Chris, I've addressed your questions below: On Jun 8, 2016, at 11:32 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland <[email protected]> wrote:
> So, first of all, I get the slash and the asterisk on the numpad confused. > Which one is it that jumps to a certain timeframe, and which is it that > selects a time range? Asterisk only affects the Main counter and that's it. The Forward slash key (directly to the left of the asterisk key) affects the Start, End and Length fields, depending upon how many times it's pressed. > Also I get confused how the decimal value works with these. > In any counter display in Pro Tools, the decimal moves the selection from field to field and keeps cycling. It does, however, virtually always start with the first field. > Let's say I have a session which is 10 bars long. In the edit window, under > the counter display cluster, I have the dropdown properly set to bars/beats, > and obviously my tempo is also correctly set. > > So, out of those 10 bars, let's say I wanted to jump to bar 8, beat 2. To jump to bar 8, beat 2, press asterisk then 8 then decimal then 2 and finally hit Enter. > > What if I just wanted the first beat smack on the beginning of bar 8? > If you type nothing beyond the first field, Pro Tools will assume you mean that the rest of the fields start at zero or, in the case of beats, that it is beat 1. In other words, no matter what the counter currently reads, if you type asterisk then 8 and hit Enter, you'll end up at the beginning of bar 8. > How does that work with minutes/seconds, if I have that dropdown in the > counter cluster set that way instead? > > Say I had a 10 minute long session, and I wanted to get to 8 minutes even? > What if I wanted 8 minutes, and 25 seconds? > To get to 8 minutes, press asterisk then 8 then Enter. To get to 8 minutes and 25 seconds, press asterisk then 8 then decimal then 25 and hit Enter. Be aware that the bar beat counter's first field will always be bar number. So, if you want to only change the beat number and wish to leave the bar number intact, you can press asterisk then decimal to get to the beats field. I suppose it would be helpful to understand that, if you type nothing after the asterisk is pressed, nothing will change and the current numbers will still remain after you've hit Enter. However, once you've pressed the asterisk key and the first field is selected, typing anything in that field will automatically reset any numbers in the subsequent beat and tick fields or seconds and milliseconds, if you're in that display mode. If you press the asterisk key and do not type anything in the bars field but instead press the decimal key, the bars number will remain unchanged and now the beats field is highlighted. If you start typing a value, you will automatically reset the ticks field to zero. Following that logic, if you press asterisk and press decimal twice, now you'll be on the ticks field and nothing will have changed in the bars and beats fields but you're focused on the ticks and can either change the value or press Enter to keep things where they are. One thing I constantly do when working in bars and beats is that I hit the down arrow after passing a point where I'd like to start from. I might have no idea what bar it is while the transport is rolling but I know I need to be at the top of that bar. Since I've technically passed the beginning of the bar, the counter will now read the bar number, one or two beats and some odd ticks. Regardless of what bar it is, I press the asterisk then decimal then 1 and hit Enter. Now, I'm at the top of the bar. I might subsequently look to see what bar it is if that information is relevant or of interest but, the point is, it's one way to take advantage of how the numeric displays operate. For what it's worth, BTW, You can set the counter display right from the Main Counter submenu under the View menu. Slau -- 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.
