Chris, The only thing I would add, is you'd want to create a static pass with the plug bypassed prior to playing the selection. Same steps as how we created the volume automation in pro tool Mixing modual.
On 7/18/14, Christopher-Mark Gilland <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey, no problem bro! Take your time. No rush. I, do! however wonder if > you or someone else can answer a little something regarding that check box > for me though. > > How would I go about doing automation with a plugin on a track? Basically, > > let's say for sake of example that on a vocal track, I wanted a 7 band E Q. > > But! I don't want to instantiate it over the entire session. Could I set my > > automation window with command+num pad 4 to capture plugin automation, then > > make sure the plugin is set to write automation, then just turn on bypass? > Then, select the part of the audio where I want my E Q to kick in, set the > track automation to write, unbypass the plugin, hit play, and letter rip? > Is that pretty much essentially how I'd do it, or am I a little sloppy at my > > method? > > Chris. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "mcdiemert ." <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, July 18, 2014 8:43 AM > Subject: Re: A work around to Matthew's Plugin reset issue, plus more > strange behavior > > >> Chris, >> I'm not sure if in prefferences you have the check box to make all >> plugin parameters automatable, but if so, unchecking this and >> reinstantiating the plugin seemed to make the behavior go back to >> working as it should. >> I don't have time to investigate this right at this moment, as I am in >> the midst of mixing, on a tight deadline, but when I'm done, I'll >> revisit this to determine if this is a consistent problem. >> Thanks. >> >> On 7/18/14, Christopher-Mark Gilland <[email protected]> wrote: >>> So... first off, yes. I can! confirm that the issue Matthew Diemert is >>> having with the plugin parameters resetting when playing is not just >>> him. >>> I, too am noticing this odd behavior in PT 11. Again, I can confirm just >>> >>> as >>> >>> Matt said, that this isn't occuring in any build of PT 10. It's only >>> happening in version 11.X. >>> >>> Just out of a hunch, I tried something, and what do you know, it worked. >>> What I did... let's just take his example with the 7 band E Q. I would >>> instantiate the plugin on... let's just say, insert A, for the sake of >>> simplisity. Now, without choosing a plugin, I go down to the high pass >>> filter, and set the parameter to in. This way it's enabled. Then I go >>> down >>> >>> to each band and set my configuration tweaks. Now, I hit space bar. It >>> plays fine. I stop with space bar, then, I hit space bar again to play. >>> >>> As >>> >>> soon as I do, the parameters get set back to default values, therefore >>> killing the tweaks I did. >>> >>> So here's what I did to get around this. And, by the way, though it's >>> not >>> very practical necessarily, I'll definitely grant you that, it does! >>> consistently seem to be working for the time being. If you go into the >>> plugin's settings menu, regardless which plugin you're using, the E Q >>> was >>> only an example... the possibilities are literally endless, drop open >>> that >>> settings menu, and go to save preset. Now, save the preset with a name. >>> Don't! and I repeat, don't! change the default directory where it's >>> trying >>> to save the preset to. If you do, you risk PT not being able later to >>> find >>> >>> it. You want it showing up in your librarian menu, so keep that set as >>> is. >>> >>> Go ahead though and name the preset, then hit save. >>> >>> OK, now, if the parameters get reset, go back to the librarian menu, and >>> pick your custom made saved preset. Once you do, it'll snap to, and >>> lock >>> on. By that, I mean, it'll stay put. Those parameters won't reset on >>> ya. >>> Again, I totally totally get that this is really not a very good >>> workflow. >>> I agree whole heartedly, but hey! It does! work. It might be a sloppy >>> way >>> >>> a doing it, but for the time being, it looks like this is the sollution >>> work >>> >>> around, so I hope that helps you guys, as far as that goes. >>> >>> Now, on to my! problem. So, I have a theory what may be going on, and >>> I'm >>> gonna be testing my theory out here in a bit, but I'm noticing that when >>> >>> I >>> >>> hit command+option+num pad plus or minus whilst no audio is selected, >>> the >>> nudge value doesn't seem to want to be changing like it used to. Yes. >>> Link >>> >>> timeline in selection, and link track in edit selection or whatever it's >>> called are both checked. There was one more option there in the options >>> menu that needs to be checked, but I don't recall what it says. I know >>> it >>> when I see it, but I'm not at my mac right now to look. I will! however >>> >>> say >>> >>> that I do! remember it being checked though, no question. >>> >>> This is making doing my command+shift+num pad plus and minus very >>> difficult, >>> >>> as I'm moving a bit too far each way. So, I'm trying to adjust that a >>> bit >>> and make the nudge slope if you will for lack of better term a bit >>> less... >>> Actually... quite a bit! less. It's not happening though. I'm getting >>> no >>> result at all. Yes. All the tracks which I need to manipulate are >>> definitely selected. I made double dawg sure of this, so that's not the >>> problem, I don't think. By the way, this is happenning both in V 10, >>> and! >>> in V 11. I admit that I've not tried manually going into the edit >>> window >>> and changing it through the nudge value control. For all intents and >>> purpose, that would be more tedious for the project I'm trying to do. >>> That >>> >>> said, I can try it, if you all would like me to, and report back. What >>> my >>> theory is though is, earlier back, about a week ago, when I first got PT >>> >>> 11, >>> >>> I was working on a session which I was cross mixing between V 10 and V >>> 11. >>> Mainly as I have some plugs in V 10 that are also in 11, but 11 has some >>> stuff not in 10. So I started recording in 10, then moved to 11 to >>> instantiate the things I needed from it. Anyhow, I went into the >>> counter >>> cluster in the edit window and set it to bars/beats. So now, I opened a >>> >>> new >>> >>> session. I then immediately did my command+shift+I to import an audio >>> file. >>> >>> I browsed for the karaoke track I wanna sing on top of. When I went >>> back >>> and looked later on, I remembered that the counter cluster was on >>> bars/beats. Obviously, this isn't gonna really work with a karaoke >>> track. >>> So, I set it back to mins/secs. What I'm wonderring is, being I did >>> that >>> *after!* key word, importing the audio, could that! be what is making my >>> nudge value not work, and kind a screw up? Did I maybe confuse ProTools >>> >>> a >>> bit by doing it that way? Should I first have set it back to mins/secs? >>> Then? started importing, or recording from scratch? That's the only >>> thing I >>> >>> can think which may! potentially be causing this, as I've literally done >>> nothing whatsoever aside from that differently since it was working. >>> >>> So, yeah... any ideas? >>> >>> Chris. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups >>> "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> >> -- >> Warm Regards: >> Matt Diemert >> 330-980-0046 >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> >> "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Warm Regards: Matt Diemert 330-980-0046 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. 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