cubase 10.5 pro cursor issues

[debmccall]

Hi! I am having a huge CURSOR problem. I am fairly new to CUBASE...but began with Sequel 3 (a more user friendly and less sophisticated DAW, also a steinberg product).

If I record a track and need to re- record a portion of it, I cannot set the cursor at that point and begin to re-record. It defaults to the beginning, or some other previous measure...

With my limited knowledge, I've checked lots of forums and videos at steinberg, but have not found a solution, other than manually setting the locators, and then removing them, etc!

So, I am hoping there is a fellow Taxi member who might shed some light on this issue. Thank you!!

[Casey H]

Hey Deb
I just started with Cubase LE 10.5, similar to regular 10.5. This was a big upgrade for me, as I jumped from LE4 to LE10.5. Maybe I can help as I've had a few startup issues of my own. Can you send me a short video of what is happening?

Might be obvious: (1) Make sure looping is not on.
(2) The transport panel controls (start, stop, rewind, record etc) should be shown up top. Let me go check my setup.

I'll PM you my email address. Maybe one blind noob can lead another.

Casey

[Casey H]

I took a screen grab that might help but can't upload it here. We'll chat by email.

[debmccall]

Hey Deb
I just started with Cubase LE 10.5, similar to regular 10.5. This was a big upgrade for me, as I jumped from LE4 to LE10.5. Maybe I can help as I've had a few startup issues of my own. Can you send me a short video of what is happening?

Might be obvious: (1) Make sure looping is not on.
(2) The transport panel controls (start, stop, rewind, record etc) should be shown up top. Let me go check my setup.

I'll PM you my email address. Maybe one blind noob can lead another.

Casey

Thanks you, Casey!

Well I'm not that techy so a video might be a bit of stretch...however, I was able to get the auto scroll to go from screen to screen...However, the big prob is not being able to control the cursor.. For example, if I record a track, and make a mistake, I erase the mistake, set the cursor at the point I would re-record, and it either goes all the way back to the start, or back a measure, or so...it has even jumped forwara a tad.

I really appreciate the input regarding the transport panel...I will check those controls soon. It's been so frustrating...the Sequel daw was so much easier, but this has so much to offer. My husband and I have been fighting this tech thing for months. But, looking back several years, it was the same way with Sequel...the learning curve just keep getting steeper LOL!! Yes, definetly send email address and we'll keep in touch on these things. Maybe we'll know some little to share and possibly get better at this. We'll try the transport tomorrow eve.

[Casey H]

Do you have the snap controls options on? There are 2 of them, one snaps to closest grid and the other to zero crossing. Theses are 2 symbols in the toolbar up top, you can drag your mouse over them to see which ones are which. Try with these turned off.

What you describe is pretty extreme so it also could be an installation/PC issue. Hopefully it's just a simple setting.

Best
Casey

[cassmcentee]

Casey called it...
You have the "Snap" button activated that forces the track cursor to jump to the nearest start of a beat.
It is a very useful tool that can be annoying at times when you forget to switch it off
The "Button" for it is up top, highlited White when activated, Grey when deactivated!

[cassmcentee]

The button will look something like this:
>:<

[Casey H]

Oh Snap!

The 4th post down at this link shows what the snap buttons look like:
https://www.steinberg.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=131119
The snap to zero crossing and snap to grid buttons are next to each other.

HTH!
Casey

[debmccall]

Do you have the snap controls options on? There are 2 of them, one snaps to closest grid and the other to zero crossing. Theses are 2 symbols in the toolbar up top, you can drag your mouse over them to see which ones are which. Try with these turned off.

What you describe is pretty extreme so it also could be an installation/PC issue. Hopefully it's just a simple setting.

Best
Casey

Hey Casey! Thank you so much, yes I will check this first thing tomorrow...out most of the day today, but anxious to try this. Also, thanks for email, I will let you know how this snap to the grid thing goes!
Thanks again,
Deb

[debmccall]

The button will look something like this:
>:<

Hi Cass! Thank you so much for this input, I do know where the button is, and i will check tomorrow. This has been a steep learning curve without this cursor problem...And it's good to know there are a few other Cubase folks out there
Thanks again, I'll let you know how it goes.
Deb