Tab to automation breakpoints..turn off ??

[Benny Mouthon]

Hi all,

how can I turn this off in (Mac OS) Ultimate 2023.3 ? (=when i auto. view, tab now stops at every breakpoint in, say, the volume changes).

thanks..

[Jeff D.]

I saw that too.

[nednednerb]

My workaround:

Put the automation on another lane, and the main lane in waveform.

Then Tab to Transient follows the waveform. If you Tab to Transient on a lane with automation, it follows breakpoints.

I could see the desire to have an automation lane and tab to transient follow just the audio, but my workaround gives that functionality, just using two lanes.

[SoapOperaGuy]

That work around totally works. But this needs to be an option to turn off. If I'm doing dialog and say one phrase is coming in a little hot or a little low, I would click the start of the phrase and hit tab to go to the end of the region. Since it already has automation, going to the next breakpoint is asinine. Having a second automation lane open is clutter and lower resolution.

[nednednerb]

Yeah, two toggles, one for "Tab to transients",the other for "Tab to breakpoints" would give 4 modes of operation.

By "adding this new feature" they kept the original "turned off" state, broke the existing mode of operation, forced a mode some people clearly already hate.

With two toggles, all three modes mentioned would work, plus the fourth where you can tab through breakpoints but NOT transients.

The forced switch is clearly a bad design choice. "Oh let's make it simpler, one button, but changed behaviour and no option but to take this additional function out" -- ummm.... That wasn't thought through.

Two toggles and the rest of the implementation, regarding waveform vs automation lane visibility and focus, would make sense to me.

[peapodpost]

I would vote for a multi option button like ctrl+clicking the record button in the transport cycles through record modes.

[Benny Mouthon]

Originally Posted by nednednerb

My workaround:

Put the automation on another lane, and the main lane in waveform.

Then Tab to Transient follows the waveform. If you Tab to Transient on a lane with automation, it follows breakpoints.

I could see the desire to have an automation lane and tab to transient follow just the audio, but my workaround gives that functionality, just using two lanes.

Very elegant solution, nice ! it does add to an already full screen but I'll take it until Avid adds a "disable tab to breakpoints" button.

[nednednerb]

Made a case for getting 4 modes.

1. Both Tab to Transients OFF and Tab to Breakpoints OFF
2. Tab to Transients ON only
3. Tab to Breakpoints ON only
4. Both Tab to Transients ON and Tab to Breakpoints ON

[case id = 04612553]

[milosziv]

Thanks for doing that - can we upvote or bolster your suggestion somehow? Avid - please let us turn this feature off - we have gotten used to certain workflows that your new features shouldn't invalidate!

[Samnavi]

Hi guys!!
also, when i play a region, with volume view, and select a region with double click, select this region, BUT pt plays automatically this selection, and made me so nervous....
Can i switch off too??