Just to bump this old thread and bring it to a close, thought I'd let y'all know that the issue I was having is resolved. I discovered that actually, my numpad wasn't working system-wide, not only in PT. After several frustrating hours I trashed every preference for my login, and that got it working again. So, contrary to what we (and even Digidesign themselves) thought, I can confirm that time selections and nudging and shuttling and marker movement and all that other good stuff does work with the imbedded numpad here. Sometimes you'll find yourself wishing you'd been born with 15 fingers, but it does work nonetheless.
Scott On 6/15/10, clarence griffin <[email protected]> wrote: > wow! this is going to make editing my stuff for radio much easier! > Thanks for the info. > > GF > > > On Jun 14, 2010, at 8:22 PM, Slau Halatyn wrote: > >> Yep, markers (or memory locations) are created with the Enter key on the >> num pad. You can set them to either auto name or you can type a name for >> each new marker in the dialog. To access a marker, you press decimal, the >> number of the marker and then decimal again. To select between marker >> locations, hold down the shift key when moving to the second marker. For >> example, let's say you have marker 1 and marker 2 set. To select between >> them, first press decimal, 1, decimal to get to the first marker location. >> Then, while holding down the shift key, press decimal, 2, decimal. This >> will create the selection. >> >> There's much more involved if you'd like to get fancier with Pre/Post roll >> times, track show/hide, etc. but that's the basic concept. >> >> Best, >> >> Slau >> >> On Jun 14, 2010, at 7:30 PM, clarence griffin wrote: >> >>> I like that method. Kevin was telling me about all that. I love it! >>> Can't wait to use it though. lol. >>> >>> how about markers, can you drop markers then select between them some >>> how? >>> I will go read up on this stuff. mmm, input! >>> >>> GF >>> >>> >>> On Jun 13, 2010, at 11:44 PM, Slau Halatyn wrote: >>> >>>> Hey Scott, >>>> >>>> Here's what you need to do: >>>> >>>> Use the asterisk key if you just want to move the playback cursor to a >>>> particular position. >>>> >>>> If you'd like to access the start, End and Length fields, use the slash >>>> key (on the numpad). The first press of the slash key will access the >>>> Start field. Pressing the slash key a second time moves the focus to the >>>> End field. A third press will focus on the Length field. >>>> >>>> Pressing the decimal key moves between columns of the field like >>>> bars/beats or minutes:seconds. So, for example, if you wish to create a >>>> selection from bar 3, beat 1 to bar 11, beat 3, you would press the >>>> slash key once, type 3 then press the slash key again and type 11, >>>> decimal, then 3. >>>> >>>> Alternatively, if you need to simply select 8 bars from where you are, >>>> press slash three times and type 8. Hopefully, that makes sense. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> >>>> Slau >>>> >>>> On Jun 13, 2010, at 2:50 PM, Scott Chesworth wrote: >>>> >>>>> Folks, allow me to be the first to ask a newbie question if you will. >>>>> >>>>> I can set start and end time selections in the counter display cluster >>>>> of the edit window. Used to be able to enter these via the numpad >>>>> though using / and * keys if memory serves. Is this method still >>>>> possible, because I'm not seeing any joy with it here so far. It'd be >>>>> quicker not to have to leave whatever I'm doing and navigate to a >>>>> certain place in the edit window. >>>>> >>>>> Cheers in advance >>>>> Scott >>>> >>> >> > >
