A-ha. Good idea, Karl.

I agree about the mouse over event idea, as well.

Karl Caillouet wrote:
>>I generally name each wave file after recording and then
leave "Show
>>Active Take Name In Events" enabled for this very reason. You can
>>enable this on the Options|Preferences|General tab.
>>
>>How about a "mouse over" event that would show the track name in a
>>ballon? That would also do the trick when you didn't want to show
the
>>active take names.
>>
>>KAC...
>>
>>Carl Saff wrote:
>>>>It would be great to be able to see the track names even
>>>>when the tracks are minimized to point where you can't see
>>>>the naming strips to the left of each track. .

1) what about a quick punch function to drop in and out on the fly
while lock up to smpte ?

2) an MMC send via midi interface, or a compatibility with any HUIs (
mackie, peavey...)

The mouse-over already works - just hover the mouse over the track
color all the way on the left and it will give you the scribble name.
Having the take name turned on is good too.

Carl Saff wrote:
>>It would be great to be able to see the track names even
>>when the tracks are minimized to point where you can't see
>>the naming strips to the left of each track. I'm frequently
>>mixing 16 tracks at once with all tracks minimized and it
>>would be handy to be able to see the track names at that
>>viewing level (to quickly reference which track, for
>>instance, is the bass guitar track without enlarging tracks
>>until I find it, in case I haven't placed it in a typical
>>location). Perhaps when the track is minimized to the point
>>that the naming strip disappears on the left, it could
>>reappear super-imposed over the actual waveform display in
>>the track (I think SAW might do this). That wouldn't bother
>>me -- I wouldn't be doing any envelope editing or
>>cutting/pasting at that viewing level anyway.
>>
>>A very minor quibble... keep up the great work.

Wow -- can't believe I never noticed that. Nevermind, then!

Charles de Montebello wrote:
>>The mouse-over already works - just hover the mouse over the track
>>color all the way on the left and it will give you the scribble
name.
>>Having the take name turned on is good too.
>>
>>Carl Saff wrote:
>>>>It would be great to be able to see the track names even
>>>>when the tracks are minimized to point where you can't see
>>>>the naming strips to the left of each track. I'm frequently
>>>>mixing 16 tracks at once with all tracks minimized and it
>>>>would be handy to be able to see the track names at that
>>>>viewing level (to quickly reference which track, for
>>>>instance, is the bass guitar track without enlarging tracks
>>>>until I find it, in case I haven't placed it in a typical
>>>>location). Perhaps when the track is minimized to the point
>>>>that the naming strip disappears on the left, it could
>>>>reappear super-imposed over the actual waveform display in
>>>>the track (I think SAW might do this). That wouldn't bother
>>>>me -- I wouldn't be doing any envelope editing or
>>>>cutting/pasting at that viewing level anyway.
>>>>
>>>>A very minor quibble... keep up the great work.

To be honest, neither had I ... but then again I have only bothered
with the scribble strips once or twice when first checking Vegas out.
It just seems a waste of time to be doing all that "secretarial work"
while a client is watching and on the clock. :)

I've devised a console "scribble strip shorthand" over the years
working in various studios and I use that to name the takes after
recording. That way, I can use the shortened names, leave them
active, and they rarely obscure my view of the actual wave events
themselves ... and I can tell at a glance which track is which.

However, when you use more than a few letter, and invoke
Peter's "silence is golden to a DAW" rule and start splitting up
events, the take names can clutter things up real fast.

KAC ...


Carl Saff wrote:
>>Wow -- can't believe I never noticed that. Nevermind, then!
>>
>>Charles de Montebello wrote:
>>>>The mouse-over already works - just hover the mouse over the
track
>>>>color all the way on the left and it will give you the scribble
>>name.
>>>>Having the take name turned on is good too.
>>>>
>>>>Carl Saff wrote:
>>>>>>It would be great to be able to see the track names even
>>>>>>when the tracks are minimized to point where you can't see
>>>>>>the naming strips to the left of each track. I'm frequently
>>>>>>mixing 16 tracks at once with all tracks minimized and it
>>>>>>would be handy to be able to see the track names at that
>>>>>>viewing level (to quickly reference which track, for
>>>>>>instance, is the bass guitar track without enlarging tracks
>>>>>>until I find it, in case I haven't placed it in a typical
>>>>>>location). Perhaps when the track is minimized to the point
>>>>>>that the naming strip disappears on the left, it could
>>>>>>reappear super-imposed over the actual waveform display in
>>>>>>the track (I think SAW might do this). That wouldn't bother
>>>>>>me -- I wouldn't be doing any envelope editing or
>>>>>>cutting/pasting at that viewing level anyway.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>A very minor quibble... keep up the great work.

A big, big thank-you for that tip! I too can't believe I didn't find
the "mouse over track name" already. Would also like to PRINT a
track list, maybe with volume, pan, effects appylied etc. Vegas is
great.

Charles de Montebello wrote:
>>The mouse-over already works - just hover the mouse over the track
>>color all the way on the left and it will give you the scribble
name.
>>Having the take name turned on is good too.

Print functions would be good. So far, I'm really enjoying Vegas.
The only real gripe I'd like to see addressed is a persistant
preference setting across projects for the path to store the files.
It keeps reverting back to the "Program Files" directory on each new
project. (Perhaps I've missed the "trick" to make this work...)

Thanks for a great product!

Brian

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jimm wrote:
>>A big, big thank-you for that tip! I too can't believe I didn't
find
>>the "mouse over track name" already. Would also like to PRINT a
>>track list, maybe with volume, pan, effects appylied etc. Vegas is
>>great.