Faster export/mixdown...

[dantarbill]

I used to do mixdowns of live multi-track performances regularly.  (Like...weekly...or more.)  I've since had to take a break for a year and move from the left coast to the right coast.  I've also updated from 2023.09 (build 075) to 2025.02 build 077.

There used to be a thing that I would do to speed up the render that (I think) kept Sonar from updating all the graphic elements in the UI.  I can't remember now what that was.

Who remembers what that is...or has become in the new update?

Thanks

[msmcleod]

Assuming you've got a full size keyboard, to the right of the function keys, you'll see the Print Screen,  Scroll Lock and Pause buttons.

Scroll Lock stops the clips view from scrolling when the now time goes off to the right.

Pause causes the screen to update only once a second - I think this is what you're referring to.

[dantarbill]

Pause and Scroll Lock are new to me.  I'll give those a shot.

What I was doing before did something to stop or collapse the whole UI and presented the render progress bar as a separate little window of its own.

[dantarbill]

On 5/18/2025 at 5:35 PM, msmcleod said:

Assuming you've got a full size keyboard, to the right of the function keys, you'll see the Print Screen,  Scroll Lock and Pause buttons.

Scroll Lock stops the clips view from scrolling when the now time goes off to the right.

Pause causes the screen to update only once a second - I think this is what you're referring to.

I've got Insert, Print Screen and Pause/Break.  No Scroll Lock.

Besides...this is the same keyboard I've used for years.  I don't recall that it was a key sequence that did the trick.  It was something I did in the Sonar UI that would keep it from updating graphics in plug ins and such.  It would also put the "Mixing Down Audio" progress bar in its own window that you could then drag onto another screen so I could put it up in a corner somewhere and see it while doing something else.

What WAS that?

 

[Promidi]

8 hours ago, dantarbill said:

I've got Insert, Print Screen and Pause/Break.  No Scroll Lock.

You sure about having no Scroll Lock? 

In the years of working in IT, pretty much every keyboard I have seen has a scroll lock key.

Are you using a custom keyboard?

Photo?

[Chaps]

31 minutes ago, Promidi said:

You sure about having no Scroll Lock? 

In the years of working in IT, pretty much every keyboard I have seen has a scroll lock key.

I've never seen that before either but I Googled it and turns out many laptops don't have a Scroll Lock key (a space-saving feature). Its function can be performed by pressing a combination of the Fn key and another key, depending on what make and model of the laptop.

[dantarbill]

Ok...I've found the key sequence that does the Screen Lock function on my Logitech wireless keyboard.  However, this doesn't seem to be enabling the functionality that I'm talking about.

Does anyone ELSE recall the function I'm talking about?  The proof that this has been enabled will be that the "Mixing Down Audio" progress bar will come up in its own window that you can then relocate at will.