Yep, mine definitely doesn't work like that. Bryan
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Scott Chesworth Sent: Saturday, June 26, 2010 5:03 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: setting time selections The f/n key should be bottom left of your keyboard, so hold that down and your numbers 1 2 and 3 should now be working when you hit the j K and L keys etc. Trouble is, Apple went through a short phase of putting out laptops with no imbedded numpad functionality. I have a sneaking feeling that 2009 might've been during that time. If that's the case you'll need to grab a USB external pad or full keyboard. If you go with the former, when you plug it in the keyboard setup assistant will come up and ask you to press keys that the pad won't have on it to identify what it is. Hit 3 random ones and it'll give up trying to be clever and open up the correct tab of the keyboard preference pane for you to choose the most appropriate ISO standard for where you live, and you should be in business. That step only needs to be done once, mine recognises the external every time now. On 6/26/10, Bryan Smart <[email protected]> wrote: > Can you give a little pointer as to how the imbedded numpad is > accessed? On other laptops that I've owned, holding down the shift key > and pressing keys on the right side of the computer did the trick. > This doesn't seem to work on my 2009 MBP, though. > > Bryan > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Scott Chesworth > Sent: Saturday, June 26, 2010 1:59 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: setting time selections > > 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 >>>>> >>>> >>> >> >> >
