Clip waveforms not visible when zoomed out horizontally

[Kev 54]

On my old computer, waveforms in clips were always visible in Track View, regardless of zoom. But on my current one (with the same version of Sonar) I have to zoom in horizontally before the waveform becomes visible. I prefer to have waveforms visible at all times. There must be a setting for it somewhere but I can't find it. Is it in the configuration file?

[Kalle Rantaaho 45]

How's your display and screen resolution in your new machine compared to the old one? I think many have noticed that modern high resolution displays can be problematic wit programs that are designed for lower resolutions.

[msmcleod 3,426]

Check this setting:


Also is your picture cache full ?  This could stop the contents from being displayed.

[msmcleod 3,426]

The other thing to check is the size of your picture cache:

Right click on your picture folder within Windows explorer and check the current usage, and compare it to the size above :



The location of your picture folder is specified here:

 

[Kev 54]

"Display Clip Contents" is ticked.

I've got the picture cache on a separate drive.
PicCacheMB=12000
Size on disk is only 17.6MB.

[Kev 54]

12 hours ago, Kalle Rantaaho said:

How's your display and screen resolution in your new machine compared to the old one? I think many have noticed that modern high resolution displays can be problematic wit programs that are designed for lower resolutions.

I only replaced the computer, not the screens. I also transferred the old graphics cards to the new machine. There should really be no difference.

[Kev 54]

Stranger still, if I bounce a clip, the waveform becomes visible at all zoom settings in the bounced clip. The disappearing waveform phenomenon only applies to recorded and imported clips.

[Kev 54]

Apparently the problem was due to a bug that has now been fixed in the 2020.09 update:

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Changing Picture Cache to high values would cause waveforms to stop drawing. Picture cache sizes > 2GB now work properly. The max size for PicCacheMB in Aud.ini has been increased to 10000 MB.

All good now.