[RWP] possibly my last question

[chris flatley]

Hi.
Has anyone else experienced inconsistent and unpredictable behaviour in Reaper? I can't get anything done re copy paste, or learn from my mistakes because it doesn't behave the same way twice in a row. Normally this basic editing function takes 5 minutes to learn in other audio editing progs, yet I haven't been able to get past it in days using reaper. Sometimes it will select items using control right arrow, or control shift right arrow for multiple selection, and sometimes it wont, and I have no idea what's changed. Whether or not the track itself is selected doesn't make a difference. I'll be selecting items to copy and paste with no problems, then without warning it'll stop selecting them and make it impossible to copy anything. While training mode is on, pressing shift down arrow says something like next track while keeping previous tracks selected, but it doesn't work, if I start at track 1 and press shift down arrow, all I get is a no entry thunk, and so I have to down arrow and then shift space everything.
Sometimes after pressing shift space it says something like multi selection mode on, and sometimes it doesn't, and I have no idea what that means, or what I did differently. Even if I could get it to behave consistently for copy paste, I imagine it would be infuriating to have to select one item at a time, one track at a time for 10 tracks or more with punch in overdubs etc. Sounds like a nightmare scenario to me. If it were just guitar, it wouldn't be such a big deal because I could pretty much play in one take with just a few punched overdubs maybe, but keyboard stuff, I have to cheat by quantizing, copying an pasting.
Hell knows what reaper's like for more complex functions. Doubt I'll ever get to find out. And this is what I'm curious about, is it just me that finds reaper counterintuitive and super frustrating? Aside from just hitting record and doing everything in a single take, I can't see how this program could be efficient enough to make recording a smooth experience.
Apologies for the whinge, and I really do appreciate the help I've been given. I don't regret giving cockos 38 quid of my hard earned, but I think it's back to Sonar for me.
  		 	   		  
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