Edit

Tools enhancements

Improved Smart tool and Edit tool with added functionality (Note: the Trim tool has been renamed to the Edit tool).

Clips are drawn with a header, which can be clicked with the Smart tool to select and move the clip.

Select envelope curve types (Fast, Current, Slow, Jump) with the Edit tool. For details, see To change an envelope segment’s shape.

Draw envelope lines at mousedown and mouseup points with the Line Draw tool.

All tools support multi-track editing.

Many refinements to the various global tools.

Many new intuitive mouse pointer cursors.

For details, see Tools.

Snap to Grid enhancements

New Smart Grid snap resolution. When Smart Grid is selected, the snap resolution is dynamically determined by the horizontal zoom level, and the M:B:T time rulers in the Clips pane and Piano Roll view are optimized to show relevant snap locations.

Quickly toggle between primary and secondary snap settings (snap override).

Enable/disable snapping with the N key.

Right-click the Snap to Grid button in the Control Bar to access snap settings.

UI to test the magnetic snap strength in the Preferences dialog.

Enhanced Snap module in the Control Bar:

Note duration values show a graphic representation of the selected note value.

Triplet and dotted note duration buttons.

Snap To and Snap By are now a single toggle.

Streamlined Landmarks button. Right-click the Landmarks button to enable/disable individual landmarks.

Figure 371. Snap module in the Control Bar.

For details, see Defining and using the Snap Grid and Snap module.

Zooming enhancements

More zoom levels and overall smoother zooming.

Auto zoom the current track for faster workflow . For details, see Auto Zoom the current track.

Enhanced zooming in the time ruler. Point the mouse pointer at the top half of the Clips pane or Piano Roll view time ruler until the mouse pointer looks like , then drag up/down to zoom horizontally, or drag up/down with the right mouse button to zoom vertically. For details, see Zooming and scrolling in the time ruler.

Zoom undo/redo also applies to screensets.

Zoom undo/redo now properly restores the visible Clips Pane range.

Double-click the top half of the time ruler to invoke the Fit Project To Window command.

Undo/redo zoom by using the left and right mouse buttons. To undo zoom (same as ALT+Z), press and hold down the right mouse button, then click the left mouse button. To redo zoom (same as ALT+SHIFT+Z), press and hold down the left mouse button, then click the right mouse button.

For details, see Zoom controls and Zooming and scrolling in the time ruler.

Scrolling enhancements

Overall smoother scrolling.

Scroll ProChannel vertically.

Lasso selecting in the Piano Roll view and inline Piano Roll now scrolls the view when you reach the window boundary.

Enhanced scrolling in the time ruler. For details, see Zooming and scrolling in the time ruler.

Selection enhancements

Improved selection of tracks and data. Solid and consistent selection look and gestures across all views.

Drag with the right mouse button to lasso select.

When you reach a window boundary while selecting, the window scrolls.

The Select All command (and CTRL+A shortcut) only selects data that is editable in the view that has focus.

Hold down the SHIFT key and click in the time ruler or Clips pane to extend the current selection. If there is no existing selection, the selection extends from the Now Time.

Grouping enhancements

The Group > New and Group > Save commands have been consolidated into a single Group > New command. For details, see Using control groups.

Clip groups:

Selection group has been renamed to Clip group.

New keyboard shortcuts for working with clip groups. For details, see Clip shortcuts.

For details, see Clip groups.

Quick Group support for:

Create/Delete/Reassign sends in the Track view and Console view.

Insert/Remove/Replace ProChannel modules (Producer only).

Up/down scrolling in Send clusters in the Console view and Inspector.

Minimize a ProChannel module across all selected tracks (Producer only).

Minimize all ProChannel modules in a single track (Producer only).

Pre/Post toggle in ProChannel (Producer only).

Bypass ProChannel (Producer only).

Scrolling in ProChannel with mouse wheel (Producer only).

Expand/collapse lanes.

Assign parameters to Automation lanes.

For details, see Quick Groups.

Key binding enhancements

Search function for Key Bindings. For details, see To search for key bindings.

“On Stop, rewind to now marker” can be toggled on/off by pressing CTRL+W.

Additional commands exposed as key bindings, including:

Snap to Measure.

Metronome on/off.

 

See:

New features in SONAR X2

Skylight

Perform

Record

Mix

Master

Deliver

Misc. enhancements