Drag and copy with selection tool

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  1. When I drag and copy something with the selection tool, I’m unable to extend or shorten MIDI or audio events immediately afterward. I have to switch to another tool and then back to the selection tool for it to work again.
  2. The stock EQ is extremely heavy, and I can’t adjust the curve smoothly at all.
  • My setup: MacBook Pro M4 Max, Apollo x6, newest macOS.
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>>The stock EQ is extremely heavy, and I can’t adjust the curve smoothly at all.

It only gets slow when I have the MIDI or audio editor open.

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Hi,

You cannot resize the MIDI Part/Audio Event with the Range Tool. You need the Object Selection Tool. Or am I missing something? Or do you mean the Combine Selection Tool?

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  • After copying an object with ⌘+C while using the selection tool, the cursor changes to a pen and I can’t resize the object anymore. I have to switch tools and then return to the selection tool to make it work again.
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Hi,

This is the Object Selection Tool, not the Range Tool.

Is this an Audio Part? It works on my side.

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also MIDI too… smh

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Hi,

Do you still hold down the Opt/Alt modifier by any chance when you try to resize the Audio/MIDI Part? You have to release the modifier.

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Happens for me too. I just press the Option key to get it back the resize arrow icon. It has been like this for years.

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Wow, it’s not fully resolved, but at least it’s partially fixed! lol
Thanks. Let’s hope they release a bug fix soon.

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It’s no bug. It’s as intended.
Your video is an audio event, and you are holding your alt-button while pointing at the drag square; the pensil tool tells us that.
An audio event can’t be streched beyond the content.
It works ok here:
Audio:
Selection tool + Alt → copy event.
selection tool + drag left → minimize the event
selection too + drag right → does nothing (if it’s refering to a longer file tho, it can be expanded)
Midi:
Is a different story, but you have to let go the alt-button.

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I can confirm he’s not holding the alt/option button. It seems to stick after duplicating an event. You then either need to press the alt/option button again or move the mouse pointer to the menu bar and it will then work as expected.

It might be related to certain hardware only. I have only used Apple Magic Keyboard and Magic Mouse and it has happened for as long as I can remember.

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I’ve been using Cubase on Windows for nearly twenty years, so I’m completely used to this behavior, lol.
I recently switched to a MacBook and this issue started happening. When you hold down Alt, the pointer is supposed to turn into the scissors tool when hovering over an audio event. And of course, I am releasing the Alt key. This is a bug