SYNTH RACK ISSUE

Yep, I am. In fact, I just posted this very question about a minute ago in the thread for the newest release:
 
http://forum.cakewalk.com/Cakewalk-201612-is-now-available-m3533034.aspx
 
I had this issue appear following the 2016.11 patch...

i have found that the only time this happens is if the synth rack is docked at the top, if it's floating or docked at the bottom everything is fine. i can have it docked at the top, then delete won't work, selecting docking options - dock at bottom returns delete key functionality to normal.

Yes, here too. I accidentally found if I undock it or dock it to bottom, it wont happened.

As I have mentioned in one other thread, I could not really get so far to test keyboard keys... If the Rack is near the browser, as soon as new Synth is inserted it is collapsed. If it is on the top, there are only 2 ways to bring it back, by keyboard shortcut and "resizing" its collapsed "window". On the bottom it is still collapsed, but at least it can be easily restored. When collapsed it is stil wasting space. And so the only  place where there is no side effects is in the multidock... I slowly learning to put and search for it there. Looks ugly, since I do not need any "extra controls" which appear is such state. But if I understand that correctly, Cakewalk think that making "Notes" in normally narrow Browser and listing synth in normally bright miltidock is what everyone else was long awaiting... I hope they will not continue with such "improvements".

millzy
Out of interest, for those experiencing this issue (no delete function when synth rack is docked at top of browser) do you have a lens selected or is your lenses setting set to 'none'?
 
I only seem to have this weird behavior when I have a lens selected. It also stops my inspector shortcut working ("I")

Lens is set to "None" on my system and docking the Synth Rack at the top prevents the arrow keys from navigating tracks and prevents Shift+A from opening automation lanes.
 
You can try the following procedure to verify.
 
Steps to reproduce:
1.  Create new project.
2.  Verify that the Lenses setting is set to "None".
3.  Open Synth Rack and dock at the top.
4.  Insert Cakewalk TTS-1.
5.  Check All Synth Audio Outputs: Stereo in the Insert Soft Synth Options dialog.
6.  Repeat Steps 3 and 4.
7.  Click the first track in the Tracks Pane to make it the current track.
8.  Try using the Up and Down arrows to move to the next track.
 
Expected results:
The arrow keys should navigate to the next or previous track.
 
Actual results:
The arrow keys do not function on the Track Pane, but instead navigate the 2 instances of TTS-1 in the Synth Rack
 
Workaround:  Undock the Synth Rack, Dock at Bottom, or Dock in MultiDock
 
Hope this helps,
-- Ron

Yeah luckily all these issues are easily fixed by moving the synth rack. Thanks for the extra info, glad i'm not alone!

I wonder if this is due to the new Notes tab and the synth rack.
Possibly focus going to the notes editor, for adding text in the new notes tab when the synth rack is engaged to the browser.

Above I mentioned the Inspector shortcut doesn't work only on SOME files - turns out they're older files. If I use a template with the synth rack docked at the top all is well, but if I move the synth rack to the top in an older file the Inspector shortcut does not work.