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Not sure if it is something with my setup or others can replicate as well. I've noticed that if I try and drag/drop a Midi Clip in/out of Sonar (current version), the Audio Engine stops. In the video, note that the Audio Engine is running, but as soon as I drag the clip to the Desktop, the Engine stops. Tried in several projects and get the same I get the same result in all. Also happens a lot when I drag Midi from Sonar to EZ Drummer 3 AudioEngineDropout.mp4

Took a minute, but I finally got it...

I took trumpet for a few years as a kid. Bless my parents. They were really happy when I switched to piano…

Any pianists should definitely check it out if they are in the market. There might be some gems for sale at good prices. I got my 1998 Steinway Model B through my great piano teacher. He knew the Steinway Reps in NJ and they let him know that they were cycling out their Steinways from the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) - I think they did that every 7 years or so - this was in 2005. They only put their best Steinways in venues like that, so he told me it was worth checking out. I had been traipsing all over NJ and NY looking for a grand piano - dragging my wonderful wife with me. Played some great pianos. But as soon as I sat down at that Model B I was sold. My teacher and I went to the Victoria Theater at NJPAC (where the piano lived). I listened to him play through some amazing stuff by Chopin, Beethoven, etc. I then sheepishly and nervously played some pieces (hey - I can plausibly say I played at NJPAC!). Did the paperwork that day - and have enjoyed that piano ever since.

I'm noticing how much less I play my piano, study, compose, etc. lately. All the distractions - plugin chasing, DAW optimizing, tweaking, patching, watching tutorials (which is sometimes good if you find the right ones in the haystack), etc. I'm tempted to just step away from it for a while, sit at my Steinway and play/compose, try and write songs (with a pencil and paper oh my!), study music theory again (maybe the Bach Chorales?), modes, chord structure, etc. It would probably make me a better musician - and a more sane person... Anyone else feel this way?

Wish I wrote it... 🙃

Thanks David. The offset is actually correct. It’s in 4/4, starts with a 16th rest and then groups of 6. It’s actually the intro of Schuberts Ave Maria, one of my late mom’s favorites (mine too). She always had it playing around the holidays and I’m trying my hand at an arrangement. 😁

@David Baay, looks like the midi was recorded at 120bpm(?), as that is what appeared in the Tempo Map when I tried your suggestion. And it's comically fast. I've attached a small snippet. No way it was played that fast, so not sure how it ended up that way. @msmcleod, your suggestion is indeed fast and easy - thanks! I ended up having to increase the length to 300% to have it play at a reasonable tempo. SampleMidi.mid

Thanks @David Baay. Not at my PC all day. Will take a look tomorrow and try what you recommended!

The green dots do look like cloud sync icons. Could be that the “missing” folders exist only in cloud and you’d have to download them in order for Sonar to see them?

@msmcleod - you were correct. Looks like it was the way the file was recorded. Tempo of around 30 bpm has it playing about what I expect/want. Thanks all for the comments!

^^^This is what is confusing. I dragged the Midi file into and existing project that had a tempo of 60bpm. The dragged Midi was racing along at around 120bpm. I'll try uploading a sample tomorrow when I am at my PC. Thanks all!

I exported a Midi file from MuseScore and then dragged it into Sonar, expecting the created track to follow the Sonar tempo I set, but it does not - it seems to (maybe?) be following a tempo embedded in the file? Am I (as usual :^) doing something wrong?

I am not a Gamer at all, so trackball is great for me. @msmcleod, I've have good luck with 3.1.14 drivers for the Kensington Trackball. Very stable for me on Win10 Pro.

Same here - got a code from support today.

Hi Max. Not at my PC but I know you can save multiple layouts, so you could arrange icons on monitor 1, save layout, then do it repeatedly for other monitors etc. and “move” the icons by just restoring the layout you saved. Not sure if that’s what you want to do. DesktopOK is just a small exe file, no install, so it’s easy to test.

Same <unlicensed > error for me. Sent an email to support.

With DesktopOK you can arrange icons as you wish, on multiple monitors, then save those different layouts and recall them with a click. I have 3 monitors on my music PC and 5 on my office PC and it works great on both.

If, like me, you've had instances of your strategically placed Windows Desktop Icons getting moved/reordered/messed up this utility (DesktopOK) is great. You run it, capture your icon layout and close it. Doesn't have to stay running in background. You can then relaunch and restore your icon layout in one click. You can also store multiple layouts if desired. https://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/desktopok.html

I’m a big fan of the Kensington trackball mouse. Love that it saves space (since you don’t have to move it like a regular mouse). Also has lots of click options that you can program. Kensington track ball mouse

Must be something I'm doing wrong (most likely scenario :^)... Not sure why it only happens sometimes, but if I have a project open, save/close it, then exit Sonar (red X, upper right), I get this dialog - even though there is no "Project4" open as far as I can tell, and I don't recall doing anything other than opening the Project I was working on.

I think it's waaay faster and more reliable than Windows indexing. It also has a lot of useful filtering options, etc. - and it does not have to be always running. You can fire it up as needed and it updates its database in seconds.

Hi Max. Not at my PC, but think it can run as a service and index in background or you can just run it as needed. The database updates really quick when you fire up the utility. Has lots of options for what to index, exclude etc.

I’ve been using WizTree forever. It’s great. I also recommend adding Everything by voidtools to your toolbox. Finds files instantly. It’s amazing. https://www.voidtools.com/