Is there a tool in Sonar 5.2 to quickly find peaks in a WAV without having to play through the file?

Short of that, anyone know of a plug-in to accomplish this?

Thanks.

Bump ... anyone? I'd be interested to know if there is something out there that does this ...

May be this can help:
Right-click on a track, choose "Show Peak Marker"
Play through the song
Right-click on the numeric value on the right side of the track (over the fx-bin)
Choose: Goto Peak

Regards
Helge L

Thanks Helge, yes that works, but what would interest me - and I think this is what javahut is also after - is some plugin that would zip along and almost instantly find the peak for the track without you having to play through it first.

Best,
Geoff

it's surprising sonar doesn't highlight overs in the peak file anyway, can't see a reason for not highlighting them really.

Kind regards

Dave Rich

Well that fooled me! When I saw daverich in the post column I triumphantly exclaimed, "Here come the answer!"

Got me there Dave!

You can't avoid the "wait". The only solution would be to have Sonar scan the file for peaks each time it is changed. Sonar would seriously bog down your hard drive with all the file scanning if this method were implemented. What we have now is the best trade-off IMO.

As far as plugins go, they only can process what the host app is sending them. So there is no solution on that end either.

Finding a peak requires scanning the entire wave file each time a destructive edit takes place. This wouldn't be a problem with small clips, but may become a serious PITA for those who use bigger clips.

Perhaps these are options that could be added to Sonar:

A) Update peaks after destructive edits.
B) "Scan for peaks" on right click menu.

Thanks for this, yes it makes a lot of sense, I understand what you see.

But it would still be nice to have a plug in which could be placed in selected tracks which could be activated to scan that track when required (not all the time) and highlight the peak. Maybe an impossible dream, but very useful.

ORIGINAL: glazfolk

Thanks for this, yes it makes a lot of sense, I understand what you see.

But it would still be nice to have a plug in which could be placed in selected tracks which could be activated to scan that track when required (not all the time) and highlight the peak. Maybe an impossible dream, but very useful.

Not a plugin, but, perhaps a "right-click" feature in Sonar that would immediately scan the clip for a peak.

What's the purpose though? Tracks aren't going to clip anyway.

ORIGINAL: WhyBe

ORIGINAL: glazfolk

Thanks for this, yes it makes a lot of sense, I understand what you see.

But it would still be nice to have a plug in which could be placed in selected tracks which could be activated to scan that track when required (not all the time) and highlight the peak. Maybe an impossible dream, but very useful.

Not a plugin, but, perhaps a "right-click" feature in Sonar that would immediately scan the clip for a peak.

What's the purpose though? Tracks aren't going to clip anyway.

good point.

Kind regards

Dave Rich