Insert Manual (TAP) timing marks in MAC

[drm1963]

First does the Tap ( lower case) timing mark insert work on a MAC or has it ever?

If it is still functional on a MAC what is the way to utilize it as when I press the t there is no mark inserted.

I have tried to search the keyboard for any key that will mark an empty timing track manually but I see no way to make it happen when using my MAC.

I will test it tomorrow when I get in on my PC as it is now 11:12pm and my bedtime is 8:30pm

Yes I  am awake 16 hrs and try to get 8 hrs sleep daily but looks like it is not that way tonight!

Thanks in advance for any assistance and or advice about the Manually marking of the Empty timing track!"Not the sleep"

[QldKing]

Make sure you have a timing mark selected.  I sometimes find on the mac that I have to click in the music track wave file section prior to get timing marks to work.

[drm1963]

I actually thought I had figured this out while working on one of my PCs but tsame way will not work on the MAC.

On the PC I can select the track as well as the range of music I would like to tap the marks into and they will be inserted where I tap.

On the MAC I do the same and if I am lucky I may get the mark to inrt only at the current position of where I have my cursor in the music at the top of Xlights.

I can duplicate this on my other PCs as well as the MAC and all respond the same way.

PC I can tap insert but MAC I cannot!

I will try again when I get home today!

Thanks again and Happy Holidays to all!!

[keithsw1111]

Make sure you are not on .43. .44 has a fix for it.

[drm1963]

I am almost 101% sure I am on .44

I checked and I am and I tried it again with a new track, select range of music to mark and as it plays tap on the lowercase t key and nothing is placed in the selected blank "NEW" track

Someone describe how it should work and I will try it the way they say!

[Gilrock]

Pretty much like you say.  Select the range to play in the waveform, hit Spacebar to start play, tap the "t" key.

[Gilrock]

You also need an active timing track.

[dkulp]

I jut tried it on my Mac and it works perfectly.    Made sure the "New Timing" track is active, selected an area of the waveform, hit space, it started playing.   Hit "t" and timing marks created perfectly.

[drm1963]

Pretty much like you say.  Select the range to play in the waveform, hit Spacebar to start play, tap the "t" key.

Made sure the "New Timing" track is active, selected an area of the waveform, hit space, it started playing.   Hit "t" and timing marks created perfectly.

I did it just the same way prior but I did not use the space bar to start it playing!

I did it just like before but used the space bar like you said and then it would let you insert the timing mark.

I do believe that it was hitting the space-bar to start it playing was what makes the difference instead of starting it in the task-bar at the top of the program.


Following your advice worked!!

Thanks for that bit of advice!

[Gilrock]

The main point is to make sure the right part of the GUI has focus to receive the keyboard input.  Bottom line is if "t" isn't working try clicking in the waveform to give it focus and then try again.  I might also work by clicking in the grid but I'm not at home to test it.

[drm1963]

I was clicking and selecting sections of the wave form! I also was positive the correct track was selected!
The only difference was seen when I used the space bar to actually start the song, only then would it register the marks in the timing track with the t key