Kevin suggested to me to hide all and then unhide the ones needed. That is usually the fastest way to do it.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sonar Switcher Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2012 2:09 PM To: Pro Tools Accessibility Subject: Re: How to select multiple tracks without a controller. Hi Kevin, I'm a big fan of your music, really awesome, especially the metal stuff. :) I found 1 podcast from you explaining Pro Tools basics and 2 more about editing. Are there any more around, please do more because you explain things in a way that's more logical than reading through these messages. When you say show only the tracks you're working with do you mean go through every track and hide the others in order to select the tracks you want to edit? That seems like it would take forever if you were working with 30 or more tracks and wanted to edit say 2, 10, 17, 23 etc. Is this the main reason people on here have control surfaces? I don't get why Pro Tools doesn't have an easy way to select tracks that aren't right next to each other. Also, can you please tell me where I have to be to use the command A option and highlight all of the tracks? I've tried the mix and edit windows and the track table but command A doesn't work for me yet. Kevin Reeves wrote: > One way to do it is to show only the tracks you are working with. Then, in the track list, when you are using shift, control, P or Semi Colon, only the tracks that are showing will be selected. > > Hope this helps. > > Kevin > On Mar 7, 2012, at 12:04 PM, Sonar Switcher wrote: > > > Hello is that really the only way? With sonar it was so easy to just > > move down and select any track you want in any order. Is there no > > way in Pro Tools to shift click or anything like that? If I want to > > highlight all tracks for editing with command A what section of Pro > > Tools do I have to be in? > > > > Sonar Switcher wrote: > >> Hello how can I select tracks for editing that aren't next to each > >> other with the keyboard. It's a standard keyboard, not a laptop. I > >> read about selecting tracks with control p and semicolon but what > >> if they're not next to each other?
