Audio Track Waveform Turned Sky-Blue, Cursor=Lasso
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Audio Track Waveform Turned Sky-Blue, Cursor=Lasso
I don’t know what I hit, but somehow, in the lower of two audio tracks, the waveforms turned sky-bluish, and my cursor, when in that track, is always a lasso.
It’s not clear that anything is happening when I select stuff with the lasso.
Poking through the manual, I was looking like I’d inadvertently turned on automation for that track, but it doesn't appear to be on in the mixer for that track, and turning off the global automation enable didn’t affect it.
Anybody know what ... mode ... I apparently put that that track into?
I don't know the exact Digital Performer version number (in a different location now; can't check), other than that it's quite recent. On a Mac.
It’s not clear that anything is happening when I select stuff with the lasso.
Poking through the manual, I was looking like I’d inadvertently turned on automation for that track, but it doesn't appear to be on in the mixer for that track, and turning off the global automation enable didn’t affect it.
Anybody know what ... mode ... I apparently put that that track into?
I don't know the exact Digital Performer version number (in a different location now; can't check), other than that it's quite recent. On a Mac.
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Re: Audio Track Waveform Turned Sky-Blue, Cursor=Lasso
Can you post a screen shot?
Cursor-wise, select Tools from the main menu and you should be able to click on the arrow to restore the primary cursor.
Buzzy
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Cursor-wise, select Tools from the main menu and you should be able to click on the arrow to restore the primary cursor.
Buzzy
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Re: Audio Track Waveform Turned Sky-Blue, Cursor=Lasso
(Yeah, I was looking for a way to post a screen shot here, but I didn't see it. Hold on, I'll check again...)
Re: Audio Track Waveform Turned Sky-Blue, Cursor=Lasso
To post a screenshot on this forum, do I need to stuff it off on the WWW somewhere and post the URL? If so, can you give me an example or suggestion for where (Instagram?)? I don't have any personal web space, I'm afraid...
Thanks, folks!
Thanks, folks!
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Re: Audio Track Waveform Turned Sky-Blue, Cursor=Lasso
Flickr is one. Or if you are on the iPad/iPhone Tapatalk app, you can get the photo to your device photos and upload via Tapatalk.
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Early 2009 Mac Pro 4,1>5,1 3.33 GHz Hex Core Intel Xeon OS X 10.8.5 SSD (32 gigs RAM)
DP 9.51 PCI-424e / original 2408, 2408mkII, 24I/O, MTP-AV
Yamaha C7 Conservatory Grand
Hammond B-3 / Leslie 145
Focal Twin6 Be(s)
DP 9.51 PCI-424e / original 2408, 2408mkII, 24I/O, MTP-AV
Yamaha C7 Conservatory Grand
Hammond B-3 / Leslie 145
Focal Twin6 Be(s)
Re: Audio Track Waveform Turned Sky-Blue, Cursor=Lasso
Aha! Thanks for the Tapatalk suggestion.
This picture doesn't show the lasso cursor, but ... not much to say about that in particular...
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This picture doesn't show the lasso cursor, but ... not much to say about that in particular...
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Re: Audio Track Waveform Turned Sky-Blue, Cursor=Lasso
I took that picture this morning to send to MOTU, wanted to keep it small. I can take another picture cropped less, if that would help.buzzsmith wrote:Flickr is one. Or if you are on the iPad/iPhone Tapatalk app, you can get the photo to your device photos and upload via Tapatalk.
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Audio Track Waveform Turned Sky-Blue, Cursor=Lasso
Audio-2 is blue because it's showing the (nonexistent) volume automation instead of the Soundbite. Click on the Volume tab arrow and select Soundbites and it will look like the top waveform.
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Yamaha C7 Conservatory Grand
Hammond B-3 / Leslie 145
Focal Twin6 Be(s)
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Hammond B-3 / Leslie 145
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Re: Audio Track Waveform Turned Sky-Blue, Cursor=Lasso
Good call Buzzy!
Re: Audio Track Waveform Turned Sky-Blue, Cursor=Lasso
Here's a bigger picture: It sure looks like it thinks it's using the usual arrow cursor, and the track above it behaves perfectly normally, but that lower track always gets a lasso cursor.buzzsmith wrote:Flickr is one. Or if you are on the iPad/iPhone Tapatalk app, you can get the photo to your device photos and upload via Tapatalk.
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Re: Audio Track Waveform Turned Sky-Blue, Cursor=Lasso
That's most likely because the lower track is "awaiting" some automation input. Or there is some already there. If you switch that 2nd track from volume to soundbites, as mentioned earlier, it will look like the track above it and the cursor should revert back to the arrow.
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DP 9.51 PCI-424e / original 2408, 2408mkII, 24I/O, MTP-AV
Yamaha C7 Conservatory Grand
Hammond B-3 / Leslie 145
Focal Twin6 Be(s)
DP 9.51 PCI-424e / original 2408, 2408mkII, 24I/O, MTP-AV
Yamaha C7 Conservatory Grand
Hammond B-3 / Leslie 145
Focal Twin6 Be(s)
Re: Audio Track Waveform Turned Sky-Blue, Cursor=Lasso
OK, that did indeed fix it! Thanks a bunch!buzzsmith wrote:Audio-2 is blue because it's showing the (nonexistent) volume automation instead of the Soundbite. Click on the Volume tab arrow and select Soundbites and it will look like the top waveform.
As I mentioned originally, I'd looked over the manual, and it sounded like an automation-related concern, so I turned off the global automation enable, and that didn't help. Also, in the mixer, it did not show up with automation on.
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Re: Audio Track Waveform Turned Sky-Blue, Cursor=Lasso
You're quite welcome!
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DP 9.51 PCI-424e / original 2408, 2408mkII, 24I/O, MTP-AV
Yamaha C7 Conservatory Grand
Hammond B-3 / Leslie 145
Focal Twin6 Be(s)
DP 9.51 PCI-424e / original 2408, 2408mkII, 24I/O, MTP-AV
Yamaha C7 Conservatory Grand
Hammond B-3 / Leslie 145
Focal Twin6 Be(s)