Ah, right. Well, I'm sure that Bryan will get the file from Patrick soon and will post it as soon as he has an opportunity.
Slau On Jul 17, 2010, at 5:28 PM, Michael Huckabay wrote: > 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 >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >> >
