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  • The X2 manual is awful!
2012/10/04 00:01:22
sharke
I really have to say this. It's chock full of errors. Very sloppy, Cakewalk! 

I'm currently going through the staff view tutorial and there are multiple errors on virtually every page. I vowed to keep a list of errata as I went through it, to send to Cakewalk, but it looks like I'm just stopping every couple of minutes to write up a new one. Nothing works like they say it should, with regard to selecting and adding notes with the smart tool via the freehand/select tools. 

Boy I cannot wait for Scott to finish Sonar X2 Power!
2012/10/04 00:06:16
musichoo
Go for it Sharke!
2012/10/04 00:13:38
sharke
It's ridiculous! I've never used the staff view before, and I was hoping to get the basics down from the manual. Consider their instructions for altering the duration of a note:

4. Do one of the following:

• With the Edit tool , position the pointer over the note’s start or end point, then drag left/

right to adjust the start/end position.

• With the Smart tool , position the pointer over the note’s start or end point, then drag left/

right to adjust the start/end position. You can also double-click the note to open the Note

Properties dialog box, then enter in the number of ticks you want for the note duration.


Neither of these things do anything in the staff view. It's as if they've just copied and pasted the instructions for altering note durations in the piano roll view. 
2012/10/04 03:09:52
Bristol_Jonesey
From what I'm seeing here, the only thing that's wrong is the double-click to open Note Properties, but you can right-click to get to that particular dialog.

Clicking & dragging works perfectly
2012/10/04 10:35:00
garrigus
re: SONAR X2 Power! ... I'm working on it, but can't rush it. 


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2012/10/04 10:41:53
Muziekschuur at home
It's an online manual. So it should be quite easy to report an error. And I'm quite sure Cakewalk will follow up shortly. I for one really am happy with this. Now that I own X2. (Should update my info)
2012/10/04 10:55:25
fooman
Can you search the online manual? I didn't see a search feature.
2012/10/04 11:08:20
sharke
Bristol_Jonesey


From what I'm seeing here, the only thing that's wrong is the double-click to open Note Properties, but you can right-click to get to that particular dialog.

Clicking & dragging works perfectly

If by "clicking and dragging" you mean, for example, clicking on a quarter note and repositioning that note somewhere else on the stave without altering its duration, then yes it does. But the instructions cited above are describing how to alter the duration of a note, by altering its start or end time - in the same way that you can drag out the start or end time of a note in the PRV. 

Try this: select the edit tool (as above), then click and drag on a note on the stave. Nothing happens. 

It's obvious that they've simply copied instructions that pertain to the PRV here. Notice that it says "position the pointer over the note's start or end point." There is no "start or end point" on stave notes. You just click on the note. PRV notes, however, have a physical length which represents their duration, and thus a start and end point. 
2012/10/04 11:10:44
sharke
garrigus


re: SONAR X2 Power! ... I'm working on it, but can't rush it. 


Scott


Just load up on coffee and work 24/7! What could go wrong? 

2012/10/04 12:10:38
synkrotron
Muziekschuur at home


It's an online manual.

There is also a PDF Reference Guide for X2, which is fully searchable and also contains links to related topics
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