How do you get the view to follow the cursor, before you hit play?

[Ling]

...or get the view to step a bar at a time. (This may be stupidly simple and somehow I can figure it out):

I have a single audio track I'm looking at. I want to see where the bar line crosses the wave-form at the start of each bar (beat 1). It would be great if I could just step the cursor, (like you can with the FF REW keys) and the view would follow the cursor—but that doesn't happen... Actually, it kind of did when I engaged 'link timeline and edit selection', but not consistently!! It worked once or twice, and then not.

If step the cursor (FF, REW) then hit PLAY, the view will find the cursor, but by then it's moved past the down beat. I should mention I'm working with the track highly magnified.

Any ideas? I have a lot of downbeats to look at... I'd like to be able to do it quickly.

[Shan]

Change your window scrolling setting and it should work as you need.

Shane

[Ling]

Hmm. On both scroll settings, "page", and "after playback" I get the same result:

If the cursor and the edit window view are centered at, say, bar nine (9:1:000), and I tap the FF key—the transport readout will jump to 10:1:000, indicating the playhead has moved to 10:1:000, but the edit window will not move.

If I hold the FF key a fraction of a second longer, and the transport moves to, say, 10:1:227, THEN the edit window will move to follow the cursor—though at the magnification I'm working at it's usually past where I need to be.

The FF and REW keys have two functions, they step through bars if you tap them, and actually FF and REW between bars if you hold them—that I knew—but the variation in the window scroll is a surprise to me...and in this case, an annoyance.

[stickboymusic]

Hi

Not sure if this is exactly what you're looking for but engage the "tab to transients" button

looks like this

http://en.wikiaudio.org/images/4/4e/...nt_button_.png

then use the tab key to move along each transient peak , if the scrolling is set to page then it should move along with it

[Shan]

Originally Posted by Ling

Hmm. On both scroll settings, "page", and "after playback" I get the same result:

It will only move after the cursor leaves the view, then PT will "turn the page" so to speak. It wont do this and stay centered which would be nice.

Shane

[cruisemates]

I struggled with this one today - so i am posting the answer - under the options windows selet "edit window scrolling" to "page. make sure it is not on "no scrolling" as mine was by default....?

[SibaGiba]

Thank you cruisemates.
Just switched and Im able to see my pages scroll properly!. Thanks