sysx where is it?

[Vasilios Stergiopoulos]

I try to find where the sysx view is. The manual says that it is under the "views" menu, but it is not there

[Bristol_Jonesey]

Very top right of your screen, under Workspaces, set it to NONE

[User 905133]

. . . . or to any other Workspace that doesn't exclude Sysex, or if you have a custom Workspace or like the one you use, edit it to add the Sysex view.

[User 905133]

 

 

[User 905133]

 

[user7025969226737285]

Thanks for the answer. I thought I was losing it. Been using Cakewalk for 30 Years, I try the new one and no Sysx View.

[user7025969226737285]

I wish they would have just left it where it was, I was a beta Tester for many years. I have been

using Cakewalk since DOS days.

Everytime I open a .mid file I need sysex view. Change for the sake of change. Don't tell me

to use Garageband either. GRRRH. This is why I use Cakewalk Pro-Audio 9.03 for Midi as it

just works (mostly)

[msmcleod]

23 minutes ago, user7025969226737285 said:

I wish they would have just left it where it was, I was a beta Tester for many years. I have been

using Cakewalk since DOS days.

Everytime I open a .mid file I need sysex view. Change for the sake of change. Don't tell me

to use Garageband either. GRRRH. This is why I use Cakewalk Pro-Audio 9.03 for Midi as it

just works (mostly)

SysEx view is there.  You're probably using the Basic workspace - set it to Advanced or None.

[User 905133]

1 hour ago, user7025969226737285 said:

Everytime I open a .mid file I need sysex view. Change for the sake of change. Don't tell me

to use Garageband either. GRRRH. This is why I use Cakewalk Pro-Audio 9.03 for Midi as it

just works (mostly)

I thought this was resolved 8 months ago.  

On 7/5/2024 at 12:48 PM, User 905133 said:

 

On 8/9/2024 at 4:52 AM, user7025969226737285 said:

Thanks for the answer. I thought I was losing it. Been using Cakewalk for 30 Years, I try the new one and no Sysx View.

I have been using Cakewalk since the days of MS-DOS.  Maybe you and I are in the same age range.  If so, I understand forgetfulness, preferences for avoiding change simply for the sake of change, etc. 

But to me, Workspaces is an amazing feature.  In fact, several years ago I created a customized workspace specifically for creating piecemeal tunes using the staff view and MIDI data.  The layout  was simplified to have distractions out of the way.  I could enter phrases one at a time via my usb midi keyboard and edit them as needed in either staff view or the event list (or re-record them).  I am sure I had the sysex view enabled.

Also, I had the track view header just with the MIDI parameters I needed, the Control Bar was customized to show me just the tools I needed, with the most important ones expanded, others collapsed, etc. , and the Multidock setup just the way I needed for creating tunes using my really ancient workflow augmented by a few new features, including a console set up to my liking with narrow strips to easily balance my MIDI tracks.

1 hour ago, msmcleod said:

SysEx view is there.  You're probably using the Basic workspace - set it to Advanced or None.

Or create your own Custom Workspace so you have just the tools you need setup the way you want. 

While it might take some time to learn how to create and use customized Workspaces, I would encourage you to spend the time to learn how to create one that meets your needs. You can have all your favorite views and features available and others excluded so they aren't even shown. 

[John Vere]

As I have been saying over and over the default settings are badly defined. Default Workspace is Basic?? This has tripped up just about everyone including long time users. Seems Workspaces are not on everyone’s radar. Kinda like Mix Recall. Or Ripple edit. 
I made a tutorial for Workspaces once and it only got a few views. 

The logical choice would be None so that nothing is hidden. Then as users start exploring features they could start customizing and hiding things they don’t want.