Tracks, Track Selection......aargh!
Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2022 6:31 pm
One thing I will never get in DP is why Mixer Track Selection in the Consolidated window is tied to simple highlighted tracks in the Tracks window. The simple act of moving between the Tracks Window and the Mixer causes the Mixer to close all tracks except that which is selected in the Tracks Window, (not necessarily in the Track Selector)... This same logic does not reply to the Sequence Editor, selected tracks in the Sequence Editor do not change the visible tracks in the Mixer. It's just, weird. I can't think of a single reason why this behavior would be useful or a way to change preference so it doesn't happen. Seriously, as someone who stays in the Tracks Overview mostly until a song is done, I'm constantly having to correct this if I have the Mixer in the Consolidated Window. This of course does not happen if I have the Mixer window outside of the Consolidated Window, the Mixer then keeps it's Track Selection settings regardless of selected tracks in the Tracks Overview.
I would go as far as to call this a bug that's been around in some form or another since the Consolidated Window came around. It's an area of DP I hope and pray they concentrate on next in updates or upgrades. I often think that DP is fantastic at large Projects with huge templates, and multiple monitors, but is not ideal for laptops, and smaller projects for various reasons like this.
Just give us a more integrated user experience, user selectable selection rules, fusion between clips and various editors...
I would go as far as to call this a bug that's been around in some form or another since the Consolidated Window came around. It's an area of DP I hope and pray they concentrate on next in updates or upgrades. I often think that DP is fantastic at large Projects with huge templates, and multiple monitors, but is not ideal for laptops, and smaller projects for various reasons like this.
Just give us a more integrated user experience, user selectable selection rules, fusion between clips and various editors...