Keni


What is it called? the adjustable progress bar below the transport controls...

It used to move 1 measure when you clicked before or after it's handle (tho never worked well near the beginning of a piece)...

Now it occasionally will accept a first click and do that only to be frustrating and not respond after that... It will move when dragged but that is sooo inaccurate!

Mine moves in one measure snaps at a time when dragged.If you find it a little too sensitive hold the shift key while dragging.

garrigus

Keni

Thanks but no... I'm not speaking of the navigator... On the control bar in the transport module. At the bottom is a slider.... I've used it foever and it's difficulty at the beginning of

Hi Keni,

Oh, okay... yeah, you can't click on either side of the slider. That would be nice. In the meantime, you can use key shortcuts instead. Ctrl+PgUp and Ctrl+PgDn to move the Now Time back and forth one measure at a time.

Scott

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Thanks Scott... I was just looking for the nudge commands and settings... ;-)

Keni

SvenArne


Thanks, I tried that and it works fine with regular notes but I should've said my problem relates to drum notes. It seems you have to click them dead center for it to work, which is hard cause they're tiny!

Select all the notes and use the Length dialog (process|Length) and make them all longer... they should still be one shots so the length/duration doesn't matter...

Keni

Keni



Select all the notes and use the Length dialog (process|Length) and make them all longer... they should still be one shots so the length/duration doesn't matter...

Keni

Can you make the little triangular drum map notes longer? Cause I do need the drum maps and I cannot consistently move notes vertically with the 'smart' tool. I was editing some midi drum recordings last night and I was pulling my hair out! Often I want to hear what a certain drumkit piece sounds like with another sample and with pre-X1 SONAR I used the 'draw' tool and simply selected all the notes of, say, the high-hat and dragged the notes up and down. Now I have to either count the steps to the desired trigger note and use the transpose function, or nudge up/down (often a LOT of key presses).
Unless there's something I'm missing I really wish for Cake to add the old PRV 'draw' tool to the tool options in a future update. I miss that one so much right now, also cause I'd rather not hold the ALT key while inputting notes.
 
Looks to me that a lot of the MIDI improvements that came with SONAR 7 are now gone! I really loved the endlessly configurable PRV tools, drag quantize and even the event microscope!
 
Or are they all in there somewhere?
 
Sven
 
 

MIDI microscope is still there. In the PRV mode look under the view menu, there's an option there to turn it on. Configuration options for it are in Preferences->Customisation->Editing you'll need the advanced view checked to see that choice.

I haven't found a way to configure the tools yet, but..... I do find that all the tools do what I want them to do somewhere and they are very easy to access. Press T or Middle mouse click to bring up the HUD to 'see' the tools to choose from or quicker for me is the associated F key with each tool. Most of them cycle through several 'modes' and once you get to know what does what I find them very quick and easy to use. YMMV

Microscope still there? Nice!

I think I've figured the different tools out, and I have no problem selecting them quickly, but none of them have the functionality of the old 'draw' tool as far as I can see.

Sven

Is there and easy way to move notes vertically in the PRV while being locked horizontally?

I like using 'nudge' for this. On the number keypad, use '8' to nudge notes up and '2' to nudge notes down.

tarsier

I like using 'nudge' for this. On the number keypad, use '8' to nudge notes up and '2' to nudge notes down.

Yeah, that's the way I'm doing it for the time being, but for example going from midi note 16 to midi note 77 is a LOT of key tapping...

Sven

I had the same panic about the microscope.  Found it.   Jeeeeze - who do you have to know!? :)

SvenArne


Microscope still there? Nice!

I think I've figured the different tools out, and I have no problem selecting them quickly, but none of them have the functionality of the old 'draw' tool as far as I can see.

Sven

FastBikerBoy

I do find that all the tools...

What is the current total number of "Smart" tools?