It’s a matter of familiarity. Once you learn the workflow, it can be as fluid as a sighted engineer, and even more fluid than a sighty who relies on mouse clicks.
The I/O issue sounds like the playback engine was changed. This happens when PT is launched without the interface being on, and it stays that way until changed in setup>playback engine. It’s always worth checking this before opening or creating sessions. The quick way to deal with mappings in setup>I/O is opening each tab, input, output, and bus, and each time pressing command plus a, then pressing delete, and navigating to and pressing the default button in each tab. The I/O is saved in sessions, which makes it possible to keep internal buses intact. This group is a fantastic resource, and if you haven’t yet, ask to join the WhatsApp and Dropbox. WhatsApp is a good place to ask questions, and Dropbox is a great collection of basically every resource you’ll need for blindness specific Pro Tools use. We’re a lucky bunch to have peers who collaborate and work with Avid to make this possible. You’re not alone in finding it tricky out of the gate, and having been there myself, I assure you it’s because the amount of control you’ll have is unmatched. > On May 26, 2020, at 08:44, StudioChaotic Productions > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yeah, I'm running PT now without flo tools, just to get a feel for it. My > feeling right now is not great tbh. I find it very confusing, and using the > built in shortcuts feels like a nightmare at this point. But I did that > because I didn't seem to get flo tools working right so I thought I'd let > that be for now. I have some odd problems whether I use flo or not, like I > can't seem to make PT play an audio track that I recorded. The file is > created, I checked. I can monitor and get level and peak values, but it won't > play. But then, I import a file on a new track and it plays fine. so I made a > track preset and use that on the first silent track, and Voila, now I can > hear it. But I can't see any difference in the output. Btw, I find the I'O > settings to be something of a clusterf. Everything I open or create tells me > that some bus or other can't be mapped to something or other. PT might not > like my interface, but I can't imagine that is the issue. > Sigh. > > Actually, I find tracking audio in Logic to be the easiest part. I've been > tracking and mixed vocals and guitar for the last five years, pretty much > full thime. so, perhaps it's just that I've done it so much, I dunno. What > bugs me is the lack of information and the difficulties doing automation and > detailed midi editing etc. I find myself going through track after track to > find something that is soloed, because of course the focus issue in logic > makes me type random letters more often than not, making logic go stupid for > all the sudden hotkeys. That is the reason I'm looking at PT. I like working > with regions in logic, as I know where everything is, and I can get to them > instantly. As I understand it, PT is supposedly easy to do that stuff with. > But at the moment I can't see it. Okay, so one day in, I have much to look > into. :D > >> On May 25, 2020, at 5:23 PM, Steve Sparrow <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I’d have to agree with these points about logic. It certainly has its uses. >> but I don’t find it easy doing audio when tracking. But I guess it depends >> what you use it for. >> Steve >> >> >>> On 26 May 2020, at 6:11 am, CHUCK REICHEL <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Jenny, >>> >>> Just so you know "F Tools" is not necessary to run pro tools. >>> In fact its better to get familiar with Pro tools before introducing any >>> software that requires you to use a second layer of key commands not found >>> in the Pro Tools manual. >>> I also have used Logic pro and found it to be very slow doing the basic >>> audio functions I can fly through in Pro tools ultra, with a HDX card >>> JMO >>> >>> >>> Talk soon >>> Chuck >>> "God does not play dice with the universe" >>> "Albert Einstein’ >>> >>> >>> On May 25, 2020, at 12:01 PM, Studio Chaotic Productions wrote: >>> >>>> thanks Guys. >>>> Yeah, I'm tempted to get rid of Avast. It seems all it does is get less >>>> accessible each update and I don't need apps trying to tell me what to >>>> fear. I get enough of that from the news. >>>> So, I'll do that and floe tools should be fine to open then. I'm also >>>> still just playing around with Pro tools First, which reminds me of >>>> Garageband, which I hated with a passion after three hours. I have the PT >>>> Ultimate trial downloaded, but not installed. So I'll get my crap sorted >>>> and installed. Chances are I'll be asking for assistance in a few days. I >>>> know I probably shouldn't start all of the PT stuff cold, with no >>>> knowledge of Pro tools. But what I am interested in is the possibility of >>>> a faster workflow, the way automation appears to be easier, and simply all >>>> the information I want in a daw. so I don't see the point of learning PT >>>> and still be slowed down by all the things that slow me down in Logic. >>>> Maybe I'm barking up the wrong tree, but I'm thinking I'll give PT a >>>> month. By then, I should know. >>>> Maybe. :D >>>> And there is such a thing as too much coffee. :D >>>> Jenny >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> On May 25, 2020, at 11:38 AM, Chi Kim <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> For curiosity, I ran the download link through virustotal.com. It doesn't >>>>> have Avast, but it passed all 80 engines. >>>>> https://www.virustotal.com/gui/url/bd2b778837b61c6b57beebbbe63b782077b0231714759df0437314ddc3d5d213/detection >>>>> The installer is also notarized for distribution by Apple which includes >>>>> malware scan. >>>>> >>>>> It's probably a false positive from Avast. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Chi >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 5/25/2020 3:08 AM, JennyK Productions wrote: >>>>>> Hi >>>>>> I'm using Avast security. A can't seem to find any info about it and I >>>>>> can't disable it. I'm getting a bit frustrated. >>>>>> maybe coffee will help. >>>>>> :) >>>>>> J >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Sunday, May 24, 2020 at 7:41:25 PM UTC-4, Rocco Fiorentino wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi jenny, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thanks so Much for letting us know about this. If you can tell me what >>>>>>> software that error was generated from, or as Slau said, if you have a >>>>>>> specific antivirus installed, I can take a look into it further. Feel >>>>>>> free to message me off list as well if you’d like. >>>>>>> Best, >>>>>>> Rocco >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On May 24, 2020, at 6:30 PM, JennyK Productions >>>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hi. I'm new here and just in the possible transition from Logic to Pro >>>>>>>> tools. I'll be running kb maestro trial and the PT trial to see if >>>>>>>> it's something for me. But when I try to extract the this latest >>>>>>>> version of Flo tools from flotools.org, I get this from my mac : >>>>>>>> "We've moved .BC.T_kb8eQ8 to your Virus Chest because it was infected >>>>>>>> with MacOS:Bundlore-FC [Adw]. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I'm quite weirded out by that and obviously can't install flotools. . >>>>>>>> Any thoughts? >>>>>>>> Thoughts? >>>>>>>> Jenny >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Saturday, April 4, 2020 at 4:58:27 PM UTC-4, Slau Halatyn wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Just an FYI that last night the latest version of Flo Tools, version >>>>>>>>> 2020.3 compatible with Pro Tools 2020.3, was released. Catalina >>>>>>>>> really clamped down on a few things with the installer and a few >>>>>>>>> people had problems running the installer so we had a number of >>>>>>>>> things to fix so that the installation ran >>>>>>>>> smoothly. 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