All makes a lot of sense here now. Cheers for the explanations chaps.

On 2/27/14, mcdiemert . <[email protected]> wrote:
> Two other observations,
> I typically put a master fader as my last track all the way to the
> right. This way, I usually have something I can move to and deselect
> when needing to use control ; or control P. Also, I have set up a
> quick key using keyboard commander of option b to act as the pass
> through key stroke in Vo of control option tab. I'll check to see if I
> could set this up as a gesture for the track pad for those of us who
> use it.
>
>
> On 2/27/14, Slau Halatyn <[email protected]> wrote:
>> OK, like Matt pointed out in his reply, let's say you had a few tracks
>> and
>> they were all selected, well, pressing either Control-Option-semicolon or
>> Control-Option-p would have no effect because all the tracks are selected
>> and the insertion point has nowhere to go. You need to retract the
>> insertion
>> cursor at least once which will retract it from the bottom-most track.
>> One
>> can actually retract it several times but, for VoiceOver users,, it's
>> kind
>> of a nuisance to keep passing through the keystrokes. Of course, one can
>> always simply turn off VoiceOver, perform the shortcut several times and
>> turn VoiceOver back on. The other thing is (and I think this might still
>> apply because it used to in the early versions of Pro tools), if you have
>> several tracks selected and have an insertion cursor running through all
>> of
>> them, if you retract from the bottom track and then just use
>> Control-Option-semicolon, the insertion cursor will move down to the
>> bottom
>> track and only be located in the bottom track. It's sort of a shortcut to
>> just move the insertion point to one track. Then, you can use the
>> Control-Option-p shortcut to move back up the list to the desired track.
>>
>> Slau
>>
>> On Feb 27, 2014, at 8:40 AM, Scott Chesworth <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hey Slau,
>>>
>>> Just curious, what's the difference between that CTRL+Option+;
>>> keystroke to retract the insertion cursor from the bottom track and
>>> using CTRL+P to select the track above? I've never encountered the
>>> keystroke you mentioned, trying to think of a use case where it'd
>>> apply so there's more chance I'll remember it.
>>>
>>> Scott
>>>
>>> On 2/27/14, Slau Halatyn <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> To retract the insertion cursor from the bottom-most track, use the
>>>> keyboard
>>>> shortcut Control-Option-semicolon. This, however, is also the VoiceOver
>>>> command for keyboard lock. So, you must first pass the shortcut through
>>>> with
>>>> Control-Option-tab, then use Control-Option-semicolon to retract the
>>>> insertion from the bottom track. From there, you can use
>>>> Control--semicolon
>>>> and Control-p to move the insertion cursor to the desired track for
>>>> editing.
>>>>
>>>> If all else absolutely fails and, for some reason, you can't get the
>>>> cursor
>>>> retracted, create a new track which whill automatically deselect the
>>>> other
>>>> tracks and the insertion cursor will be in the new track. Move the
>>>> cursor
>>>> with the shortcut keys to the desired track.
>>>>
>>>> BTW, make sure the All group isn't enabled or else the insertion cursor
>>>> will
>>>> be within all tracks no matter what you do.
>>>>
>>>> HTH,
>>>>
>>>> Slau
>>>>
>>>> On Feb 27, 2014, at 2:16 AM, Des Delgadillo <[email protected]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi:
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm curious as to whether someone else has encountered this issue and
>>>>> how,
>>>>> if at all, they were able to solve it. When in the track list, I
>>>>> notice
>>>>> that once a track is selected, I cannot unselect it. So when I need to
>>>>> select and edit a different track, my consequent edit will be applied
>>>>> to
>>>>> both tracks.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have tried everything I could think of, including quitting and
>>>>> re-opening my session to no avail. Is there a shortcut or step I might
>>>>> be
>>>>> missing? Any direction would be greatly appreciated.
>>>>> Des
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