sigh....I have always wondered why we've never had the S-curve option on clip fades and envelope automation. All the other kids have it - why can't we?

Thanks for great tips!
 
A question about tip 144: Instant Switch to Volume Automation:
 
Hitting the "=" key does nothing on my non-American keyboard, and I can't seem to find the bindable shortcut for switching to volume automation... :(
 
What gives, are we non-English keyboard users out of luck?

I like this tip and it will get a lot of use!  Thanks for that!
 
 
 
 

kicksville
sigh....I have always wondered why we've never had the S-curve option on clip fades and envelope automation. All the other kids have it - why can't we?

Well, not all the other kids have it...as to SONAR, maybe it hasn't been submitted as a feature request. 
 
I use the S curve in Vegas all the time for overall fades in both video and audio tracks, but the method presented in the tip is more flexible because it's easy to "weight" the fade by moving the middle node. While I don't need to weight an overall master song fade often, it's very helpful with clip automation - like when you want something to linger with a slow fade, then leave quickly; or jump down rapidly to a level, then fade out slowly from there.
 
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cyberzip
Thanks for great tips!
 
A question about tip 144: Instant Switch to Volume Automation:
 
Hitting the "=" key does nothing on my non-American keyboard, and I can't seem to find the bindable shortcut for switching to volume automation... :(
 
What gives, are we non-English keyboard users out of luck?

I don't have keyboards for other languages for testing, but try hitting the key to the immediate left of the Backspace key in the upper right of the main cluster of keys, and see if that works.

I'd love it if Sonar would the ability to actually adjust the shape of automation curves like FL Studio. In between every set of nodes there's a handle on the segment which you can drag to change the shape. 0% is an extremely fast curve, 50% is linear, 100% is extremely slow curve. Don't know if any other DAWs have this, but it's pretty cool. Often just slightly tweaking the shape of the curve will save having to drag nodes around to adjust the timing of the automation subtly. 

Very nice tip. I can't wait to try it.

Guys anyone get Craig's new book there?   Im on an old basic X3 and I find a lot of the stuff on Cake TV for example is always geared towards the more expensive higher end versions of Sonar.   Would i need to upgrade to professional or something to benefit from the tips?    For example my sonar does not have pro channel etc.
Thanks 

Anderton
I don't have keyboards for other languages for testing, but try hitting the key to the immediate left of the Backspace key in the upper right of the main cluster of keys, and see if that works.

Hm, doesn't seem to work... :P
 
If you check Preferences / Keyboard Shortcuts, can you see if "=" is bound to some function on your system? For me it's not... and I can't seem to find any function similar to what you describe. It sounds very useful! :D

rmfegley
I'd love it if Sonar would the ability to actually adjust the shape of automation curves like FL Studio. In between every set of nodes there's a handle on the segment which you can drag to change the shape. 0% is an extremely fast curve, 50% is linear, 100% is extremely slow curve. Don't know if any other DAWs have this, but it's pretty cool. Often just slightly tweaking the shape of the curve will save having to drag nodes around to adjust the timing of the automation subtly. 

And to have the s-shaped fade curve as an option...