Great, thanks tim.
On 7/15/11, Tim Burgess <[email protected]> wrote: > OK, I'll do some more fiddling. I'm using V9, so that might be the > difference. I have Omnisphere kicking around here on my PC rig, but haven't > had time to install and try it on a Mac yet. Will report back as and when > (grin). > > Best wishes. > > Tim Burgess > Raised Bar Ltd > Phone: +44 (0)1827 719822 > > Don't forget to vote for improved access to music and music technology at > > http://www.raisedbar.net/petition.htm > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Gary Readfern-Gray > Sent: 15 July 2011 15:20 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: From joy to frustration - important tip > > Hi tim, well that's weird. > > Well, what happend for me was that I found that I was in the track list and > regardless of the track I was on, even if I pressed vo space to select it, > When I pressed shift m, for example, a seeming random track got muted and it > was always that track, regardless of what I did with the keyboard focus > buttons. > > I have some vision, so had been playing around with the selector tool and > clicking on track ets. > > When I looked through the keyboard shortcuts manual, the shift +s m and r > keys apply to the selected track. I'm not sure what Pro Tools classifies as > being the selected track but here's what I noticed. > > When I uncheck link track and edit selection, If you click on a track, solo, > mute and arming works for that track, however, if you select a different > track by using vo in the track list, those keys will still apply to the > previously selected track. > > If you select that menu option, When you select a different track in the > track list, the insertion point moves to the newly selected track and the > keys work correctly for that track. > > That's the long version of the polava I went through to get it working for > me. I'm using the very first version that became accessible last June, so > there may be a more recent update that works differently, but I'm glad we've > both got it working. > > I was playing around with xpand 2 yesterday, that's very accessible as well, > though not as good as Omnisphere which I really want to get, does anyone > know if any of that is accessible with VO? > > Gazza > > On 7/15/11, Tim Burgess <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I've finally had a chance to play with this. Slau's Command+Option+1 >> made the difference for me. Enabling Link Track and Edit Selection >> just meant that the Shift+Letter combinations would only be applied to >> tracks that were actively selected. Unchecking this option allowed me to > mute, solo, etc. >> whatever track I was positioned on within the table, regardless of its >> selection state. >> >> Best wishes. >> >> Tim Burgess >> Raised Bar Ltd >> Phone: +44 (0)1827 719822 >> >> Don't forget to vote for improved access to music and music technology >> at >> >> http://www.raisedbar.net/petition.htm >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >> Behalf Of Gary Readfern-Gray >> Sent: 14 July 2011 00:36 >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: From joy to frustration - important tip >> >> OK Guys I finally figured it out. Tim I think this will sort out your >> problem. with the Shift + r M or s keys. >> >> To get these keys to work, you have to go to the options menu and >> check the item labeled "Link track and edit selection" >> >> Enjoy. >> >> Gazza >> >> On 12 Jul 2011, at 21:28, Slau Halatyn wrote: >> >>> In the Digidesign folder, go to the Documentation folder, then into >>> the >> Pro Tools subfolder and you'll find a pdf document with all of the >> keyboard shortcuts. Also, right in the Help menu you'll find the same > document. >>> >>> To copy an entire section across all tracks, enable the "All" Group. >>> Then >> scrub anywhere in the song. Go to the beginning of your desired >> section and then select the range, copy, move to the place you wish to >> paste and press Command-v. Pro Tools will paste all the regions to their > respective tracks. >>> >>> That's the short version of the story. Depending upon whether you're >>> in >> bars/beats or minutes:seconds, your needs might be a little different. >> I'm not going to get into the minutiae without knowing precisely what >> you're doing but that's the idea. Remember to turn off the All group >> when you're done or else you might run into trouble. >>> >>> HTH, >>> >>> Slau >>> >>> On Jul 12, 2011, at 4:11 PM, Gary Readfern-Gray wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> Thanks so much all for the help. I didn't quite get to the bottom of >>>> why >> it wasn't working before now but it's working great now regardless it >> seems of selecting or otherwise the keyboard focus buttons. maybe >> because I've shut and reopend the session since I last tried. So, back >> to joy again. I'm already more productive after 24 hours than I was in >> Logic after about 9 months and being able to find and set my EQ > paramaters, at long last!! >>>> >>>> So, at risk of becoming boring with my enthusiasm, Where can I get a >>>> list >> of shortcut keys for PT 8? I particularly want to be ableto select and >> copy audio around. >>>> >>>> One question, is it possible accessibly to copy, let's say a verse >>>> of a >> song across all the tracks and paste it in the next verse along and >> have all the music placed in the correct tracks? I never figgured out >> how to do that in Sonar and doing that track by track gets very old, very > quickly. >>>> >>>> P.S >>>> >>>> Kevin, I also have Superior drummer, so if there's anything I can >>>> help >> with on a preset front, just mail me, though of course, I'm still new to > PT. >>>> >>>> Gazza, >>>> On 12 Jul 2011, at 19:38, Tim Burgess wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hey Slau, >>>>> >>>>> I think you've stopped me going crazy - I was also having problems >>>>> with the >>>>> Shift+Letter combinations in the Mix window. I'll give this a try >>>>> Shift+and see >>>>> if I can do the mute, solo and arm functions now. >>>>> >>>>> Best wishes. >>>>> >>>>> Tim Burgess >>>>> Raised Bar Ltd >>>>> Phone: +44 (0)1827 719822 >>>>> >>>>> Don't forget to vote for improved access to music and music >>>>> technology at >>>>> >>>>> http://www.raisedbar.net/petition.htm >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] >>>>> On Behalf Of Slau Halatyn >>>>> Sent: 12 July 2011 13:06 >>>>> To: [email protected] >>>>> Subject: Re: From joy to frustration! >>>>> >>>>> Hi Gazza, >>>>> >>>>> Use Command-Option-1 to use Commands focus mode. There are two >>>>> other modes which are, if I remember correctly, Audio Regions and >>>>> Groups focus mode and they are Command-Option-2 and >>>>> Command-Option-3 respectively. There's also a keyboard focus button >>>>> right in the window but, if the tracks list isn't displayed, you >>>>> can't access that button. what Kevin mentioned about the Mix window >>>>> display buttons should help you get it to be visible. I think >>>>> there's also a >> menu item to display the tracks list. >>>>> >>>>> HTH, >>>>> >>>>> Slau >>>>> >>>>> On Jul 12, 2011, at 3:49 AM, Gary Readfern-Gray wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi Listers, >>>>>> >>>>>> Well, I bought a mac about a year ago because I wanted to start >>>>>> using Pro >>>>> Tools, but when the accessible version finally arrived, I found >>>>> getting around a session so clunky and horrible to use, I bought >>>>> Logic and have been using that, I have a little sight so I was >>>>> stumbling >> along with it. >>>>>> >>>>>> Then, after months and months of using Logic, I come across >>>>>> Keven's >>>>> tutorial and discover that, once you've got more than one track in >>>>> the session, the track list is usable by VO and that's what I >>>>> wanted to do initally, quickly find a track, mute, solo and arm. >>>>>> >>>>>> However, whilst I can select the tracks in the track list, Shift m >>>>>> r and s >>>>> are not working for me regardless of what I seem to try. >>>>>> >>>>>> So I googled around and found that this seems to have something to >>>>>> do with >>>>> keyboard focus mode? I'm using PT 8.4 by the way, and these keys >>>>> apparently are available in 8.4? >>>>>> >>>>>> So, How, in the name of sanity, do I get that functionality to >>>>>> work where >>>>> I can sit in the track list and mute, solo and arm and unarm? >>>>>> >>>>>> My other question is, How do I get the track list to be displayed >>>>>> in the >>>>> mix window? PT is only letting me cursor over there if I'm in the >>>>> edit window but Kevin seemed to be able to get there whilst in the >>>>> mix >> window? >>>>>> >>>>>> Finally, for now, what's the quickest way to get to the track list? >>>>>> I'm >>>>> often using vo i to bring up the items list and typing table to >>>>> filter the list and selecting track list table, however if you've >>>>> got a gazillion tracks in your session, it takes a while for the >>>>> itme list to pop up. Any thoughts on that one? >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks >>>>>> >>>>>> Gazza >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >> >> >> > >
