Better fine control for manipulating key-frame rubber bands

Report · Aug 20, 2023

Something I'd love to see rolled out in a future update is better fine control for manipulating the key-frame "rubber bands", when using the mouse in the timeline. I know the same thing can be done with much more precision in the effects panel, but sometimes I just want to quickly pull up the rubber band in the timeline without having to change panels and change individual keyframes.

As it stands, when I click and hold the rubber band in the timeline, then slide the mouse gently up or down, nothing happens... nothing happens... nothing happens... BAM! Minus infinity! It's really hard to get the rubber band to the level I want. I'd love the behaviour to be the opposite: the band moves up or down in very small increments, instead of very large increments.

I know this is an archaic way of doing it, but I do wonder what others think of this suggestion?

Report · Feb 22, 2024

No upvotes? Am I the only person experiencing this?

I'm working on audio levels again, and this problem is KILLING ME. Having just been playing around with time-remapping, I'm gobsmacked how fine and precise the control of the elastic band is for that. (It's also confirmed to me that the problem is not my mouse but the software) But working with it to smooth out the volume of dialoge... it's a nightmare. It just keeps snapping to the same random dB levels, and has no fine control at all.

Suggestions:

give the audio elastic band the same sensitivity and roll-off as the time-remapping elastic band
if the elastic band has to snap, instead of snapping to random dB levels as it's moved, have it snap to the dB levels of the adjacent clips
a one-click way to get the band back to zero (it takes multiple clicks in the effects panel to re-zero the two keyframes either side of the portion of band)