konradh
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Shortcut Keys for Cutting, Copying, and Pasting
Two related things:
1. Sometimes when I highlight a section (range) and hit the Delete key, it deletes the events in the range--but sometimes it does not and I have to go to Edit |CUT. Similarly, sometimes Ctrl + X, Ctrl + C, and Ctrl + V work and sometimes they don't. Anyone know why this is? Note: Delete in the past was not the same as Cut because Delete did not put the material on the clipboard. This is handy when you copy a section, scroll to the new location, and delete the existing material before pasting what is on the clipboard.
2. I would like the Paste Special menu to appear every time I Paste, but it does not, even though I have "Ask Every Time" checked in Preferences. In the past, I would do Ctrl + V and then get the box asking whether to replace or blend, which track to start on, etc.
Thoughts on this?
Thanks.
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Re:Shortcut Keys for Cutting, Copying, and Pasting
2011/04/24 15:27:31
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konradh
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Re:Shortcut Keys for Cutting, Copying, and Pasting
2011/04/24 17:21:58
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Thanks. Any idea why the editing shortcut keys work sometimes and not others? Example: Right before I wrote this, the delete key did nothing to a highlighted selection. Now it is deleting it: same file, same session, haven't rebooted, etc.
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Re:Shortcut Keys for Cutting, Copying, and Pasting
2011/04/24 17:57:34
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konradh
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Re:Shortcut Keys for Cutting, Copying, and Pasting
2011/04/24 18:03:36
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Not confined to any single project but thanks for answering.
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ampfixer
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Re:Shortcut Keys for Cutting, Copying, and Pasting
2011/04/24 21:34:16
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I checked Scott's book and found nothing about shortcut keys or mouse clicks failing at random. It's a feature of X1 that was overlooked before publishing. I'm bothered by this feature as well. It makes me wonder where the mouse clicks and keystrokes go. Likely sitting in a pile with odd socks somewhere.
In all honesty this thing is a crap shoot for me. It came out rock solid (for me) and every fix causes more problems. Windows 7 has released many more patches than Cakewalk and I'm certain that some of my issues are caused by windows. I was dropping keystrokes and noticed that Windows had done an update and installed a new keyboard driver. A rollback fixed than problem but I still have mouse issues in the console view. Lots of problems in the console view.
I'm afraid to try any sort of fix though. Amazon sent me a request to write a review of Sonar X1 Power. I was the first person to give it a review. Not too long after, their servers blew up. X1 is possessed.
Regards, John I want to make it clear that I am an Eedjit. I have no direct, or indirect, knowledge of business, the music industry, forum threads or the meaning of life. I know about amps. WIN 10 Pro X64, I7-3770k 16 gigs, ASUS Z77 pro, AMD 7950 3 gig, Steinberg UR44, A-Pro 500, Sonar Platinum, KRK Rokit 6
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konradh
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Re:Shortcut Keys for Cutting, Copying, and Pasting
2011/04/24 21:47:25
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Thanks, Apmfixer: good to know I am not alone.
Regarding Scott's comments about using Ctrl+Alt+V to get the Paste Special dialog, that's good to know, but here's why I want that to be the default:
- Go to Track 1 and copy something.
- Open Track 29 to paste, and guess what? It pastes to Track 1 right on top of what you just copied.
That has been the case for many versions of Sonar and it seems like an odd default; that said, if that's how it is, make Paste Special the default for Ctrl+V so we can see where the material is going. I selected "Ask Every Time" in Preferences, but Sonar does not ask every time.
Not bashing X1: I like it; just noting that there were some decisions I find odd, and there are some bugs that have been present for 6-7 major releases (at least since 2.2).
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