Edit selection and playhead start

[Alexander K]

Hi,
when selecting an audio region (clip) in PT9 with Dynamic Transport enabled, the playhead moved automatically to the start of the selection. I found this very handy.
But in PT10 it seems that this isn't working anymore. Because the playhead stays at his last position, despite the selection.
Or i just didn't figured out how to configure this.

[Richard901]

Don't know why Avid have changed it.

There are several threads on this, but no solution:
http://duc.avid.com/showthread.php?t=328163

A workaround I'm using is:
1. Deselect the Link Timeline and Edit Selection blue icon.
2. Select a clip or part of a clip.
3. Use Keyboard shortcut -
alt+Shift+5 (Windows)
Option+Shift+5 (Mac)

To speed this up, I use SteerMouse for Mac ($20).
This is an excellent program for assigning keyboard shortcuts to mouse clicks.
A demo is available at:
http://www.plentycom.jp/en/steermouse/

[Alexander K]

Thanks for the answer.

After reading some answers in your thread and trying some things I noticed that it's related to the mode of the Grabber tool. If the Grabber tool is set to Time or Separation mode and you select an audio clip by clicking on it, then the playhead doesn't move to the start of the selection. But if the Grabber tool is in Object mode then it works!

Then I tried to switch to the Smart tool, because I work nearly always with it. Sadly the mode of the Grabber tool automatically changes and so the problem reappears. But it is possible to change the mode back again by right clicking on the Grabber tool.

May that helps others too.

[Richard901]

Excellent!!!

Thanks very much Alexander.

[Alexander K]

Hello again,
I'm wondering why this bug is still not fixed.

Ok, the behaviour of the Smart tool on edit selections with Dynamic Transport turned on has changed with PT10. But normally there is a note when the functionality of software gets changed. So I looked for notes on this in the "What's New in Pro Tools 10" PDF and on those change notes for the last updates. If I didn't missed it then there is no note for this. That means it's unwanted, it's a bug. If that's true then maybe someone could forward this bug report to the developers?

It would be much appreciated.

[abblabla]

Hello
if you want the play start marker to follow edit selection, you have to enable timeline selection follows edit AND (in pref/operation/transport) playstart marker follows timeline selection
isn't it
abblabla

[Alexander K]

Back from studio so I have time to answer.

Well, you've found what I've overlooked previously.

Originally Posted by Alexander K

So I looked for notes on this in the "What's New in Pro Tools 10" PDF and on those change notes for the last updates. If I didn't missed it then there is no note for this.

Thank you Joachim.


Now if someone could explain what "PTSW-172367" refers to. Is it some database entry which describes why this was changed? Was there a bug report on the forum or elsewhere?