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
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
>> 
> 

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