Using a Jog wheel with PT and the arrow keys on the keyboard to make selections

[Toby Davey]

Hi there, 

A question for those who use a jog wheel with PT and the keyboard arrow keys to mark the in and out points of a selection.

If I use the wheel on the PT Dock in Jog mode and scrub through the audio track and I want to use the down arrow key on the keyboard to mark the in point, use the wheel again to scrub to the place for the out point and press the up arrow key to mark the out point for the selection, for some reason this does not work for me. 

Is this just me, a setting in PT that I need to change, or totally not possible in PT?

Using the keyboard of course I can press the spacebar to play the track and while the track is playing drop in an in and out mark point by pressing the down arrow key and up arrow key while the audio is playing.  

I can use the wheel in jog mode move around the track and when I stop moving the wheel the audio will play from that point by either using the spacebar on the keyboard or the play button on the Dock.  Yes 'insertion follow playback' is unticked. 

Any help, advice, greatly appreciated.

Cheers 

Toby   

[Slau Halatyn]

Hi Toby,

Answered this on WhatsApp but, JIC, here's the deal:

Arrows don't work while scrubbing. Instead, use the Shift key while scrubbing to make a selection. Otherwise, scrub to the first point and press Command E to split the clip, scrub to the second point then use Shift Option Tab to select back to the split point. Keep in mind that you usually have to press the scrub button to get out of scrub mode before issuing some commands.

HTH,

Slau

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[Toby Davey]

Hi slau,

Thanks so much for your WatsApp and email reply.  

The shift while scrubbing works really well and I am getting used to using Command E to split clips and using shift option tab to select back to the split. 

One further question…do you know how to engage the only fader channel on the Dock with the track that is playing or being edited.  When I had a screen share with Allen from Avid he did something on my Mac which engaged the fader channel on the dock but the fader has now lost engagement with the track.  

I have emailed him to ask but just wondered if you knew off the top of your head.  

Cheers for all your help. 

Toby 

  

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[John Covici]

hmmm, I don't have a scrub button, but I do use control and the numpad
keys -- would either of those methods work for me?


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[Slau Halatyn]

Hi Toby,

I don't own a Pro Tools Dock so I'm not sure what the process is. I know that Sean Cummins owns one but he probably hasn't checked the list or else he surely would have replied to my message about track numbers. Perhaps a direct message to him would be in order. If you don't have his email address, let me know.

Best,

Slau

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[Slau Halatyn]

Hi John,
If you're referring to Shuttle mode, yes, it would technically work, although the accuracy of where you stop during the shuttling process leaves a little to be desired. It'll at least get you into the ballpark and you can use the nudge command to fine-tune the insertion point.
HTH,
Slau

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[Toby Davey]

Hi Slau,
Yep have Sean’s email address and will drop him a line.
Cheers
Toby

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[John Covici]

Thanks.

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