Michael,
How were you able to listen to the demo?
On Jul 17, 2010, at 9:01 PM, Michael Huckabay wrote:
> I just got to listen to your demo of protools and it is verry exciting to see
> how much of it is actiley excessible. YOu did a verry good job and I better
> understand some of the stuff on list and what not you where talking about.
> Deffinitley having a interface where you can do stuff on it is nice so I saw
> in the demo. I may have to use it a lot when I go to school next year so
> that is why I was so intersted in the demo thanks.
> On 2010-07-17, at 4:40 PM, Slau Halatyn wrote:
>
>> 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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>>>>
>>>
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