I keep taking my mouse up to the SPL and accidentally activating the cycle routine when all I want to do is locate a different measure. It's really aggravating. Am I just doing something inefficient in using the mouse to find the SPL? For instance, I want to go back a few measures and edit something. So, I go up and click the SPL 3 measures back. I know it's the lower third of the ruler, but I find myself accidentally activating the cycle routine without realizing it (because I see no indication that I've turned it on) and if the previous cycle was at say, measure 4 and I am on measure 70, suddenly I've been moved back to measure 4 when what I want to do is edit measure 70. it's very frustrating to have to move the SPL all the way back every time I make this error. Has anyone else run into this? Is there a way to disable the cycle without it being a toggle? fm

Hi, fm wrote: >I keep taking my mouse up to the SPL and accidentally activating the cycle >routine when all I want to do is locate a different measure. It's really >aggravating.....Has anyone else run into this? Yup. It's really aggravating. :-) Over the past four years it might have happened to me, oh, I don't know, maybe 2,000 times? In my opinion, it would be nice if the top ruler had a reversed proportion - a larger space for clicking for placement of the SPL, and a smaller one for clicking to activate Cycle, instead of the other way around as it is now. If anybody knows how to adjust this, I'd love to know. steven rowat

On Apr 10, 2007, at 3:00 PM, foxymoron wrote: > Message posted by foxymoron <napoleontrio@comcast.net>: > > I keep taking my mouse up to the SPL and accidentally activating > the cycle > routine when all I want to do is locate a different measure. It's > really > aggravating. Am I just doing something inefficient in using the > mouse to > find the SPL? For instance, I want to go back a few measures and edit > something. So, I go up and click the SPL 3 measures back. I know > it's the > lower third of the ruler, but I find myself accidentally activating > the > cycle routine without realizing it (because I see no indication > that I've > turned it on) and if the previous cycle was at say, measure 4 and I > am on > measure 70, suddenly I've been moved back to measure 4 when what I > want to > do is edit measure 70. it's very frustrating to have to move the > SPL all the > way back every time I make this error. Has anyone else run into > this? Is > there a way to disable the cycle without it being a toggle? > > fm _ Simple solution here: The ruler has an upper and lower area, with the horizontal line being the decider. Click and move below the line, rather than on the top half. Hope this makes sense... with Logic's terminology, it's probably named something very obscure. George Leger III _______________________________________________________ http://www.myspace.com/georgelegeriii http://www.utopiaparkwaymusic.com Mac AND PC: The only way to fly 8-}

On Apr 10, 2007, at 3:59 PM, Steven Rowat wrote: > In my opinion, it would be nice if the top ruler had a reversed > proportion - a larger space for clicking for placement of the SPL, > and a smaller one for clicking to activate Cycle, instead of the > other way around as it is now. > > If anybody knows how to adjust this, I'd love to know. > > steven rowat Wish I could tell you how, but as far as I know there isn't. The only workaround I can see is to grab the corner between the arrange area and the ruler, and when it turns into the resize curser, increase the size of the ruler. George Leger III ________________________________________________________ http://www.myspace.com/georgelegeriii http://www.utopiaparkwaymusic.com Mac AND PC: The only way to fly 8-}

Honestly, I am *never* running into any such problems. I'm almost 100% sure it's got to do with the rather small size of the lower part of the ruler (as George already pointed out). But, as I have "View > Transport" switched on all the times (so I can skip the floating transport window) and as I have the upper left corner sized large enough to show the tempo and grid resolution, the lower ruler area is around 1.5cm in height on my Macbook - plenty of space to click around without errors, if you ask me. Admittedly, Logics standard arrange layout doesn't give you that much space. Regards Sascha

--- In logic-users@yahoogroups.com, "Sascha Franck" <S.Franck@...> wrote: > > Honestly, I am *never* running into any such problems. > I'm almost 100% sure it's got to do with the rather small size of the lower > part of the ruler (as George already pointed out). But, as I have "View > > Transport" switched on all the times (so I can skip the floating transport > window) and as I have the upper left corner sized large enough to show the > tempo and grid resolution, the lower ruler area is around 1.5cm in height on > my Macbook - plenty of space to click around without errors, if you ask me. > Admittedly, Logics standard arrange layout doesn't give you that much space. > > Regards > Sascha > This won't be one of those earth shaking thoughts but... You can open an additional transport. set it to display only the mode buttons. Resize to its largest and place it mostly off the top of the screen. Then, if you accidentally activate cycle, the indicator switch will always be visible. Also, if you display the transport in Arrange window and drag until both rows of buttons are visible, the proportion between the upper / lower sections of the ruler bar seem to even out a little bit. (64 / 40 on my screen) You don't have to leave all the transport buttons visible. you can drag the edge of the bar ruler to the left so that it only display catch and hide on the upper level and link on the lower level. Hope this help..... Steven

On Apr 10, 2007, at 4:16 PM, George Leger III wrote: > > On Apr 10, 2007, at 3:59 PM, Steven Rowat wrote: > >> In my opinion, it would be nice if the top ruler had a reversed >> proportion - a larger space for clicking for placement of the SPL, >> and a smaller one for clicking to activate Cycle, instead of the >> other way around as it is now. >> >> If anybody knows how to adjust this, I'd love to know. >> >> steven rowat > > > Wish I could tell you how, but as far as I know there isn't. The only > workaround I can see is to grab the corner between the arrange area > and the ruler, and when it turns into the resize curser, increase the > size of the ruler. > > George Leger III > ________________________________________________________ > > http://www.myspace.com/georgelegeriii > > http://www.utopiaparkwaymusic.com > > Mac AND PC: The only way to fly 8-} > Thanks, George. I can always make the line bigger and that helps, for sure. It would just be nice if the cycle toggle could be disabled somehow or as Steven said, a way to make the cycle part of the area smaller and the SPL area larger. Thanks for your idea. I'm sure it will help. fm

--- In logic-users@yahoogroups.com, "foxymoron" <forums@...> wrote: > I keep taking my mouse up to the SPL and accidentally activating the cycle > routine when all I want to do is locate a different measure. It's really > aggravating... I go up and click the SPL 3 measures back. Maybe it will be easier if you train yourself to use the "Home" and "End" keys (below the F15 key on a standard Mac kbd) to move forward and backward in your arrangement. Three taps on the "Home" key are going to be faster than getting yourself out of the "accidental Cycle" mess! Sonny Keyes Ricochet Audio Toronto