After all the discussions, I still have no idea how to tell whether or not I am in that g**d*** Offset mode.  I can touch O and then touch it again and there is nothing obvious on the screen tro indicate what's going on.
 
I cannot believe there is not some way to know whether or not the stupid thing is on or off.  This is a horrible design.
 
If anyone can offer a simple tip, i will be in his/her debt.
 
By the way, what started th discussion originally is what is happening again.  Track without automation is playing fiarly strong.  I click Write on on the track, the fader jumps up, but the singal is quieter than it was before.  Someone said something about offset, but this makes no sense.  Why would turning Write on radically lower the volume of the track in relation to the fader position?

Konradh: You don't see a little plus sign + that appears? When you go into offset mode, all your faders, busses, effects sends etc, should read 0 dB with a +. The plus is what tells you you're in offset mode. The plus should appear in every window on everything that can be adjusted in off-set mode. If you are not seeing that, try expanding your project window outward a bit. You may have things too tight to where the plus may not be visible. Hope this helps.

-Danny

There's also a button in the Control Bar that turns blue when Offset Mode is on, and turns gray when its off ...

SP

Here's what I mean:



HQ: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/4909348/OffsetMode.JPG

You'll also notice....all pans will go to the centered position while in offset mode. :)

-Danny

Seth Perlstein [Cakewalk
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There's also a button in the Control Bar that turns blue when Offset Mode is on, and turns gray when its off ...

SP

And this is one of the many "small" changes that  makes X2 a very good uppdate. 

Thanks, guys.  I will work with it.  FYI, I am still on X1.

konradh


Thanks, guys.  I will work with it.  FYI, I am still on X1.

You should see the same thing in all Sonar versions other than the thing Seth mentioned. That blue light/grey light only happens in X2. :)
 
-Danny

I'm glad I don't know what offset mode is cos this would drive me round the bend. In fact I might re-assign my "O" button to do something else entirely.

When you turn offset mode on, it puts the little plus sign that Danny posted a screenshot of on the Volume and Pan controls on each track  in track view as well .. I mentioned it in case you don't use Console view ...

OK, in Track view, when I press O, in one track I see a plus sign go off and on in the horizontal area that shows the fader level.  This does not happen for all tracks.  The odd thing is that when I see the plus sign, the value goes to -4.5; when I don't see the +, the value goes to 0 db.  This leads to three questions:

1-Is Offset mode only for the selected track(s) or for all tracks?  I am thinking only selected.
2-Does + sign mean Offset = On.  The fader value I see seems to be backwards.  I would expect offset mode to default to 0 and then the user would adjust from there.
3-Is there any way to disable this mode?  It is really screwing up my mixes.

I appreciate your guys helping me out.  I am not sure if I am dumb, Offset mode is confusing, or both.  Thanks.
PS Bob, You are right: I don't use Console view because I use a VS-700; but the picture Danny posted was still very helpful.