jesse g Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 Honestly, I have to say that I totally forgot about this feature in Cakewalk until I was going through my preferences. Check it out, newbies you might be in for a surprise. To turn on this feature, go to preferences. Look under Customization and click on Display, and then click on "Enable X-Ray" near the bottom of the window. Now open a plugin, or a virtual instrument and click on it and then hold down Shift and X. This works on most Plugins and Virtual instruments. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grem Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 8 hours ago, jesse g said: totally forgot about this feature in Cakewalk Yep. So did I. Will have to check it out. Thanks Jesse 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigb Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grem Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 8 hours ago, jesse g said: and click on it and then hold down Shift and X. Not the title bar. The plugin itself. I know you said 'the plugin' but me in my infinite wisdom thought that the title bar would qualify. It don't! Yeah I forgot about that. It was enabled too. Maybe by default? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wibbles Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 58 minutes ago, Grem said: Maybe by default? Yep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wibbles Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 Use the mouse and keyboard to have a ghostly image distorting the view of what's beneath instead of one mouse click to minimise/close the plugin and one to reopen it. It seems to me like one of those ideas that sounded great in the development meeting, but would be a feature users soon forgot about. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyB01 Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 I had no idea that was there, looks very cool and I will definitely use that. Thanks Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse Screed Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 Learn something new everyday! Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grem Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 7 hours ago, Wibbles said: would be a feature users soon forgot about. That does seem to be what happened to me!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulo Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 The first time I used it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msmcleod Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 A friend of mine had a V-STUDIO 700, which had the T-Bar for controlling X-Ray. It was pretty cool, but always made me wish I had a Raleigh Chopper again... 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rfssongs Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 35 minutes ago, paulo said: The first time I used it. Me too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InstrEd Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 Remember too many X-rays are bad for you 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InstrEd Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 .......and yes I forgot about this feature. Thanks for reminding me about it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starship Krupa Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 (edited) I forget about MIDI Magnifier as well. X-Ray seems to be a thing designed to help with working on single smaller screens than are now standard. (typing this on 14" laptop) Edited November 29, 2022 by Starship Krupa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jesse g Posted November 29, 2022 Author Share Posted November 29, 2022 On 11/28/2022 at 2:17 PM, msmcleod said: A friend of mine had a V-STUDIO 700, which had the T-Bar for controlling X-Ray. Oh man, were you cool if you got one of these and folks stepped into your project studio. I was drooling over one of these back in the day, until I got my Mackie Universal Pro. It is still working !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quick Math Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 I saw that video many years ago and thought it was a fantastic feature I should use and then I opened the DAW and tried it to see how it works. Amazing. Since then, I never actually used that and even forgot the shortcut. There are many other features that I thought cool but forgot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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