Solo/Mute Buttons in Veg 5

drbam wrote on 7/1/2004, 6:48 AM
I've been working with Veg 5 for a few days now and this seems weird to me: I solo a track(s) and then decide to mute the same track(s). The solo button does not disengage (visually-its still highlighted) although the track is indeed muted. In Vegas 3, if I did this same thing, the solo button would automatically disengage when I hit mute or vice/versa, which seems the most logical way this would work. Is there any reason why this functions this way in Vegas 5? Does anyone know of a common application for this? It's quite distractive to me visually and I'm finding that during intensive editing sessions, its interrupting my workflow.

Thanks,

drbam

ps: and speaking of the visuals in Veg 5, I really hate the new UI color scheme. Its really cheesy and I think it looks more like a "toy" than the incredible professional app that it is. I've tweaked all the adjustments and experimented with changing my XP views and although I was able to get minimal improvement, I find it much more difficult to work with than 3 or 4. Somebody at Sony must REALLY LOVE pastels! The question comes to mind: "What were they thinking?" Does anyone really prefer this current UI color scheme/version? If so, why? I keep thinking, I must be missing something – they did this for a reason. . . ;-O

Thanks again. . .

Comments

MrPhil wrote on 7/1/2004, 7:46 AM
Well, my only input is that if you solo a channel on a mixing console, and then mute it, it will still be soloed.
The difference from V5 is that you still here it.
That it would act like on/off I don't find logical. Solo is PFL, mute is not.
The mute is an on/off quicky for pulling down the fader. You can still solo it.
roger_74 wrote on 7/2/2004, 8:38 AM
You might want to try the new Royale theme for Windows with Vegas 5. http://www.winbeta.org/comments.php?id=352&catid=1.
Geoff_Wood wrote on 7/4/2004, 3:05 AM
Yes, hate the colour scheme - the vague icons. I don't want a work of art for a record button ; just a sharp clear round red dot.

And PLEASE, a 'Recording' light ! Zoom right out on a 5 minute track, hit record, and you can't really tell for 20 seconds or so that you hit the button correctly and are actually recording.


geoff
CDM wrote on 7/6/2004, 12:28 PM
the recording button gets depressed in 5.0b, FYI