Jlien X was simply stating the best way of managing your time and energies within the forum, and while everyone who is interested may contribute or not, just remember that Feature Request is the vehicle for change, not this forum :)
On the topic of midi groove clip looping, IMO there is no right answer.
What Sonar does right now makes perfect sense to me since you create the groove clip at the time you CTRL L. Everything afterwards is in line editing.
There are many ways to work. I understand how Sonar does midi groove clip looping and use it to advantage. My most typical use is to execute groove clip looping then edit inline for variation across multiple repeats. So this WORKS for me.
If i wish to change the fundamental pattern, rolling back, CTL L, edit, CTL L, and roll out is really not a big deal at all.
So,
1. Making changes in the first pattern affect all other instances by default, or always, is certainly NOT a good idea. 2. Adding the capability option to do so is a fine idea,
3. Given that typical use can easily be the requirement to do both types of editing, then be aware that this may require an extra popup dialog of "do you wish to replace all instances of this groove clip" when you press CTL L to recreate the new groove clip. This then would slow down ALL groove clip looping by one click...since we are really just discussing a couple of clicks and drags here anyway :)
regards.
Jlien X
Hello again. My advice is...
- if you simply want to make a request to add, modify or remove a feature, submit a feature request from here: http://www.cakewalk.com/support/contact/featurerequest.aspx
- if you are wondering if the issue you've found is a bug or not, submit a bug report from here and if you want to share the info with us, start a new thread about it:
http://www.cakewalk.com/support/contact/problemreport.aspx - if you want to discuss the current implementation of a certain feature or need advice, workarounds, etc., start a new thread only with that particular topic (I recommend one or two topics a day at most)