Can't reproduce. Probably not a bug. Have you selected the Smart option on the snap drop-down menu? Then the snap value will adapt to the timeline zoom.
im having a similar problem actually. for some reason, with smart zoom on, the farthest itll zoom in is 1/16, i have to manually change it to place notes inbetween any 1/16 marks. its very frustrating.
do you know how to manually change the what kind of notes you can place down or what view? it gets stuck on 1/16 but that is just the smart snapping, if you click on the fraction, itll show you all of the options for manual, and you can even change it to triplets if your into that sorta thing. but you have to manually change it back to smart snapping. this hasnt been happening for at least over a week or two though. im not sure what issue could have caused this.
I'd lower Smart to the minimum unit (1/128). For example, trap hi-hat trills often need a resolution of 1/32 or shorter. In any case, if someone is zooming that close, it can be assumed that they want to work at that resolution. Especially since the fixed Snap offers it.
@andremichelle By the way, the [ and ] shortcuts don't work for me. Zoom and scroll shortcuts do but the snap ones don't. I'm able to go up the list of snap values by pressing \ (Alt Gr+ß on a QWERTZ German keyboard) but that's it. Maybe the function isn't reading keyboard layouts properly? Anyway, the studio isn't only used by beginners. I always think that when the software assumes too much, it's just imposing arbitrary limitations. I don't see why the menu offers a 1/128 note duration (to everyone) but the smart function doesn't. From the other comments, there's a demand for smart to cover the whole range.
I don't know about the voting. For it to be useful, it would have to be announced to the whole community, otherwise you might not get enough votes for the result to be representative. And a negative result would frustrate the other side anyway. What about a compromise? Lower the lowest Smart note duration to 1/64. It is the shortest note duration found in musical notation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sixty-fourth_note
I'd like the other people who commented here to give their opinion as well. For me it's not a big deal whatever option is taken. A preference would be fine.
making it a preference setting would be nice. Since this happes with samples too, and I often find myself zooming in that far to edit a sample, it would be hepful if smart snapping would support that.
@andremichelle "I would not call it 'routinely', if you go below 1/16 for a few triples on the hihat." It is routine if you use that technique in practically every track you make. That's what I meant. Anyway, thanks for the preference. It's a good solution.
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Can't reproduce. Probably not a bug. Have you selected the Smart option on the snap drop-down menu? Then the snap value will adapt to the timeline zoom.
im having a similar problem actually. for some reason, with smart zoom on, the farthest itll zoom in is 1/16, i have to manually change it to place notes inbetween any 1/16 marks. its very frustrating.
Getting this too. Same issue.
The problem is that this only happens with the Smart option enabled
Smart grid snapping won't go below 1/16 for me. Like you said, I have to manually change it to 1/32, etc.
Are you sure you mean 1/4 notes and not 1/16 notes like others are describing above? Because that's the limit I hit as well.
i think they meant this. this comment explains it, and ive been having the same problem.
I have this problem too, it seems likes you figured out a sort of solution but I don't know how you guys are doing it
do you know how to manually change the what kind of notes you can place down or what view? it gets stuck on 1/16 but that is just the smart snapping, if you click on the fraction, itll show you all of the options for manual, and you can even change it to triplets if your into that sorta thing. but you have to manually change it back to smart snapping. this hasnt been happening for at least over a week or two though. im not sure what issue could have caused this.
I'd lower Smart to the minimum unit (1/128). For example, trap hi-hat trills often need a resolution of 1/32 or shorter. In any case, if someone is zooming that close, it can be assumed that they want to work at that resolution. Especially since the fixed Snap offers it.
@andremichelle By the way, the [ and ] shortcuts don't work for me. Zoom and scroll shortcuts do but the snap ones don't. I'm able to go up the list of snap values by pressing \ (Alt Gr+ß on a QWERTZ German keyboard) but that's it. Maybe the function isn't reading keyboard layouts properly? Anyway, the studio isn't only used by beginners. I always think that when the software assumes too much, it's just imposing arbitrary limitations. I don't see why the menu offers a 1/128 note duration (to everyone) but the smart function doesn't. From the other comments, there's a demand for smart to cover the whole range.
I don't know about the voting. For it to be useful, it would have to be announced to the whole community, otherwise you might not get enough votes for the result to be representative. And a negative result would frustrate the other side anyway. What about a compromise? Lower the lowest Smart note duration to 1/64. It is the shortest note duration found in musical notation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sixty-fourth_note
I'd like the other people who commented here to give their opinion as well. For me it's not a big deal whatever option is taken. A preference would be fine.
making it a preference setting would be nice. Since this happes with samples too, and I often find myself zooming in that far to edit a sample, it would be hepful if smart snapping would support that.
I also imagine that anyone doing trap or hip hop (the first two genres in the music page) routinely goes below 1/16.
I think there should be a preference to just turn off the value cap.
@andremichelle "I would not call it 'routinely', if you go below 1/16 for a few triples on the hihat." It is routine if you use that technique in practically every track you make. That's what I meant. Anyway, thanks for the preference. It's a good solution.
I was about to leave a comment asking for it to be a preference.
Glad I read the chain lol.