb101


Or when you tell people to press the PDC button when they're using a latency inducing plug-in, or tell them that they're posting in the wrong forum when they're replying to a sticky in that forum. :)
 
How embarrassing..

jb101


I'm with you there, John, 100%.
 
 
Im sorry JB can you please remind me once again why you wrote this first statement ?
was it because you were sticking up for the OP ?

brconflict


John,
 I agree with most of what you said, but have a few things to part with:

1) If there are no gripes, the company doesn't know where they can work to improve. Bad feedback is actually good feedback for a company that really wants to strive hard and satisfy. In this case, there are many people who have gripes, especially regarding Take Lanes. I gripe about them, but wouldn't so much if Layers were still an option. Giveth and Taketh. Cakewalk wouldn't know that people wanted to keep Layers, or would prefer more input to make Take Lanes better. I think we've done that. Lack of participation from the forum owners in the forum other than occasionally Noel leads me to believe I wasted my breath anyway. Sure, praise them for what's right. I do that sometimes, but it doesn't always provide the most valuable feedback Cakewalk needs.

2) Nobody should doubt another's experience with the DAW. Everybody learns, absolutely. I do, too. But the mere assumption that someone's gripe is largely based on ill-use of the software isn't a warm welcome mat. I do mis-use some features, such as Gain. The reason is, I want to adjust the source signal vs. the treated signal. I don't compress on the way in. 

I think Sonar X1/X2 are the best ones yet. Certainly better than Sonar 8 or older. However, my patience is tested nearly every session. And I'm naturally a calm and calculated guy. You have to be to be a Linux/Cisco Network Engineer during the day. I think many of you still have more patience with the DAW than I.

Please don't take my response as a rebuttal, but rather, at least you can know that I understand and agree with much of what you said. The reality is, Sonar still makes me curse, and I'm still searching for hope.