Disappearing Data!

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swpowe
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Disappearing Data!

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Please Help! I can't figure out what's going on. I'm trying to simply move MIDI notes and data and it won't work in the track view, sequence view, or the MIDI view. When I select notes and try to drag them say 4 measures later, 80% of the notes just disappear. The one's that remain don't even move. The same thing happens if I try to shift everything. I've tried selecting different ways, I've tried moving and duplicating different ways and it never works correctly. I didn't use to have this problem. Any ideas?

Dp 9.1.2 (also happened in 9.1)
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Is it just one project, or ALL projects? Haven't heard that one before but if it's one file, then you might LOAD the sequences into a new project as the project may have become corrupted.

If it's ALL files/projects, I'd try a reinstall if DP but either way I'd put in a call or techlink to MOTU on Monday.

Very strange behavior...
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After deleting all my Motu preferences, I'm back to working.
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Cool. So many people claim deleting plists never fixes anything. Not in my experience. It can fix lots of problems, like this one.

Thanks for posting the solution.
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Jeez, I wish we knew specifically which pref(s) were corrupted to cause THAT!
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Shooshie wrote:Jeez, I wish we knew specifically which pref(s) were corrupted to cause THAT!
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Seriously. I know, it makes no sense at all yet the o/p reports seeing it. Perhaps a graphics glitch?
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In the View Filter make sure under Notes that Normal (display/play), Display-Only, and Playback-only are all selected. This is the default preference so that's why trashing preferences fixes it.

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Ah, the Cmd-f Easter Egg. :rofl:
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Re: Disappearing Data!

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this problem (and resolution) are not alltogether unlike this one that I had a few months back:
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=61434&p=522141#p522141
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MIDI Life Crisis wrote:Ah, the Cmd-f Easter Egg. :rofl:
You mean the Command-F easter egg HUNT!

Thankfully, MOTU has changed that in more recent versions of DP.
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Shooshie wrote:
MIDI Life Crisis wrote:Ah, the Cmd-f Easter Egg. :rofl:
You mean the Command-F easter egg HUNT!

Thankfully, MOTU has changed that in more recent versions of DP.
No wonder I can see my junk now...
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