Hay ? for you you wouldn't know when the pro tools demo from acb file that was recorded will be posted do you? On 2010-07-17, at 1:17 PM, Slau Halatyn wrote:
> Hey Clarence, > > Control-Space Bar actually puts the transport into a Pause with Pre-Prime for > instant playback. This is what that means: > > If you have a large session, say, 24 tracks record enabled or even on an LE > system, say, 16 tracks ready to record in QuickPunch mode, the system is > going to allocate drive space, prepare voices, automation data (if there is > any) and a few other things. If you simply start the recording or even > playback, there will be a pause before the transport engages. This can vary > from a second to several seconds if it's a particularly large session. In > order to have a more immediate start to playback, it's possible to pre-prime > the deck, as they say, for instant playback or recording. Pressing > Control-Space Bar puts Pro Tools into this Pause mode. Simply pressing the > Space Bar after that instantly starts playback. Further, > Control-Command-Space Bar puts PT into Pre-Primed Record mode so pressing > Space Bar after that instantly puts the Transport into record mode. > > Pausing the transport, the way most people think of pausing something, is a > bit different. Pro Tools has two main behaviors: 1. Is for the transport to > remember the start position and, if the transport is stopped, it will keep > resuming playback from the same start position unless that start position is > specifically changed, and 2. Insertion following Playback which means that > wherever you press the space bar, the transport will keep the insertion point > there and, upon pressing space bar again, will continue playing from that > location. > > I would strongly suggest using the default method which is for the insertion > point to not follow playback. Here's the reason. When you make a selection, > pressing the space bar will play only the selected range. No matter how many > times you press play, it'll only play the selected range. This is a good > means to verify your selection range quickly without even having to look at > the start, End and Length fields in the edit window. From there, one can cut, > copy paste, etc. Now, if the insertion point follows playback, as soon as you > play the selection, the selection is actually lost. It's very obvious to a > sighted user but it can be confusing to a blind user. > > Here are two things one can do for alternatives: > > 1. If you really want to get into that other mode where it just pauses when > you hit the space bar, pressing Control-n toggles this playback mode and the > preference is also in the Setups>Preferences dialog and is called "Insertion > Follows Playback." > > 2. If the transport is engaged, and you find a spot you want to start > playback from, simply pressing the down arrow will automatically populate the > start field with the current transport value. In other words, if, while the > transport is engaged, you press the down arrow at the 2 minute mark, the > start field will now say "2:00:000" and if you press space bar, the transport > will stop but, upon playback, will now start from the 2 minute mark. > > Hopefully, that makes sense. Let me know if there's something that isn't > clear. > > Best, > > Slau > > On Jul 17, 2010, at 1:23 PM, clarence griffin wrote: > >> I thought control + Space was to pause my project? Its not working. Is there >> something I have to turn on in setup or something? I looked all over, and >> didn't find anything. >> Thanks. >> >> GF >> >> >
