I'm not sure when that might be posted but, keep in mind, it's not a tutorial 
but more of an overview of what kind of accessibility there is in the new 
version.

Slau

On Jul 17, 2010, at 2:35 PM, Michael Huckabay wrote:

> 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
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
> 

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