Steve, Providing you have Pro Tools set up with the insertion point NOT following playback, pressing the down arrow will enter the current playback location into the Start field and, upon stopping the transport, the playback cursor will snap back to the start point, that is, the point you set in the timeline when you pressed the down arrow during playback. This is a handy way to temporarily remember a spot and to easily identify it.
A useful method, as mentioned by others, is to use Hot spots with VoiceOver. 1. Navigate to the Counter Display cluster in the edit window and interact with the cluster. 2. The first display is the start field. Focus on the numeric display of the Start time and press Control-Option-Shift-1. VoiceOver will say something like "Saved as Hot Spot 1." Repeat this process with the End field, Length field and Main Counter displays. I use Hot Spot 2 for End, 3 for Length and 4 for Main Counter. Pressing Control-Option-Command with the corresponding numbers row numbers will read the current item. So, while the transport is engaged, you can query the Main Counter value at any point by pressing Control-Option-Command-4. HTH, Slau On Nov 18, 2014, at 1:26 AM, Steve Sparrow <[email protected]> wrote: > working beautifully. thanks very much. > Only thing i’d be interested in finding out, is there any way of getting a > time reference at the point your cursor is at. for example, if you are in the > middle of a file, and you want to know where you are at as far as the time, > how do we do that. Or more to the point is it possible to do this. I don’t > mind if it reads it out in bars and beats or minutes and seconds, but it > would be good if this could be done some how. > Steve > On 18 Nov 2014, at 11:07 am, Poppa Bear <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Ok Steve, by default Pro tools is set to Bars and beats, so when you press / >> 3 and enter that will take you to bar three. You need to go into your edit >> screen and look for the counter display cluster and change the settings in >> there from bars and beats to I think that it's minutes and seconds or >> something like that. Then at that point pressing the / on the num pad, the >> minute you want to jump to and then enter should work. HTH. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf >> Of Steve Sparrow >> Sent: Monday, November 17, 2014 3:15 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: locating time references in protools file. >> >> no need to be sorry at all, i appreciate your help. More than likely i’ve >> missed a step. >> Steve >> >> On 18 Nov 2014, at 9:24 am, Poppa Bear <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Sorry Steve I will try and get into the studio sometime today and check the >>> commands out. >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >>> Behalf Of Steve Sparrow >>> Sent: Monday, November 17, 2014 10:29 AM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: locating time references in protools file. >>> >>> is there also a way of getting a time reference at the point you >>> cursor is at in the file Steve >>> >>> On 17 Nov 2014, at 11:40 pm, Poppa Bear <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hello Steve, I have pasted an answer to this same question that was given >>>> a few months back. I hope that it will get you where you need to be. >>>> Hi David, >>>> >>>> You can use asterisk on the num pad to go to anywhere in the timeline. >>>> Remember to type in the correct format (i.e. bars/beats, minutes/seconds. >>>> etc.). The decimal will advance you to the next field. You don't need to >>>> type the entire number. For example, Asterisk, 3, Enter will take you to 3 >>>> minutes. When entering seconds, however, if you want 30 seconds, you have >>>> to type 30 and not just 3. Numbers appear to enter from the right column >>>> in each field. You can press Enter on the num pad after entering the >>>> values. It's not necessary to press Return on the qwerty keyboard. In some >>>> cases, there's a distinction between the two keys' functionality but not >>>> in this case. >>>> >>>> There's another way to jump around the timeline and it involves relative >>>> position as opposed to absolute position. If you want to jump forward by 3 >>>> minutes, regardless of where you are in the timeline, you can add the plus >>>> key in front of the numbers to move forward by the entered amount or the >>>> minus key to move backward by the entered amount. So, for example, let's >>>> say you were at 1:45 in the timeline but you didn't necessarily know or >>>> care what the exact point was but you knew that you wanted to jump forward >>>> by 2 minutes. You would press the asterisk, then plus, then 2 and, finally >>>> Enter. You would then be at 3:45. To move backwards, press asterisk, then >>>> minus, then the amount by which you wish to move backwards in the timeline. >>>> >>>> All of the above commands can be issued while the transport is engaged so >>>> you can very quickly jump around the session while it's playing. >>>> >>>> You can set a custom fast forward/rewind speed in the Preferences window >>>> under the Operations tab. >>>> >>>> Hope that helps, >>>> >>>> Slau >>>> >>>> On Oct 12, 2014, at 4:48 PM, David Eagle <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi, I've got an hour long recording loaded into ProTools. I want to >>>>> quickly jump into the audio by about five minutes. Is there a way to >>>>> quickly do this? I don't seem to be able to find a jump to time option >>>>> anywhere. Also, is there a way I can change the speed of the rewind and >>>>> fast forward so that it skips through the project quicker? Thanks. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> 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. >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >>>> Behalf Of Steve Sparrow >>>> Sent: Monday, November 17, 2014 1:53 AM >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Subject: locating time references in protools file. >>>> >>>> Hi. is there a way of quickly getting to a time location when working with >>>> a file in protools. i have a file that runs for around 25 minutes, i need >>>> to get around this file quickly. as yet i have not inverted any markers.. >>>> as an example of what i’m after, how would i get to say 15 minutes in this >>>> file. Is there a go too command or something like that. I’m tried hitting >>>> the num pad two and 3 keys, and that seems to move me along, but in very >>>> small increments. >>>> Thanks >>>> Steve >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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. >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >> >> -- >> 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. > > -- > 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. 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