[RWP] I am very confused

[Jayson Smith]

Hi again,

After posting this same question on the Reaper forums, I was lead to believe 
that maybe the item(s) on track 1 are still selected. This begs the 
question... What, exactly, is an item? Is an item the same thing as Sonar 
calls a clip? I notice there doesn't seem to be any keyboard shortcuts for 
things such as, unselect all items, unselect all tracks. In my mind, these 
would be very useful things to be able to do quickly, so you could know for 
certain you had a clear slate before you started selecting stuff. Is this a 
possible explanation for the problem I'm having?
Jayson

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jayson Smith" <ratguy at insightbb.com>
To: "Reapers Without Peepers" <rwp at reaaccess.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2010 8:14 PM
Subject: [RWP] I am very confused


> Hello again,
>
> First, let me put some assumptions I have on the table, and insure they 
> are correct.
>
> 1. If you use standard unmodified up and down arrow keys to move from 
> track to track, each time you move, the track to which you just moved, and 
> only that track, is selected. If any other tracks were selected, they 
> aren't any more.
>
> 2. When you use shifted up and down arrows, both the track from which you 
> moved and the track to which you moved are selected if they weren't 
> already, and all other selections remain in full force and effect.
>
> Given the above, I'm not exactly sure how you would select two 
> non-adjacent tracks without also selecting the tracks between them, but 
> that's not the point of this message.
>
> All of this is with an install of Reaper, done two days ago, using the 
> latest version then available. As a test, I created a twelve-track 
> project. I recorded myself on track one, asking each of the other tracks 
> to check in, so I could see if I had deleted anything. Then, I recorded 
> each other track sitting there up until it is called, then speaking a few 
> words. So what you might hear is, "Track five? Loud and clear. Track six? 
> Checking in. Track seven? Present and accounted for."
>
> I wanted to delete a lot of background noise from the tracks when I was 
> sitting there, waiting for my name to be called as it were. I know that in 
> a real-life situation, you would never record like this, but this was a 
> deliberate test. So I selected tracks two through twelve. It said eleven 
> tracks selected. Made my selection. Hit Ctrl+Del. And the thing also 
> deleted that part of track one, which was *not* selected! Keystrokes were, 
> go to track two. Shift+Down arrow ten times. Final report is, track 
> twelve, eleven tracks selected. Go to start of project. Shift+Alt+Left 
> bracket. Go to where I wanted the delete to stop, pause. Shift+Alt+Right 
> bracket. Ctrl+Del. Track one gone, but shouldn't be.
>
> Is there something I'm doing wrong? Is my concept of how selection works 
> flawed?
> Jayson
>
>
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