New Sonar - Composing score for Video - missing features...

[Shaan]

 

 

1. Displaying the Meter / Key Signature changes on the Track Time-line is needed especially when scoring for videos. This is missing in Cakewalk/Sonar.  Most other DAWs (Paid and Free) already has this. 

The above pictured video is just under 2 minutes and has already 2 Meter changes, just imagine doing a 30 minutes to hours video and how difficult not be able to see the Meter changes on the Track Time-line while scoring. 
 

2. A dedicated lane for Note or Marker
Almost all other DAWs has a dedicated lane on Track View for Marker, but Cakewalk uses Time-Ruler area to display this.  Unfortunately when we add more Markers (like a note) on the Time-Ruler it gets cluttered and hard to read unless zoomed in. 

In addition to the current Marker functionality,  please give us a dedicated lane for  additional Notes that can be put on the Track Time-line. Again, this is imperative one of those things needed for people who are scoring to videos to put in vital notes. 

Can be called whatever.... Note or Tag or Flag or Time-line Note or Mark or Label or Caption or whatever. 

The point is giving us an ability to put some sort of note on the Track Time-line.   A color-coded label will be greatly appreciated.

You have "Lyrics" Track in Cakewalk Next, even that dedicated lane can be used to put notes for people who are not writing songs.  And it is color-coded as well ?.

 

Like me, there are thousands of people who downloaded and adopted to the Cakewalk free version do some sort of video work. While it was being Free people may have ignored and learned to live with some of these missing features. But when there is a need to pay for it now then for sure people will be comparing different DAWs to see what fits them and all the available features and how it helps with their work-flow and of course comparative price point for those features as well. 

The above 2 requests may seem simple to people who doesn't do music for video, but these small changes make a big difference to the work-flow for those who do score for videos. 

 

 

 

[OutrageProductions]

I've been using multiple Arranger tracks since they were introduced; Meter, Key, Chords, Cues (mood), & other notes (occasionally) and they work perfectly. Show or hide the ones needed.

Been scoring with this program to film & video (also Nuendo, PT, & Cubase) for 18 years. 

Sure... it might be a workaround, but it's very viable as such.

Edited April 2 by OutrageProductions

[Andres Medina]

Yeah, I like your suggestions. I can improve a lot working for video.

The workaround of using sections is time consuming. Nice to have a Meter lane.