That's exactly what I needed to know. Thank you.
Herman On 11/21/10, Slau Halatyn <[email protected]> wrote: > Ah, OK, now I understand. First I'll explain how to remedy the problem that > exists and then I'll suggest a way to do what you're trying to do in a > better way. > > So, after you've recorded that punch-in, stop the transport. Assuming your > insertion point isn't following playback, you should be right at the > beginning of the region you just recorded. Press Option-Shift-Tab to select > from the current region boundary to the previous region boundary. To extend > the end of the currently selected boundary, use Command-num pad plus. The > increment is determined by the nudge value. To increase or decrease the > nudge value, use Option-Command-plus or minus on the num pad. > > I think the smallest amount, by default, that you can go down to with the > shortcut is 60 ticks. If you temporarily switch to minutes:seconds, you can > go down to one millisecond. The subject of changing that nudge value can be > a post unto itself. > > Anyway, hopefully, that helps with the current situation. Now, for a better > way to accomplish what you want to do: > > While auditioning the track, press down arrow at the exact point where you > want to punch in. Enable Pre/Post roll with Command-K. Press Command-Space > bar and you'll hear the bar leading up to the punch-in point. This will give > you time to get into position. At the punch-in point, Pro Tools will > automatically enter record mode. > > If you were to select a range of punch-in/punch out with down arrow then up > arrow, Pro Tools will play a pre-roll, enter record for the duration of the > selection and then exit record mode and play a post roll. You can change the > Pre-Post roll amounts in the Transport window. Route the mouse pointer to > the field and double-click. Enter the number of bars or whatever and press > Return. > > Hopefully that makes sense. > > Cheers, > > Slau > > On Nov 21, 2010, at 7:42 PM, Herman Fermin wrote: > >> I'll exaggerate here a little bit but I think this will illustrate better. >> >> I want to punch in at bar 5 for example. I start recording a little >> bit before bar five in order to get my hands on the guitar ready to >> play right at bar five. But I have covered some audio right before bar >> five. For argument lets say I started recording at bar 4 beat 3. So >> now between bar 4 beat 3 and the actual beginning of bar five is me >> scrambling to put my hands on the right fret of the guitar. I want to >> pull the audio that I just covered up between bar 4 beat 3 and bar 5. >> >> Hope that helps explain. >> >> HF >> >> On 11/21/10, Slau Halatyn <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hey Herman, >>> >>> It's not clear to me what your question is, exactly. What's the problem? >>> >>> Slau >>> >>> On Nov 21, 2010, at 6:24 PM, Herman Fermin wrote: >>> >>>> If you are the only one recording and you have only two hands and that >>>> is the set up I currently have, I'm getting confused about some of >>>> the shortcuts. Since my punch in begins obviously a little earlier >>>> than I actually play , I need to pull the audio of the last region so >>>> it meets up where I actually do play. I have selected the region and I >>>> think what I want to do is trim the right edge of the region. Don't >>>> understand where I'm going wrong. >>>> link Track and edit selection and link timeline and edit selection are >>>> both checked. >>>> >>>> HF >>> >>> > >
