Make sure you don't have QuickNav on. Press both left and right arrow together and check. Sounds like that might be the issue?
> On Jan 25, 2020, at 4:06 PM, jimmie smith <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > What I'm trying to do, is Mark up the session with markers. Everything is > selected right under the edit menu as far as it needs to be. When I press > play after doing control P and control semicolon and try to press down arrow > it's just reading me the window. > > From: [email protected] on behalf of Slau Halatyn > <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2020 2:41 PM > To: PTAccess List > Subject: Re: Selection problem > > Hi Jimmy, > The most important bit of information one needs to be aware of when trying to > edit in Pro Tools (aside from the various settings which I won't mention > right now) is that there needs to be an insertion point in order for the > arrow keys to affect a selected track. when, for example, audio is imported > into a session, it absolutely, categorically does not have an insertion > point, even though the track is technically selected. Providing edit > selection follows track selection (under the Options menu), use Control > semicolon or Control P to move focus to a neighboring track and back again. > This will create an insertion point in the selected track. From that point > on, the arrows will select the edit range not only in the timeline ruler but > also in the selected track. If you don't have a neighboring track, create a > dummy track just for the purpose of moving to it. You can also deselect the > track and select it again. That should also do it, it's just that two quick > keystrokes are much faster. > HTH, > Slau > > >> On Jan 25, 2020, at 2:51 PM, jimmie smith <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> >> For some reason, using the up-and-down arrow keys to drop a selection does >> not work. When I play a song, and press down arrow, it is reading me the >> edit window. I do not know why this is happening. Could someone please >> suggest something. I rolled my system back to Mojave after a catastrophic >> install of Catalina. Maybe I missed something in the pro tools set up. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ptaccess/DM6PR01MB43953A61367A3D8500836E1CF6090%40DM6PR01MB4395.prod.exchangelabs.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ptaccess/DM6PR01MB43953A61367A3D8500836E1CF6090%40DM6PR01MB4395.prod.exchangelabs.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ptaccess/36E777E7-A7ED-4034-AB31-6219EFF826CD%40gmail.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ptaccess/36E777E7-A7ED-4034-AB31-6219EFF826CD%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ptaccess/DM6PR01MB4395603CD45409C7EC293B4EF6090%40DM6PR01MB4395.prod.exchangelabs.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ptaccess/DM6PR01MB4395603CD45409C7EC293B4EF6090%40DM6PR01MB4395.prod.exchangelabs.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ptaccess/68548FD1-ECA0-4363-88B4-3261030AAE7A%40gmail.com.
