scook
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pdarg
No. This is a change from X2 to X3.
Open Preferences | Colors - look at "MIDI Tracks"
In X2, you can specify the MIDI Track Background colors; in X3, you can't.
Yes, you can go through 14 steps to assign colors to clips, or . . . we could just have it like before where you set it up once and then it is automatic all the time after that. Even if you do change clip colors manually, they will still change back if you ever "Bounce to Clips."
 
Aaargh.

I understand what you're saying, but that was a broken menu option. This is what I was referring to with:
 
(Aside: I don't the MIDI background color settings in the Preferences menu in X2 actually worked. They were broken color options)
 
I think it has actually been broken since SONAR X1. I'm not rejecting your feedback by the way. I understand what you're getting at in regards to ease of use.
 

pdarg

scook
send in the feature request

How do I do this?

Request form link near the bottom of this post http://forum.cakewalk.com/FindPost/2839291

http://www.cakewalk.com/support/contact/featurerequest.aspx

Ryan Munnis [Cakewalk]
I understand what you're saying, but that was a broken menu option. This is what I was referring to with:
 
(Aside: I don't the MIDI background color settings in the Preferences menu in X2 actually worked. They were broken color options)
 
I think it has actually been broken since SONAR X1. I'm not rejecting your feedback by the way. I understand what you're getting at in regards to ease of use.
 

Actually - the MIDI tracks background color options works just fine in X2, and the default can be set via the Preferences | Color.
As I said, this is a change from X2 to X3 [which now does not offer this option].
 

Here's my proof - MIDI track background colors in X2 - specified only by color settings:
 

I know the settings in the Clip Inspector work, but you're saying setting the Default settings in the Preferences menu is working for you? I see multiple bug reports internally about this setting setting not working for customers and it doesn't work for me either. It was ultimately removed from the Preferences color option as being obsolete (i.e. having no affect) along with some other color preferences that were confusing customers.
 
Have you tried my suggestion by the way? It's hardly 14 steps.
 
 

pdarg
Here's my proof - MIDI track background colors in X2 - specified only by color settings:
 

Any chance you used the migration wizard to migrate from an older version of SONAR (pre X series)?

I think there's confusion about the X2 Preferences - Colors menu.
 
"MIDI Track Background" colors did NOT work, but...
 
You could change the colors using "Track Background" colors which was global for all MIDI & Audio tracks.
 
Hope that confuses you more helps.
 
Steve

Hmm . . . no, we're still not on the same page.
-Preferences | Colors did work in X2 for MIDI track background colors [see screen shot below]
-No, I did not migrate from a pre-X version of Sonar
-Yes - changing a series of clips is less than 14 steps - for one track, one time; but multiply that process by many MIDI tracks and many projects . . . well, you see what I mean. I'd rather set the options and not waste hundreds of clicks getting what I already have with X2.
[I don't mean to belabor the point, but this will mean A LOT of adjusting of MIDI tracks in X3]