Unable to increase Magnetic Test

[Sven]

If I increase the magnetic test toward 'Extreme' and press Apply it always jumps back to the position seen above.  Is there some other setting I need to change to be able to increase this value?

Thanks.

 

[Starship Krupa]

So you're saying that you drag the slider all the way to "Extreme" and it stays there until you click "Apply," then it jumps back to 2 ticks down from "Extreme?"

That is a strange one. I've not heard of any setting that prevents you from changing this setting. Curious: what happens if you try to select one of the levels more toward "Light" and click "Apply?" Does it jump up to the 2 ticks from the top setting?

[Sven]

 

Hi Starship Krupa,

  Agreed, it's a strange one.   I've lived with it for years but was always curious if it's something I could fix.  The screenshots above will all revert to the first screen shot I sent upon hitting the Apply button.

  For the record:

Thanks.

[Gilvan]

MAS O MAGNÉTICO É APENAS PARA TESTAR SE ESTÁ FUNCIONANDO E NÃO PARA FICAR NA POSIÇÃO EM QUE O COLOCAMOS. ELE SEMPRE VOLTARÁ.

[Gilvan]

AGORA O QUE ESTAR RELACIONADO A LIGHT E EXTREME É (SNAP INTENSITY).

[Starship Krupa]

From my understanding, what Sven is seeing is not that the Magnetic Test graphic is changing, it's the Snap Intensity slider setting.

[Sven]

Starship Krupa,

  Do you have no problems changing the Magnetic Test to whatever setting you want?  I keep thinking there's some reason Cakewalk won't allow me to do that based on my system settings or whatever.   

Thanks.

 

 

 

[User 905133]

I don't use this at all (except for a test once or twice a few years ago), but I thought the Snap Intensity setting changed in real time and the test strip was just a place where we can test the snap settings.  

Edited March 8, 2023 by User 905133
correction

[David Baay]

Are you seeing this in all projects? Snap Intensity is saved per-project and the intensity of the most-recently opened project will pertain to all open projects, but you should be able to change it in any one of them unless possibly a particular project has become corrupted somehow. Workspaces should not have a bearing but you might try setting Workspaces to None and re-trying. Otherwise... I dunno.

[Starship Krupa]

3 hours ago, Sven said:

Starship Krupa,

  Do you have no problems changing the Magnetic Test to whatever setting you want?  I keep thinking there's some reason Cakewalk won't allow me to do that based on my system settings or whatever.   

I have no problem setting the Snap Intensity to any setting. It stays put when I do that.

Magnetic Test is just a convenient way to test whether you want to keep the Snap Intensity setting.

I don't wish to sound pedantic, but it's best to have the terms clarified so that we can help sort out what's gone wrong.

[Sven]

I guess it's no big deal that it doesn't remember where I left the magnetic test.  The snap intensity setting remains where I want it and that's what's important.  

Thanks.

[User 905133]

1 hour ago, Sven said:

I guess it's no big deal that it doesn't remember where I left the magnetic test.  The snap intensity setting remains where I want it and that's what's important.  [emphasis added]

• From the Cakewalk Reference Guide:
  • "If you want to change the magnetic snap strength, or turn off magnetic snap, adjust the Snap Intensity slider."
  • "Snap Intensity. Specify the magnetic strength when snapping, which determines how quickly moved events are pulled towards the snap grid." 
  • "Magnetic Test. Drag the event to test the current Snap Intensity setting."

Based on what the Reference Guided says, I think you are right:  if the Snap Intensity setting remains where you want it, from what I can tell, it doesn't matter if the test location gets reset or remains where you left it.

On 3/8/2023 at 11:12 AM, User 905133 said:

. . . .I thought the Snap Intensity setting changed in real time and the test strip was just a place where we can test the snap settings.  

The Reference Guide seems to agree.