Mixing Board channel/track view shifts by itself!!

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Mixing Board channel/track view shifts by itself!!

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I'm having a problem with the channel/track view in the mixing board shifting by itself. Almost always happens when I'm working on the right side of the mixing board. My mix window is not wide enough to display all channels at once, so I shift the view (with the slider at the bottom of the window) to the far right to automate a fader on that end of the mixing board. In play mode, even after I've clicked on a fader and am in the process of moving it (mouse still clicked) the mixing board view suddenly shifts all the way to the left, so I can't even see the channel I was automating. If I shift it back, it happens again, sometimes immediately. If I select only the channel I'm trying to automate for view and begin automating, often the track selector will change by itself, displaying all channels, once agin preventing me from seeing the channel I'm trying to automate.

Sometimes running Disc Utility and restarting clears things up for awhile. But today I tried that, then did a disc repair from the OSX Install disc, and when I went back to DP the behavior continued. I spent an hour on the phone with MOTU tech support, who suggested loading the project into a new "empty" project, but still no luck. This happens in every project.

I do this for a living and it is killing my productivity. If anyone has suggestions I would be most grateful!
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Re: Mixing Board channel/track view shifts by itself!!

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Have you tried turning off Auto Resize and Lock Layout To Track Order? If not, try turning both those off and see if that changes anything.

What's your input device? Have you had trouble in any other apps or in the OS?

You might also try turning off Enable Mouse Wheel for Sliders and Knobs. You know, just to see.

Strange problem.

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I'm not sure I understand the problem, and I don't have time to delve into it at the moment (maybe tomorrow), but in the meantime you might check this thread (and the post I'm linking you to) and see if any of this rings a bell.

http://www.motunation.com/forum/viewtop ... 67#p379467" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Also, do you have a Magic Trackpad? The 3rd party software "JiTouch" has some commands that move the windows around. You can turn those off, if that's the case.
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Re: Mixing Board channel/track view shifts by itself!!

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Thanks for the input and ideas. I did a full day of mixing today and the problem immediately started happening. But I just kept working....no restart or disc utility.....and it went away for the rest of the day! I'm starting to think it only happens when I'm automating at mix.....so I guess it's related somehow to that function?

Worley, I'll try turning off those functions you suggested when it happens again. no trackpad, Shooshie.

If you think of anything else, please post. As always, I really appreciate the input. This list has saved me many times in the past.

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Re: Mixing Board channel/track view shifts by itself!!

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As a workaround could you nest tracks into folders then de-select the folders in the mixer sidebar so you don't have to scroll the mixer?
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