Yep, they're installed with the Pro Tools installation. You won't have them on your Mac by default, of course. You could also find them somewhere on the Avid site although I'm sure they're not terribly easy to find. A google search might yield something.
Cheers, slau On Mar 30, 2012, at 8:30 PM, Brian Howerton wrote: > Hello Slau, > Where can we find these two documents you are referencing? I have a mac and > I am thinking about switching to protools. I would like to get ahead and do > some reading ahead of time though. Thanks, > Brian > On Mar 30, 2012, at 5:25 PM, Slau Halatyn wrote: > >>> Hi Chris, >> >> That "Intro to Pro Tools" pdf we talked about earlier contains all kinds of >> helpful information for people new to Pro Tools. Doing a search for keywords >> like "instrument," for example, yields lots of useful instances throughout >> the manual. Of course, the "Intro to Pro Tools" guide is pretty basic. I'm >> sure you'll get through it in no time. when you're ready for some serious >> reading, the "Pro Tools Reference guide" is about as detailed as you can >> get, something to really sink your teeth into. Shame on me, dangling >> prepositions like that… Something into which you could sink your teeth—now >> there's some grammar for ya. >> :) >> Slau >> >> >> On Mar 30, 2012, at 5:09 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote: >> >>> First of all, what's the difference in a Midi track, vs. an instrument >>> track? >>> >>> Second of all, let's say I have a track in 4/4 time, that keeps a constant >>> 120BPM from beginning to end, no retards, nothing of sort. No tempo >>> changes, etc. It's just a constant 4 4 120. >>> >>> How now do I quantize a instrument or midi track to a quartern note value? >>> >>> Finally, if I insert the Xpand!2 plugin on an instrument track, then select >>> say acoustic pianos, and go to like, a warm piano, or what not, I find when >>> I record enable the track, the volume is exceedingly low. So much so, I'm >>> literally having to ajust the track fader Hi almost all the way up just to >>> get even the slightest volume. Now, mind you, I'm using the built in midi >>> sounds on the macbook, not the samples from my actual keyboard which are >>> being triggered through my keyboard's midi out. Would that be a better way >>> a doing it? If so, that's no issue. I certainly do have my interface >>> hooked up where that could be done very easily with the push of one button. >>> I'd have to figure out how to re-route that to the midi out of my >>> interface, but that shouldn't be too hard. >> >>> >>> Chris. >> >
