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 >>> >>> >> >
