I have up until quite recently been using cubase on my old ST, it still works fine, but as I get older my eyes don't fare as well, and I want to include audio, so I've now moved to cubase SX 2.2. I'm struck by how many good things have been dropped, and how many bad things have been added, or are still there. I can't believe that entering control data such as sustain is just as clunky and unusable as it always was, and am baffled by the inability to press the <esc> key while in the key editor to close it without saving any changes made. Is there really no "non-volatile" way to exit an edit window now? If there is and I've missed it, could someone please put me strait. TIA -
On Fri, 20 Feb 2009 13:53:42 -0800 (PST), wrote: >I have up until quite recently been using cubase on my old ST, it >still works fine, but as I get older my eyes don't fare as well, and I >want to include audio, so I've now moved to cubase SX 2.2. I'm struck >by how many good things have been dropped, and how many bad things >have been added, or are still there. I can't believe that entering >control data such as sustain is just as clunky and unusable as it >always was, and am baffled by the inability to press the <esc> key >while in the key editor to close it without saving any changes made. >Is there really no "non-volatile" way to exit an edit window now? >If there is and I've missed it, could someone please put me strait. > >TIA > >- There's always ctrl-z if you're unhappy with edits. I for one am glad I don't get another 'are you sure?' window every time I do something.
a écrit : > I can't believe that entering > control data such as sustain is just as clunky and unusable as it > always was, I'm currently using SX1 and and think the same thing. Hope it's a bit more easy in cubase 4 or 5. For instance, there could be a box that one could tick in order to link a sustain controller (both the "on" and the "off" signal at the same time) to the notes one is erasing. For instance: once I erased all the notes over a sustain pedal, cubase would automatically erase the sustain controller too that was linked to the notes. >and am baffled by the inability to press the <esc> key > while in the key editor to close it without saving any changes made. > Is there really no "non-volatile" way to exit an edit window now? > If there is and I've missed it, could someone please put me strait. For I accidentally use this key when I want to erease a note I just selected, I think I recall that you just have to hit "enter". The editor is closed and contains all the modifications you just made. If you want, in the preferences, you can link any key or key combination to any cubase funcition. It might be useful for you. Huey
Hueyduck a écrit : >> and am baffled by the inability to press the <esc> key >> while in the key editor to close it without saving any changes made. >> Is there really no "non-volatile" way to exit an edit window now? >> If there is and I've missed it, could someone please put me strait. > > For I accidentally use this key when I want to erease a note I just > selected, I think I recall that you just have to hit "enter". The > editor is closed and contains all the modifications you just made. > > If you want, in the preferences, you can link any key or key > combination to any cubase funcition. It might be useful for you. I just realised I certainly misunderstood your question. "enter" is obvisouly when you want to quit the editor while saving the changes. Now that I understood you question correctly: I also wondered why the "esc" had disappeared between cubase 3.5 (not SX3) and SX1 I just said to myself that I didn't need it so much now that we have unlimited undo. I might be wrong , but I instinctively understood that when you are inside an container, the "undo list" is limited to the changes you made inside this container. This is like the "esc" trick, but you can limit it to any level of modification you made. Huey
I appreciate that the almost infinite levels of undo could be used to go back to where I was before I entered the editor, but if I've been fiddling around for 10 or 15 minutes and then decide it's not what I want, a simple tap of the <Esc> key would be a hell of a lot simpler than wading through reams of undo events to decide where I was up to. > I for one am glad I don't get another 'are you sure?' window every > time I do something. You never did, it used to work like this: You press the <enter> key and the editor exits saving your changes, no dialogue box. Or, you press the <Esc> key, and then it asks if you're sure you want to exit without saving changes. This 1 click to go back to where you were before you entered the editor is obviously a lot simpler then trawling through the undo list.
On Sat, 21 Feb 2009 04:03:25 -0800 (PST), wrote: >I appreciate that the almost infinite levels of undo could be used to >go back to where I was before I entered the editor, but if I've been >fiddling around for 10 or 15 minutes and then decide it's not what I >want, a simple tap of the <Esc> key would be a hell of a lot simpler >than wading through reams of undo events to decide where I was up to. > >> I for one am glad I don't get another 'are you sure?' window every >> time I do something. > >You never did, it used to work like this: You press the <enter> key >and the editor exits saving your changes, no dialogue box. Or, you >press the <Esc> key, and then it asks if you're sure you want to exit >without saving changes. This 1 click to go back to where you were >before you entered the editor is obviously a lot simpler then trawling >through the undo list. > > > I understand. I guess it's just what you're used to, and what kind of music you make I used to work on Cubase on the Atari 1040 ST, then quit for a while, then came Nuendo, SX3 and now Studio 5
