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Strange bug in final cut pro x: audio effect control windows (e.g. eq, compressor, limiter etc) only open occasionally and mostly not. The only way to change parameters is manually which is slow, error-prone and tedious. Does anybody else experience this?
Final Cut Pro X 10.3.2.
iMac late 2013, 32GB RAM, 1TB Fusion, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M, no external hardware
MacPro 3.2 GHz Quad Xeon, Mac OS X (10.6.5)
I found the source of the problem: It's a buggy active mouse area. Clicking on the normal icon does exactly the same as "show" & "hide" which it shouldn't do. Only clicking on the left most line of the symbol does the trick. Reliably BTW. The random factor before was caused by the fact that I didn't know this yet. Clicking on the left rim works reliably...
I found the source of the problem: It's a buggy active mouse area. Clicking on the normal icon does exactly the same as "show" & "hide" which it shouldn't do. Only clicking on the left most line of the symbol does the trick. Reliably BTW. The random factor before was caused by the fact that I didn't know this yet. Clicking on the left rim works reliably...
All audio effects in the lower section of the effects panel (pic02). Sometimes I am able to open a single control window after activating "show all windows". But is's a random thing. I try to open the control window by clicking (or double-clicking) on the editor symbol. But instead, it only toggles the drawer with the single parameters (pic01).
Wonder if you have a mouse problem in FCP. I find that the action is mapped from the very left edge across the button to just before the right edge. Don't know anything about programming but can't imagine how it could be mapped differently on different systems.
I have not seen this described on other FCPX forums that are tracking 10.3+ weirdnesses. You might wish to search the forum over on fcp.co. Look for the 10.3 issues discussion.
http://www.fcp.co/forum/4-final-cut-pro-x-fcpx/26395-10-3-issues
@mouse problem: None. Except this one. All other active mouse areas work exactly as they should. This is on the internal iMac 27' monitor. Only this area (open effects HUD) doesn't work as expected...weird. Anyway, thanks for the support!
I have exactly the same weird behavior! spent many time to find a solution to get to the audio panels again. Your Tip (clicking just on the left line of the icon) helped for me, but just a one-time click. Double-Click opens and closes immediately again. Thanks. It's definitely a bug.
tp-Berlin wrote:
I have exactly the same weird behavior! spent many time to find a solution to get to the audio panels again. Your Tip (clicking just on the left line of the icon) helped for me, but just a one-time click. Double-Click opens and closes immediately again. Thanks. It's definitely a bug.
I am not seeing the problem on my mac. Clicking anywhere in the button opens the control window every time.
Double-clicking a button amounts to clicking it twice, so that at least that part is working for you as designed - although obviously it does not help you.
It is strange that double-clicking is correctly registered yet a single click somehow isn't.
What pointing device (mouse, trackpad, built-in or third party) are you using?
I am working on a MacBookPro Late 2013. Same bug with internal Trackpad or any mouse. I just restarted FCPX, and now the bug is gone = everything works fine as it should. But I do have this bug from time to time.
->you misunderstood me with the double-click behavior: when FCPX is in buggy mode, only clicking on the left line of the icon does anything: one click opens, double click opens and closes
Which effects are exactly? What are you doing to open the HUD?
You might try reinstalling. I tried a dozen or so effects and couldn't find any that the HUD didn't open with one click.
Did already. First deleted preferences. Then deleted and clean-installed again. No change.
Mayne it's a media or system specific problem.
PS what's "show all windows"?
Possible. But how can I find out?
If it's media it would reproduce on another machine. Can you post a piece somewhere that's producing the problem?
Thought occurred, are you working with multiple monitors?
If that helps: Also use Logic Pro X. There no problem whatsoever (although the HUDs are different there...)
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