sharke

Keni

 
Hi sharke...

Using Sonar is optional as well if you want to look at it that way.  Working with layers has long been part of my most important workflow and lanes are the replacement... if I want or need to edit clips that overlap each other ion the same track, I must use lanes and I can't say I'm happy with them. I find them terribly abusive to my work flow as well as very difficult for me to see with their' zoom issues...

they have made a a very unhappy camper right now so I'm anxiously awaiting the update in hopes that the Bakers have found and implemented some method(s) of dealing with these issues...

...and more to the point, I didn't think I was in a competition here... simply a frustrated X2 user in need of a helpful (for me) update...

Keni

I was under the impression, from what they said in the webinar, that lanes were totally optional and you could use layers exactly the same way as before if you preferred this. I've also heard it said on this forum, too....can someone confirm this? 

I think you're remembering what we all wished for... But as far as I know (and I have been talking about this on the forum quite a bit), we're stuck with lanes for now... On top of all the extra clicks to keep re-sizing the track so that we can get at the lane button (and I must turn them on and off far too many times to deal with things right now) I'm constantly re-deploying (shift-f) the tracks to show more lanes.... I'm really sick of it already... I did find one saving grace for lanes (for me) At least we can re-size the data display of each track's waveform which we could not do with layers...
 
See... I found "something" good about lanes! (for me)... Now If I could only get rid of them and go back to layers... Even with their' bugs I was far happier and working much easier...
 
Keni
 

Hi Keni
I installed and used X2 for a couple of days, but I found it a little unstable on my system  - lots of jerky type screen stuff and a few other minor irritations - so I have gone back to X1, which is rock solid - also X1 has layers!
I shall put X2 to one side and will try again after the first patch release - however I think with my brief flirtation with X2 I will probably be with you on lanes - I personally had few issues with layers and I suppose more importantly was very used to using them - using lanes will be a learning curve no doubt!
Have you thought about going back to X1 for the time being?
Nigel

Bajan Blue


Hi Keni
I installed and used X2 for a couple of days, but I found it a little unstable on my system  - lots of jerky type screen stuff and a few other minor irritations - so I have gone back to X1, which is rock solid - also X1 has layers!
I shall put X2 to one side and will try again after the first patch release - however I think with my brief flirtation with X2 I will probably be with you on lanes - I personally had few issues with layers and I suppose more importantly was very used to using them - using lanes will be a learning curve no doubt!
Have you thought about going back to X1 for the time being?
Nigel

Hi Nigel...
 
Yes... The more I work in X2 the more I return tio X1 for most of my work. As I learn X2, I feel less need to try and X1 is working better... But then I miss some of the simple things that X2 added ( such as better selection techiques for selecting clips) and get stymied again...
 
Much as I did moving from 8.5.3 to X1. X1 was a steep learning curve while X2 is not, but so far I'm moving away from many of the new things that I was intrigued by such as the auto track zoom and the smart grid/snap features... they turn out to be more 'trouble' for me than assistnace but at least I can simply choose to ignore them...
 
I also lose some nice touches such as the th2, console emulation and breverb2...
 
Too bad this program isn't built so that we could import/export features from various versions and create personal feature sets! ;-)
 
Keni
 
 

Keni
Too bad this program isn't built so that we could import/export features from various versions and create personal feature sets! ;-) 

       Wow Keni! That is one hell of a awesome idea

GlennP

Keni
Too bad this program isn't built so that we could import/export features from various versions and create personal feature sets! ;-) 

       Wow Keni! That is one hell of a awesome idea

Thanks Glenn...

Too bad we won't get something like this until the day before direct brain control is available! ;-)

Keni