This IS the Avid L2: [Avid-L2] Re: Three Feature Requests: Locators, Audio Monitoring, and Project Window

Didn't you get the memo? When they removed the weightlifter icon you were supposed to be able to charge a much higher room rate. I think it constituted a 20% increase in my billings. Perhaps because it took me longer to find the new button without the weightlifter I was spending 20% more time looking for it. YMMV. ;-)

--- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, John Beck <jb30343@...> wrote:
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> The part I don't understand is, what was wrong with the old buttons?
> For that matter, what was wrong with the term "locator"? Or, the
> Weightlifter? If Avid has a scarcity of development resources, why do
> they waste them on things that don't improve the product? --J.B.
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> Shirley Gutierrez wrote:
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> > I don't know of a keyboard shortcut that works for all tracks. I
> > checked the help docs, and apparently, Option/Alt plus Track # toggles
> > audio on and off for A1-A4, which is better than nothing. It's
> > effectively a toggle mute, though, not a toggle solo.
> >
> > Best,
> > Shirley
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Roy <roy_axis@...>
> > To: Avid-L2 <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Fri, Oct 25, 2013 4:01 am
> > Subject: Re: [Avid-L2] Three Feature Requests: Locators, Audio
> > Monitoring, and Project Window
> >
> >
> >
> > Yes Shirley
> > I totally agree with you Regarding the Audio Monitoring
> > I Feel I'm working slow now with this Tiny Solo/Mute button - its
> > crazy all the time to go there with the mouse and select or deselect
> > I don't see any reason why they have changed that from the good old
> > monitor way On/off
> > it doesn't make sense to me to always use the mouse.
> > is there anything i miss here so i can use maybe a KB to solve this ???
> > thanks
> >
> > On 25/10/2013 01:22, Shirley Gutierrez wrote:
> >> These ground breaking innovations would make my life majorly easier
> >> right now. The first two involve going back to the way things were,
> >> say in Version 4. If any of these things have already landed in MC 7
> >> (about which I know nothing), apologies in advance!
> >>
> >> 1) A Locator window that works (I will never, ever call them
> >> markers): Why, oh why, can't I see the full text field in the tool
> >> window? Back in the day, the window was split, and there was a text
> >> display box down below. I miss that, but I don't see why the text
> >> field itself can't be expanded. I think it's pathetic that I can only
> >> see most of the text in the Composer Window, and in some cases, only
> >> when I open the locator pop-up itself. And why not bring back the old
> >> Avid name? There's no need to imitate FCP this slavishly. Have some
> >> corporate pride, people!
> >>
> >> 2) Audio monitoring: another contemptible, Version 5, FCP like
> >> "innovation." There's a toasty place in hell for the designer that
> >> decided to make two tiny buttons perform the function that one decent
> >> sized button used to perform quite capably. This change is all pain.
> >> Give me the option of getting the old singular button back, or at the
> >> very least give me keyboard shortcuts for mute and solo for all 24
> >> available tracks.
> >>
> >> 3) A 21st Century Project Window: There are very few things I miss
> >> from FCP 7 when I transition back to Avid, but the more flexible
> >> Browser window really is something I long for on a daily basis. I
> >> don't see why I can't open an organizational folder into it's own
> >> window. I often work within multi-user projects where each editor has
> >> their own workspace folder, and creating new bins that fall down to
> >> the bottom of a huge list of folders is a major pain in the keister.
> >> I want the Project to work like your basic desktop, the only thing
> >> that makes sense to me.
> >>
> >> There. Better now. Thanks for listening.
> >>
> >> Best,
> >> Shirley
> >
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