Zoom a project correctly on opening the project?

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Windows 11 on PC
Cubase 12.0.60 Pro and every previous version for many years

Every time I open a project for years now, the project always opens up zoomed in slightly too much. I usually zoom my projects to full horizontal extents just before saving them in the hope that the next time I open the project it will be presented with the full project timeline visible.

But no. Every time, the project opens slighly overzoomed so I cannot see the end of the song, and I have to issue a Zoom Full command manually to see the whole song horizontally.

This happens even if I have correctly set the length of the project in the Project Setup window.

Anyone found a cure?

Anyone else experiencing the same?

It’s not a big problem, but it shouldn’t be like this and it is an ongoing annoyance for many years now.

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Hi,

The Zoom level is not stored with the project. This is why.

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And why not? Surely this is a basic and simple requirement.

Even if it is not stored, Cybase could surely be made to do a Zoom Full on loading a project instead of contantly slightly underzooming the project, which is aggravating.

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Hi,

I would recommend you to make a new proper feature-request thread.

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Not for many users, apparently. Cubase has the means to do what you’re asking, for example, you can use a Workspace, then it should do what you want.

But hitting one keystroke doesn’t seem onerous to me at all.

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That’s not quite true.
Vertical zoom is stored.

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Just checked saving with a new horisontal zoom. Closed Cubase. Reopened and loaded the show and indeed it opened with the same zoom settings.
I don’t think I have a very special version of Cubase. :slight_smile:

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Hi,

Do a proper test, please. Save 2 projects with different Zoom levels (“max”, “min”). Then open project A and then B. Or make a 3rd project with Zoom “mid”. Then open project A and then B. You will see they will not open in the “max” and “min” Zoom level.

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Hmm. This is strange. Testing it just now, and it IS saving the horizontal zoom level.

But I have definitely had it not doing this over many years. I tend to zoom projects to Full horizontal zoom before saving them, and have definitely had the niggle fo them opening slightly over zoomed on next load, so I can’t see the end of the song without doing a manual zoom full.

I’ll keep an eye on this and report back if I can work out what difference is causing this, because right now it is working fine.

Computers can be weird :slight_smile:

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That’s what I do, and it happens to me every time I open a project… to the degree of clicking my key command for “Zoom Full” automatically at start up.
It is a bit strange, but not much of a hazzle IMO :wink:

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Same here. Not the end of the world, but annoying enough that I’m keeping a keen eye on this thread to see if there’s a fix/workaround!

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OK, so not just me then.

I don’t understand this attitude by some above saying it’s not a big deal. Where is that argument going?

Surely if something is not right, it should be fixed. Big deal or not.

I have hardware controllers with a button mapped to Zoom Full, but I’d still like this fixed properly.

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Where do I do that? It’s not obvious - there is no feature request section in the left column here.

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Hi,

Add the feature-request optional tag to the post, please.

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Aha. Thanks… Done

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Even if it’s annoying, and not the biggest deal, there are certainly much larger bugs that should be fixed first IMO

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It was just about setting things in perspective… but whatever

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I saw this zoom problem. But there is another one in my house that bothers me more.
when I have a total zoom of the project if I open a directory the zoom always changes and I have to readjust the zoom to have on the screen what I want to see.

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What do you mean by ‘open a directory’? Do you have an example?

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Try setting up a Project Workspace and then saving it. Does that solve the problem?