[RWP] possibly my last question

[Indigo]

You simply arrow up or down to a track to select it, so you can't 
possibly be selecting that track's items with that track not selected.
At least that's how Reaper works here.
On 10/5/2012 9:24 PM, chris flatley wrote:
> 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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