Beepster
Man, they need some work for sure but I hope all the squeaking about them doesn't get them coded out of the software. I like them better than layers for a lot of reasons (which I've blathered on about extensively in other threads so I won't bother here).
If any Bakers read these threads please for the love of FSM don't go back to layers. Just add them as an alternative to lanes if it comes down to it. Cheers.
Rest Easy Beepster...
Guessing from recent trends and decisions the company appears to be making, I'm sure we're "stuck" with lanes for a time to come. I can only hope that they find some way to return the needed features so that it can operate as layers or lanes.... I doubt they're gonna toss that much development time...
(Much to my chagrin)
My screen is now so hard to read that it's beyond belief for me (as compared to the "cluttered" look of 8.5.3). And my work flow has slowed to accommodate the myriad of issues that lanes brought to the table.
At least the smart grid and auto zoom stuff can be disabled. I had hopes for them but neither are working well for me... Lanes? A nightmare I must deal with constantly. I tried to go back to working with tracks and no lanes/layers but I'm so used to my plugins operating on a track (as opposed to a bus) and the redundant use of plugins for these tracks feels like such a resource hog.... I forget that my new DAW can handle the extra load much of the time and end up using lanes in a half-brained thought that I'm still using layers! <sigh>...
Keni