I bought Sonar because of it's new features and
'power' improvements, which I know I'll enjoy ..
eventually. But right out of the box I'm very disappointed with it's new 'LOOK'.
The best thing about Cakewalk Pro versions 5-9
for me was how logical the layout was. A simple
graph style track view with a horizontal header
containing Name, Source, Key, Vol, Vel, I/O ports, Pan, Time, Bank, Channel, Patch, Effect, Size, etc. You could easily see the entire state of your project on one screen and with a few fast clicks make changes.
In Sonar, they have removed the header and placed
all those function titles on the same track 'line'
with their settings. This means that in order to see all the info you must stretch the track view accross the entire screen which then blocks out the midi/audio clips (usually on the right) or
toggle between 4 different tabs. Smaller space, smaller font, harder to read, more time spent clicking instead of creating. And you still can't get ALL the info on one screen anyway. I've tried changing the default settings but it doesn't do much. Maybe I wouldn't be so PO'd if I didn't have over 300 songs (.wrk files
with midi/audio) to constantly work on.
Why did they do this? Justification for spending more $ on Sonar right after you bought PA9? I'm amazed that so far no one I've asked cares about it. There must be at least one other person out there who finds this annoying ... what am I missing?
How can it possibly be easier (or even AS easy) to work in the new layout vs. the old?
'power' improvements, which I know I'll enjoy ..
eventually. But right out of the box I'm very disappointed with it's new 'LOOK'.
The best thing about Cakewalk Pro versions 5-9
for me was how logical the layout was. A simple
graph style track view with a horizontal header
containing Name, Source, Key, Vol, Vel, I/O ports, Pan, Time, Bank, Channel, Patch, Effect, Size, etc. You could easily see the entire state of your project on one screen and with a few fast clicks make changes.
In Sonar, they have removed the header and placed
all those function titles on the same track 'line'
with their settings. This means that in order to see all the info you must stretch the track view accross the entire screen which then blocks out the midi/audio clips (usually on the right) or
toggle between 4 different tabs. Smaller space, smaller font, harder to read, more time spent clicking instead of creating. And you still can't get ALL the info on one screen anyway. I've tried changing the default settings but it doesn't do much. Maybe I wouldn't be so PO'd if I didn't have over 300 songs (.wrk files
with midi/audio) to constantly work on.
Why did they do this? Justification for spending more $ on Sonar right after you bought PA9? I'm amazed that so far no one I've asked cares about it. There must be at least one other person out there who finds this annoying ... what am I missing?
How can it possibly be easier (or even AS easy) to work in the new layout vs. the old?