stardustmedia Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 Hi guys Somehow I cannot anymore delete a marquee selection of an audio region. I guess it has to do with some settings, but I don't find which one it is. So I have several audio regions, I marquee select them and then click 'Delete'. Until now it deleted the selecte area. Not it doesn't do anything Cheers Murat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfgerb Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 happens here from time to time also. I couldn't figure out a fixed pattern when this would happen. Didn't happen in the last few weeks though. knock on wood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 Are you trying to do it during playback? In that case you need to first deselect Record > Allow Quick Punch-in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stardustmedia Posted May 11, 2015 Author Share Posted May 11, 2015 Nope. And it worked in a later position. I found out what it was. The anchor point. You cannot cut/edit before that. The anchor point was set after command "Strip Silence". Then I undid the edits manually by lengthening the starts of the regions manually. The anchor point was set by the "Strip Silence". It even was remembered after not saving the project, closing it, and reloading. I had to set all anchor points to the very beginning of ALL regions manually Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfgerb Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 glad you found out what happend! interesting find! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stardustmedia Posted May 11, 2015 Author Share Posted May 11, 2015 The tricky point was to find out that these anchor points got replaced after strip silence for all regions. I accidentally saw a small black dot, that I first thought it was a dirt on the screen. I realized that dirt shouldn't move around when zooming "Hmmm... what's that black dot?" ... "Aaaah... anchor point?" Yes it was. Moved one anchor point and the marquee edits were again possible. Edit before the anchor points are not possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Cardenas Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 That's a nasty bug. You can actually edit but it requires an extra step. Drag with the marquee then click on the selected area followed by delete on your keyboard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 Bug confirmed. Unfortunately, Eric, your workaround does not work for me here: clicking the marquee selection clears the marquee selection and selects the whole region. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stardustmedia Posted May 11, 2015 Author Share Posted May 11, 2015 Seems like not many people are working intensively with these anchor points. I also still don't really understand what they are for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 I also still don't really understand what they are for. They're for lining up your audio to the grid. Sometimes the sync point is not at the beginning of the audio region, but somewhere further into the region. That's when you can place an anchor to the sync point (for example the attack of a drum) so that you can line it up with the grid or the beginning/end of another region on another track. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Cardenas Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 Bug confirmed. Unfortunately, Eric, your workaround does not work for me here: clicking the marquee selection clears the marquee selection and selects the whole region. Hmm... You're right I can't get it to work now either. At least a double click works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Cardenas Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 I had to set all anchor points to the very beginning of ALL regions manually Next time select all your regions. Enable Flex and disable flex. That will reset the anchor point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stardustmedia Posted May 12, 2015 Author Share Posted May 12, 2015 I had to set all anchor points to the very beginning of ALL regions manually Next time select all your regions. Enable Flex and disable flex. That will reset the anchor point. Nice work around, thanks Eric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Cardenas Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 You're welcome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stardustmedia Posted May 12, 2015 Author Share Posted May 12, 2015 I also still don't really understand what they are for. They're for lining up your audio to the grid. Sometimes the sync point is not at the beginning of the audio region, but somewhere further into the region. That's when you can place an anchor to the sync point (for example the attack of a drum) so that you can line it up with the grid or the beginning/end of another region on another track. Thanks for the explanation David. I think I need to do some practical tests to really understand what it does and how it could help my workflow, if at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Cardenas Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 An easy way to grasp it is by taking a sound fx like a reversed cymbal, where the actual "important" hitpoint is at the peak of the transient which is now almost at the end of the region. Setting the anchor to that peak will help you align this hit much easier to the grid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stardustmedia Posted May 12, 2015 Author Share Posted May 12, 2015 An easy way to grasp it is by taking a sound fx like a reversed cymbal, where the actual "important" hitpoint is at the peak of the transient which is now almost at the end of the region.Setting the anchor to that peak will help you align this hit much easier to the grid. Oh, that's could be of big help. Just had that situation yesterday. Until now I align that end manually by zooming in. Kewl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YosserTenThousand Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 I use it for vocals where i have a sampled section of a vocal but the start of the region/vocal is before the downbeat. If i set the anchor to the 1/downbeat its just much easier than lining it up manually all the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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