[RWP] I am very confused

[Jayson Smith]

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