Thanks verry much and I understand what you mean about that. I'm just kerius how things work with vo so that is why I was intersted in the demo. On 2010-07-17, at 3:16 PM, Slau Halatyn wrote:
> 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 >>>> >>>> >>> >> >
