Click and play

[mrbil]

all the other Daws have click and play. ie take the cursor to a waveform or in a tack, click and a cursor line comes up and you click spacebar or play and it plays and when you stop it goes back to that original place you clicked. Great for overdubs or mixing/fixing a section and you don't click it in the conductor track. Yes I know about the three arrows in the transport section, but when you do that and do an edit, it is a pain in the butt when it moves around with the repeat arrows or record in and out red arrows.
Justa simple command click and play just like all the big boys do. I like DP, and have been using it since first came out as I used DP to lock the MIDI for the Flecktone sessions with it and it was solid as a rock, where other software would fail time after time and performer locked solid.
Also DP needs Import session Data, the run around they hve now doesn't seem to be logical and work for mass mixing.

[MIDI Life Crisis]

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[CharlzS]

Something that is similar is turn on Auto Rewind in the transport, position the wiper to where you want to start and then press F1. Using the space bar to stop and start should take you back to where you positioned the wiper.

[mrbil]

[quote="CharlzS"]Something that is similar is turn on Auto Rewind in the transport, position the wiper to where you want to start and then press F1. Using the space bar to stop and start should take you back to where you positioned the wiper.[/quote]


Yes but you still have to hit F1, takes time. How com all the other DAW systems can do it except DP?

[rickorick]

If you click on a soundbite or highlight a group of MIDI notes and then press option/space bar it will play whatever you have highlighted or clicked on if you click on just one MIDI note it’ll play that one mini note with option/space bar try that

[rickorick]

Or if you just want to go to a certain measure hit the decimal point and type in 22 or 33,44 will get you close to where you want to go or be precise and type in 21 or 14

[MIDI Life Crisis]

...you still have to hit F1, takes time. How com all the other DAW systems can do it except DP?

Yes, those 1/4 seconds really add up at the ned of a day.



Regard the rest of that ridiculous statement: because somebody else programmed it. Duh!

[CharlzS]

... How com all the other DAW systems can do it except DP?

DP has several transport options so it's just a different implementation. There are many things available in every other DAW that aren't available in DP and many things in DP that no other DAW has. So if the PT transport is more to your liking, OK. Drop something in the MOTU suggestion box. I would also like this as an option, but it's not a show stopper.

[MIDI Life Crisis]

...you still have to hit F1, takes time. How com all the other DAW systems can do it except DP?

Yes, those 1/4 seconds really add up at the ned of a day.



Regarding the rest of that ridiculous statement: because somebody else programmed it. Duh!

[mrbil]

[quote="CharlzS"][quote="mrbil"]
... How com all the other DAW systems can do it except DP?[/quote]
DP has several transport options so it's just a different implementation. There are many things available in every other DAW that aren't available in DP and many things in DP that no other DAW has. So if the PT transport is more to your liking, OK. Drop something in the MOTU suggestion box. I would also like this as an option, but it's not a show stopper.[/quote][quote="rickorick"]Or if you just want to go to a certain measure hit the decimal point and type in 22 or 33,44 will get you close to where you want to go or be precise and type in 21 or 14[/quote]

[MIDI Life Crisis]

... if you just want to go to a certain measure hit the decimal point and type in 22 or 33,44 will get you close to where you want to go or be precise and type in 21 or 14.

I do this all the time, especially when I want to hear a sequence from the beginning. .0.0.0 <enter>

Of course, I have to hit enter and those 1/4 seconds really add up.

I kid, but after many years and too many thousands of posts (both posted and read) it never ceases to amaze me what a rush people are to get their project done. I understand deadlines, they're real, but meeting a deadline isn't about an app being better at one thing or another, it's about the efficiency the end user brings to the project. OPT-SPACE BAR to play a selection takes all of 1/2 a sec, or less. No, it's doesn't give you a little line to follow along. You have to use your eyes and watch the waveform or use the playback feature. Would the cursor be nice? Yes, I LOVE that idea. But it's not there in DP and it's not that big a deal.

What i REALLY want it CHUNCK FOLDERS. DP doesn't have them, but most other DAWs don't use "chunks" (IOW, multiple sequences in one project) and that is a much bigger deal, IMO. There are a few other very big deals, like reliable OMF and AAF imports and exports, But Eye digress.

[mrbil]

[quote="CharlzS"][quote="mrbil"]
... How com all the other DAW systems can do it except DP?[/quote]
DP has several transport options so it's just a different implementation. There are many things available in every other DAW that aren't available in DP and many things in DP that no other DAW has. So if the PT transport is more to your liking, OK. Drop something in the MOTU suggestion box. I would also like this as an option, but it's not a show stopper.[/quote][quote="CharlzS"][quote="mrbil"]
... How com all the other DAW systems can do it except DP?[/quote]
DP has several transport options so it's just a different implementation. There are many things available in every other DAW that aren't available in DP and many things in DP that no other DAW has. So if the PT transport is more to your liking, OK. Drop something in the MOTU suggestion box. I would also like this as an option, but it's not a show stopper.[/quote][quote="MIDI Life Crisis"][quote="MIDI Life Crisis"][quote="mrbil"]...you still have to hit F1, takes time. How com all the other DAW systems can do it except DP?[/quote]

Yes, those 1/4 seconds really add up at the ned of a day.


A waste of time in production is still a waste of time.If Avid is smart enough to do it, MOTU can, as MOTU has more and better features and options then AVID. When you are on a work flow, a pain in the butt is still a pain in the but when you get used to something better, in the fast lane.


Regarding the rest of that ridiculous statement: because somebody else programmed it. Duh![/quote][/quote]

[bayswater]

Having it as a single click command would be useful (as long as DP doesn't start playing whenever you click in and editor). A worthwhile item for the suggestion box.

One way to get close:

Turn on both Link Playback to Memory, and Link Selection to Memory.

Place your left thumb on the left Command key and your right thumb over the Space Bar.

Command Click where you want playback to start and immediately press the spacebar.

If you press the spacebar again, it will go back to the place you last started playback. This has the added benefit of give both thumbs an equal amount of exercise.

[mrbil]

Might as well grab a pint, go for a stroll, catch a movie and then press play.Having a cursor to play in the same yard as others like big boys shouldn't be that hard to accomplish. Like playing marbles, you can't play it if you've lost all of them.........

[MIDI Life Crisis]

The big boys... Ask Michael Giacchino about what software uses... lol