Changing tool and error sound

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Hi everybody,this is something I really hate when I work on a Windows machine. I usually press V for the selection tool, A for the Track Select Forward Tool, C for the cutting Tool and so on... Basically I use shortcuts to change tool. And the spacebar to play and stop the preview. The Alt + mouse wheel to zoom in and out in the timeline and so on.. Basic stuff. I feel comfortable with that and work runs fast.Well, what happens is that sometimes an error/alert sound plays and cannot select the tool or play the preview using the spacebar. So I press it again, and another sound warning comes, then again.... and finally it works. But after a while (not even one minute) I do something else and tadaaaa the alert sound again. Really: one day I'll throw the pc out of the window or punch a random colleague in the face.When I'm on Mac no issues. On Windows always.Any help?

eikonoklastes · Accepted Answer

I fully understand now what's going on.Alt is a global Windows shortcut to activate the menu. Every time you use the Alt+Wheel, the menu is getting activated with keyboard focus.Try it now - press and release Alt, and the menu will activate, and one letter for each menu item will underline, telling you that they are now accessible via that key (e.g. Alt + F for File).When you press a key that is not part of the menu shortcuts, it throws an error, which causes the sound to play.If you must use Alt+Wheel, then you will have to work around this behaviour by either pressing Alt again to deactivate the menu, or clicking back in your Timeline. Personally, I prefer the + and - keys to zoom in and out, which does not raise this problem.Either way, I don't like the sounds either, and have turned them of via the Sounds Control Panel.

eikonoklastes · Answer

1. What's causing the error/alert sound to play? It shouldn't randomly play. I am also on a Windows machine, and I don't experience this behaviour.

What you're describing sounds like there is some dialog or window popping up that is blocking access to the underlying Premiere main window, which is then playing the error sound. This could the Saving progress dialog, or the Render progress dialog, or something else.

If it is the Saving progress, it could be that your Auto Save settings are set at very short intervals, which is frequently bringing up the dialog. If it is the Render, dismiss the dialog with Esc (or wait for it to finish), before trying to click on a tool.

2. If the sounds irritate you, turn them off via the Windows Control Panel.

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