Can no longer reorder clippings

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Can no longer reorder clippings

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Greetings,

In a Clippings list window, I used to be able to drag clippings up and down to reposition them in the list to arrange them the way I wanted them. Now when I drag a clipping and release the mouse, it is always moved to the bottom of the list, irrespective of its intended destination. In fact, sometimes if I try to move an item again, I'll get the Spinning Beach Ball of Death, and DP will crash.

In a related story, I have some MIDI controller events, for flipping various switches on one of my VIs, stored as clippings. Each contains a single value. I used to be able to drag them from a Clippings window into the GE window to a precise location on the timeline. Now when I do this, the event is placed way, way off to the right of where I've released the mouse. Sometimes I have to scroll the window to even find it.

I tried trashing the /myAccount/Library/Preferences/com.motu.DigitalPerformer.plist file (after copying it to another drive), emptying the trash, and rebooting DP -- but no difference. (Oddly enough, though I went in and made changes to the prefs within DP, it has yet to generate a new com.motu.DigitalPerformer.plist file. It must be writing those someplace else. ???)

Any ideas on this? Do I just need to do a complete reinstall of DP?

Thanks!
DM
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Re: Can no longer reorder clippings

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Nobody??
Mac Pro 8 x 2.8GHz, 16GB, OS X 10.6.8
DP 7.24, MachFive 3.2, EZ Drummer, RealGuitar/Strat/LPC
Ivory II Italian Grand, Korg Legacy M1/PolySix
Garritan PO4/JABB3, NI FM8, Vintage Horns
UAD-2 Solo, RME FireFace 800
Mackie HR824s, various mics/keys/outboard

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Re: Can no longer reorder clippings

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Works fine here.
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Re: Can no longer reorder clippings

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Yup. Used to work fine here too. Guess it's reinstall time. :?
Mac Pro 8 x 2.8GHz, 16GB, OS X 10.6.8
DP 7.24, MachFive 3.2, EZ Drummer, RealGuitar/Strat/LPC
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Garritan PO4/JABB3, NI FM8, Vintage Horns
UAD-2 Solo, RME FireFace 800
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Re: Can no longer reorder clippings

Post by daniel.sneed »

Weird too, but not so dramatic here:
I must drag twice, or more, to get clippings reordered!
And no crash, yet.
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Re: Can no longer reorder clippings

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Actually, I also needed to drag twice. I thought I just missed the mark, so maybe a bug.
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