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farss wrote on 12/26/2011, 2:39 AM
Audio scrub cursor I think.

From the online help:

Hover over the cursor in an area of the timeline that does not contain an event and press Ctrl. The mouse pointer is displayed as a <that thing>

Bob.
Grazie wrote on 12/26/2011, 2:53 AM
You should only be seeing this WHEN you have your Mouse OVER T/L Cursor, which I can't see? This Icon "appears" to be floating in space.

If you have your finger OFF the Ctrl key and it's still persisting, then maybe you have a stuck Ctrl key? If that WAS the case, you'd be getting a whole load of other issues. If it is still persisting then you've tripped over a bug.

- g

farss wrote on 12/26/2011, 2:59 AM
Or Vegas has simply gone to sleep in that state.

Bob.
NickHope wrote on 12/26/2011, 3:03 AM
Ah OK. Thanks a lot. It's behaving itself as expected now, but it was stuck before (when I took a pic of the screen) and I had to kill off Vegas from the Windows Task Manager. I think it appeared when I was doing <CTRL>Z. I'm using 10.0e.

Does anyone actually use this feature? The lag makes it unusable for me. Far easier just to get to the right point on the timeline by using realtime audio in conjunction with the visual preview.
farss wrote on 12/26/2011, 3:10 AM
"Does anyone actually use this feature?"

Very rarely, it emulates rocking analog tape over the heads. That it was requested and implemented shows the median age ov Vegas users is on the wrong side of 50 :)

Bob.
Steven Myers wrote on 12/26/2011, 3:24 AM
it emulates rocking analog tape over the heads. That it was requested and implemented shows the median age ov Vegas users is on the wrong side of 50 :)

Yep, sort of like the console view... belongs in the accessibility realm.
NickHope wrote on 12/26/2011, 3:27 AM
Well, in Premiere 6.5 it was really useful even for under-50s because it was super-responsive. I seem to remember you got audio scrubbing by default when you dragged the cursor. I could very easily place the cursor right before or after a word or sound by ear, without referring to the visual preview. Does it still work like that in P Pro Bob?

Apologies for mentioning the "P" word. I promise I didn't raise this thread to bash Vegas!
farss wrote on 12/26/2011, 4:17 AM
"Does it still work like that in P Pro Bob?"

It's been a while since I've used it but pretty certain it does.

Here's another obscure thing they both have in common, a Play Audio Only switch.

Bob.
PeterDuke wrote on 12/26/2011, 4:45 AM
If you place the mouse cursor over the timeline cursor, the normal arrow head changes to that <---> thingy indicating that you can drag it. Sometimes Vegas contemplates its navel for a bit and the thingy lingers.

If you grab the knob on the top of the timeline cursor, you can scrub the audio.

I have never seen the <--> thingy with a speaker symbol before.
Grazie wrote on 12/26/2011, 4:46 AM
I've been using the CSP for this.

- g

Chienworks wrote on 12/26/2011, 7:50 AM
"the median age ov Vegas users is on the wrong side of 50 :)"

You mean most of them are under 50? Sheesh, i thought it was the other way around.
farss wrote on 12/26/2011, 8:22 AM
"You mean most of them are under 50?"

I know, 60 is the new 40. I can live with that, it's that 60 is equidistant between 40 and 80 that worries me :(

Bob.
PeterDuke wrote on 12/26/2011, 9:42 PM
"Old" is someone who is 10 years older than you are (no matter what your age is).
PeterDuke wrote on 12/26/2011, 9:45 PM
""the median age ov Vegas users is on the wrong side of 50 :)"

You mean most of them are under 50? Sheesh, i thought it was the other way around."

It depends how you define "wrong". I took it to mean most are over 50.
PeterWright wrote on 12/26/2011, 10:35 PM
I think Kelly (Chienworks) took it that way too, but inverted it into a joke.
JackW wrote on 12/27/2011, 2:02 PM
Just had my 78th birthday on December 24th. Can't remember much about "the other side of 50."

Heck, can't remember much about yesterday!

Jack
Dan Sherman wrote on 12/27/2011, 2:12 PM
I'm 62 and use a wash board to scrub my audio.
Used to take it down to the river and beat it against rocks.
So, for me, this is a move forward.
Grazie wrote on 12/27/2011, 2:20 PM
Back in October, Dad asked me how old I was - I said 60. He said "I thought you were 40!" - A month later Dad passed away, he was 93.

Sad . . . .

Graham



JJKizak wrote on 12/27/2011, 2:31 PM
You know your 78 when the following exists:

1...You have just upgraded to a 30+" monitor so it's easier to see things
2...You have a spotlight shining on the keyboard so you can see it
3...You have the website fonts adjusted to max size in order to see them
4...You wear special 1.5 glasses to focus on the close things
5...Your computer is not too far from the bathroom
6...You have one of those plastic magnifying glasses laying on the table next to you just in case
7...The sound level is cranked up a bit so you can hear all the details
8...When you get boared you can flip your monitor to the "oldies" tv channel
9...Passing gas ain't too bad.
10...Your chair has at least 6 castors on it to prevent tipovers
11...When your eyes get a bit foggy you can chugg-a-lug an ice cold beer.
12...When you are really depressed you can order something online that you don't need and don't have the money to pay for it.
13...When you are really and truly depressed you can order something online that you do need but don't have the money to pay for it.
14...When you think about the 6 different pills you have to take every day you then really get depressed and use the pill money to pay for what you ordered online.

JJK
Liam_Vegas wrote on 12/27/2011, 10:16 PM
Sorry to hear your Dad past away Grazie. :-(
Grazie wrote on 12/28/2011, 1:21 AM
Thanks Liam, old friend. You have email.

G