Re: Editing questions
Thanks so much sir slau for your valyable info. sure I will follow them and tell you the results. or I will send a track to listen? concerning scrubbing! I hope to buy something used but in perfect condition that can do that. but the control 1 to 9 will do the trick? On 5/1/14, Slau Halatyn slauhala...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Ramy, Track selection: Make sure you have Edit Follows Track Selection checked under the Options menu. To move the insertion point down to another track, thus selecting the next track, use Control-; (semicolon). To move the insertion to the previous track, use Control-p. You don't need to de-select tracks if only one track is selected. If you've created multiple tracks at once and they're all selected, you can retract the selection by passing through a keystroke. To pass a keystroke, press Control-Option-tab. Then press Control-Option-Shift-; (semicolon). This will de-select the last track. From there, you can use Control-Option-semicolon and control-Option-p to move the insertion to other tracks. Nudging regions is done with the plus and minus keys on the numeric keypad. Set the nudge value from the Nudge Controls pop-up button in the Grid/Nudge cluster in the edit window. To move a region left or earlier, use the minus key. To move it right or later, use the plus key. Regions must be selected in order for them to be nudged. If no region is selected, you'll only be moving the insertion point by the nudge value. There's a lot of information in the Pro Tools Reference Guide on editing, in fact, several chapters. I encourage you to read. You can't scrub without a scrub wheel. A sighted user can select the scrubber tool but a blind user would be shooting in the dark and it's impractical to try scrubbing with that tool. If you don't have a scrub wheel, you can use the shuttle feature. Control-1 through 9 on the numeric keypad plays back at different speeds where 5 is normal speed. Once engaged, minus and plus toggle the playback backward and forward. Once you're in the general vicinity of where you wish to be, press the space bar to stop. Now use the plus/minus key to nudge the insertion point by the nudge value. To change the nudge value on the fly, use Command-Option-plus/minus. The default values from lowest to highest are 1 millisecond, 10 milliseconds, 100 milliseconds, 500 milliseconds and 1 second. If you're in bars/beats, those values are different but follow the same principle. Slau On May 1, 2014, at 4:47 PM, ramy moustafa moshtaqlealga...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all: With pro tools, I can, record, record another track, save a file, import wave, incert new tracks, solo, mute. But I still need to now: How to deselect tracks, how to nuddge via keyboard not with surface because I don't have jug wheel, how to scrubb. The most important thing for me is editing. So if you please, I need some answers to my questions. Thanks Ramy moustafa saber Musicc instructor at: faculty of musical education music arranger and sound engineer Sent from my iPhone -- 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 ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. 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 ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. 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 ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: A few more advanced ProTools Questions
Chris, As you said, in bars and beats, it represents bars and beats so, following that logic, in minutes and seconds, it represents minutes and seconds. Figure out how much time you need in whichever format your session is in and go for it. Slau On May 2, 2014, at 1:29 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland clgillan...@gmail.com wrote: Shruggs, That's not what I meant. I meant what does the numerical values represent? In beats/bars it obviously represents bars. In hour minute seconds, what is it representing?... Seconds? Minutes? or what? Chris. - Original Message - From: Chris Smart csma...@cogeco.ca To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, May 02, 2014 12:46 AM Subject: Re: A few more advanced ProTools Questions well, how long do you need to get ready to play? If you want to convert between bars/beats and minutes/seconds, that obviously depends on the tempo of your tune. At 12:43 AM 5/2/2014, you wrote: Slau, So, you said with the pre-roll how many bars? How do I calculate if I'm doing hours minutes seconds frames, instead of bars, beats, ticks? Chris. - Original Message - From: mailto:slauhala...@gmail.comSlau Halatyn To: mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.comptaccess@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, May 02, 2014 12:06 AM Subject: Re: A few more advanced ProTools Questions OK, since your keyboard is across the room, you're going to need enough pre roll to be able to press record, walk over to your mic, put on headphones and get ready to sing. How many bars do you think that'll be? 8? 10? Whatever you think it should be, type that number into the Pre roll field. The Post roll value doesn't matter as much because who cares how long the song continues playing after you've finished the record pass. If the pre roll value is 0, you'll have no pre roll and you'll be recording as soon as you press Command-space bar. The purpose of the pre roll is to get a running start, figuratively and, in your case, literally. On May 1, 2014, at 11:49 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland mailto:clgillan...@gmail.comclgillan...@gmail.com wrote: So, I'm confused. What do the pre and post roll values do/indicate, if not 0, how do I determine what they should be set to, or does it really not honest matter. Just pick a random number so's long as it isn't 0. Chris. - Original Message - From: mailto:slauhala...@gmail.comSlau Halatyn To: mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.comptaccess@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2014 11:42 PM Subject: Re: A few more advanced ProTools Questions Chris, You specifically asked for step-by-step instructions and, when you request something like that, it's going to sound complicated. It's not. 1. Select a range within which you wish to record. 2.Enable Pre/Post roll with Command-k and make sure that the pre and post roll values in the Transport window are set to something other than zero. 3. Record. It's rather simple. Another alternative is to buy a USB extension cable and keep your keyboard close. Punch in by simply pressing Command-Space bar where you wish to record. Hit space bar to stop. You don't even have to be in Pre/Post roll to do that. Slau On May 1, 2014, at 9:48 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland mailto:clgillan...@gmail.comclgillan...@gmail.com wrote: Slau, This isn't you at all, you did an excellent job explaining, but I must admit, you went way over my head! I know you do audio stuff for a living, so it's not gonna be quick, but I'm in no hurry. Would you be willing to make me an audio demonstration of how this works? I'm sorry, but via text, this just isn't making sense at all. It's not your falt, It's just that it seems this is a very hard concept to grasp via text. I thought it would be more easy than this, like select the portion of audio you want to record, then toggle on punch in, arm the track, hit record, and you're done. It seem like there is way more to it than that though. Wasn't there something like, num pad 4, or was it 6 to turn on punch in, or is this about the easiest way to do it. Chris. - Original Message - From: mailto:slauhala...@gmail.comSlau Halatyn To: mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.comptaccess@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2014 8:36 PM Subject: Re: A few more advanced ProTools Questions Chris, Go to the Transport window. Click once on the Pre-roll amount. Assuming you're in bars and beats, type the number 1 and press return. The Pre-roll amount will be one bar and Pre-roll will automatically be enabled. The button appears to the left of the numeric field you just entered. Move down to the Post-roll field and follow the same steps. Now that Pre and Post roll are enabled, I'd recommend temporarily turning them off with Command-k. Go to the bar/beat where you wish to punch in. Select the range of bars and/or beats you wish to record. Once you've made your
Re: Editing questions
The steps I described will work in the absence of a scrub wheel. Slau On May 2, 2014, at 7:42 AM, Ramy Moustafa moshtaqlealga...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks so much sir slau for your valyable info. sure I will follow them and tell you the results. or I will send a track to listen? concerning scrubbing! I hope to buy something used but in perfect condition that can do that. but the control 1 to 9 will do the trick? On 5/1/14, Slau Halatyn slauhala...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Ramy, Track selection: Make sure you have Edit Follows Track Selection checked under the Options menu. To move the insertion point down to another track, thus selecting the next track, use Control-; (semicolon). To move the insertion to the previous track, use Control-p. You don't need to de-select tracks if only one track is selected. If you've created multiple tracks at once and they're all selected, you can retract the selection by passing through a keystroke. To pass a keystroke, press Control-Option-tab. Then press Control-Option-Shift-; (semicolon). This will de-select the last track. From there, you can use Control-Option-semicolon and control-Option-p to move the insertion to other tracks. Nudging regions is done with the plus and minus keys on the numeric keypad. Set the nudge value from the Nudge Controls pop-up button in the Grid/Nudge cluster in the edit window. To move a region left or earlier, use the minus key. To move it right or later, use the plus key. Regions must be selected in order for them to be nudged. If no region is selected, you'll only be moving the insertion point by the nudge value. There's a lot of information in the Pro Tools Reference Guide on editing, in fact, several chapters. I encourage you to read. You can't scrub without a scrub wheel. A sighted user can select the scrubber tool but a blind user would be shooting in the dark and it's impractical to try scrubbing with that tool. If you don't have a scrub wheel, you can use the shuttle feature. Control-1 through 9 on the numeric keypad plays back at different speeds where 5 is normal speed. Once engaged, minus and plus toggle the playback backward and forward. Once you're in the general vicinity of where you wish to be, press the space bar to stop. Now use the plus/minus key to nudge the insertion point by the nudge value. To change the nudge value on the fly, use Command-Option-plus/minus. The default values from lowest to highest are 1 millisecond, 10 milliseconds, 100 milliseconds, 500 milliseconds and 1 second. If you're in bars/beats, those values are different but follow the same principle. Slau On May 1, 2014, at 4:47 PM, ramy moustafa moshtaqlealga...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all: With pro tools, I can, record, record another track, save a file, import wave, incert new tracks, solo, mute. But I still need to now: How to deselect tracks, how to nuddge via keyboard not with surface because I don't have jug wheel, how to scrubb. The most important thing for me is editing. So if you please, I need some answers to my questions. Thanks Ramy moustafa saber Musicc instructor at: faculty of musical education music arranger and sound engineer Sent from my iPhone -- 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 ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. 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 ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. 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 ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. 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 ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: A few more advanced ProTools Questions
You lost me there. minutes represents minutes! Seconds represents, well, seconds. At 01:29 AM 5/2/2014, you wrote: Shruggs, That's not what I meant. I meant what does the numerical values represent? In beats/bars it obviously represents bars. In hour minute seconds, what is it representing?... Seconds? Minutes? or what? Chris. - Original Message - From: Chris Smart csma...@cogeco.ca To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, May 02, 2014 12:46 AM Subject: Re: A few more advanced ProTools Questions well, how long do you need to get ready to play? If you want to convert between bars/beats and minutes/seconds, that obviously depends on the tempo of your tune. At 12:43 AM 5/2/2014, you wrote: Slau, So, you said with the pre-roll how many bars? How do I calculate if I'm doing hours minutes seconds frames, instead of bars, beats, ticks? Chris. - Original Message - From: mailto:slauhala...@gmail.comSlau Halatyn To: mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.comptaccess@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, May 02, 2014 12:06 AM Subject: Re: A few more advanced ProTools Questions OK, since your keyboard is across the room, you're going to need enough pre roll to be able to press record, walk over to your mic, put on headphones and get ready to sing. How many bars do you think that'll be? 8? 10? Whatever you think it should be, type that number into the Pre roll field. The Post roll value doesn't matter as much because who cares how long the song continues playing after you've finished the record pass. If the pre roll value is 0, you'll have no pre roll and you'll be recording as soon as you press Command-space bar. The purpose of the pre roll is to get a running start, figuratively and, in your case, literally. On May 1, 2014, at 11:49 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland mailto:clgillan...@gmail.comclgillan...@gmail.com wrote: So, I'm confused. What do the pre and post roll values do/indicate, if not 0, how do I determine what they should be set to, or does it really not honest matter. Just pick a random number so's long as it isn't 0. Chris. - Original Message - From: mailto:slauhala...@gmail.comSlau Halatyn To: mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.comptaccess@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2014 11:42 PM Subject: Re: A few more advanced ProTools Questions Chris, You specifically asked for step-by-step instructions and, when you request something like that, it's going to sound complicated. It's not. 1. Select a range within which you wish to record. 2.Enable Pre/Post roll with Command-k and make sure that the pre and post roll values in the Transport window are set to something other than zero. 3. Record. It's rather simple. Another alternative is to buy a USB extension cable and keep your keyboard close. Punch in by simply pressing Command-Space bar where you wish to record. Hit space bar to stop. You don't even have to be in Pre/Post roll to do that. Slau On May 1, 2014, at 9:48 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland mailto:clgillan...@gmail.comclgillan...@gmail.com wrote: Slau, This isn't you at all, you did an excellent job explaining, but I must admit, you went way over my head! I know you do audio stuff for a living, so it's not gonna be quick, but I'm in no hurry. Would you be willing to make me an audio demonstration of how this works? I'm sorry, but via text, this just isn't making sense at all. It's not your falt, It's just that it seems this is a very hard concept to grasp via text. I thought it would be more easy than this, like select the portion of audio you want to record, then toggle on punch in, arm the track, hit record, and you're done. It seem like there is way more to it than that though. Wasn't there something like, num pad 4, or was it 6 to turn on punch in, or is this about the easiest way to do it. Chris. - Original Message - From: mailto:slauhala...@gmail.comSlau Halatyn To: mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.comptaccess@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2014 8:36 PM Subject: Re: A few more advanced ProTools Questions Chris, Go to the Transport window. Click once on the Pre-roll amount. Assuming you're in bars and beats, type the number 1 and press return. The Pre-roll amount will be one bar and Pre-roll will automatically be enabled. The button appears to the left of the numeric field you just entered. Move down to the Post-roll field and follow the same steps. Now that Pre and Post roll are enabled, I'd recommend temporarily turning them off with Command-k. Go to the bar/beat where you wish to punch in. Select the range of bars and/or beats you wish to record. Once you've made your selection, press Command-k to enable Pre/Post roll. If you press record, you'll hear one bar before your selected range as pre-roll and you'll only be in record from the selection point. Pro Tools will record through the selection and exit record mode for the final bar of post roll. If you want two bars of
Re: A few more advanced ProTools Questions
Yeah, I'm not sure where the confusion is coming from. Five seconds is five seconds of time! At 07:43 AM 5/2/2014, you wrote: Chris, As you said, in bars and beats, it represents bars and beats so, following that logic, in minutes and seconds, it represents minutes and seconds. Figure out how much time you need in whichever format your session is in and go for it. Slau On May 2, 2014, at 1:29 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland clgillan...@gmail.com wrote: Shruggs, That's not what I meant. I meant what does the numerical values represent? In beats/bars it obviously represents bars. In hour minute seconds, what is it representing?... Seconds? Minutes? or what? Chris. - Original Message - From: Chris Smart csma...@cogeco.ca To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, May 02, 2014 12:46 AM Subject: Re: A few more advanced ProTools Questions well, how long do you need to get ready to play? If you want to convert between bars/beats and minutes/seconds, that obviously depends on the tempo of your tune. At 12:43 AM 5/2/2014, you wrote: Slau, So, you said with the pre-roll how many bars? How do I calculate if I'm doing hours minutes seconds frames, instead of bars, beats, ticks? Chris. - Original Message - From: mailto:slauhala...@gmail.comSlau Halatyn To: mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.comptaccess@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, May 02, 2014 12:06 AM Subject: Re: A few more advanced ProTools Questions OK, since your keyboard is across the room, you're going to need enough pre roll to be able to press record, walk over to your mic, put on headphones and get ready to sing. How many bars do you think that'll be? 8? 10? Whatever you think it should be, type that number into the Pre roll field. The Post roll value doesn't matter as much because who cares how long the song continues playing after you've finished the record pass. If the pre roll value is 0, you'll have no pre roll and you'll be recording as soon as you press Command-space bar. The purpose of the pre roll is to get a running start, figuratively and, in your case, literally. On May 1, 2014, at 11:49 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland mailto:clgillan...@gmail.comclgillan...@gmail.com wrote: So, I'm confused. What do the pre and post roll values do/indicate, if not 0, how do I determine what they should be set to, or does it really not honest matter. Just pick a random number so's long as it isn't 0. Chris. - Original Message - From: mailto:slauhala...@gmail.comSlau Halatyn To: mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.comptaccess@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2014 11:42 PM Subject: Re: A few more advanced ProTools Questions Chris, You specifically asked for step-by-step instructions and, when you request something like that, it's going to sound complicated. It's not. 1. Select a range within which you wish to record. 2.Enable Pre/Post roll with Command-k and make sure that the pre and post roll values in the Transport window are set to something other than zero. 3. Record. It's rather simple. Another alternative is to buy a USB extension cable and keep your keyboard close. Punch in by simply pressing Command-Space bar where you wish to record. Hit space bar to stop. You don't even have to be in Pre/Post roll to do that. Slau On May 1, 2014, at 9:48 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland mailto:clgillan...@gmail.comclgillan...@gmail.com wrote: Slau, This isn't you at all, you did an excellent job explaining, but I must admit, you went way over my head! I know you do audio stuff for a living, so it's not gonna be quick, but I'm in no hurry. Would you be willing to make me an audio demonstration of how this works? I'm sorry, but via text, this just isn't making sense at all. It's not your falt, It's just that it seems this is a very hard concept to grasp via text. I thought it would be more easy than this, like select the portion of audio you want to record, then toggle on punch in, arm the track, hit record, and you're done. It seem like there is way more to it than that though. Wasn't there something like, num pad 4, or was it 6 to turn on punch in, or is this about the easiest way to do it. Chris. - Original Message - From: mailto:slauhala...@gmail.comSlau Halatyn To: mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.comptaccess@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2014 8:36 PM Subject: Re: A few more advanced ProTools Questions Chris, Go to the Transport window. Click once on the Pre-roll amount. Assuming you're in bars and beats, type the number 1 and press return. The Pre-roll amount will be one bar and Pre-roll will automatically be enabled. The button appears to the left of the numeric field you just entered. Move down to the Post-roll field and follow the same steps. Now that Pre and Post roll are enabled, I'd recommend temporarily turning them off with Command-k. Go to the bar/beat where you wish to punch
Re: A few more advanced ProTools Questions
I think what I meant was I didn't realize that you specified both. I didn't realize that when on bars and beats you specified both. I thought it was an absolute bar value. In other words, I thought that you only could say 3 bars. I didn't realize you could say 3 bars, 2 beats. Same goes with hours, minutes, seconds. I was under the impression you only could specify an exact value. I didn't realize it was flexible enough to say 1 minute 30 seconds. I thought you'd have to round the seconds up or down to the nearest minute, and only could specify a min value, not a second value as well. I thought it had to either be 1 minute, or 2 minutes, it couldn't be 1:30. So I was asking with that assumption, which now I know was incorrect, what the different values would represent. Would it be an absolute minute, or would I specify in seconds. Again, now I see it's both. Frankly, your terse comments really are not amusing to me! I was really trying to ask for help, and the whole quote: minutes and seconds are... well? um... minutes and seconds, was extremely uncalled for! I was just asking for help, you don't have to be such a smart-butt about it. Chris. - Original Message - From: Chris Smart csma...@cogeco.ca To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, May 02, 2014 10:57 AM Subject: Re: A few more advanced ProTools Questions You lost me there. minutes represents minutes! Seconds represents, well, seconds. At 01:29 AM 5/2/2014, you wrote: Shruggs, That's not what I meant. I meant what does the numerical values represent? In beats/bars it obviously represents bars. In hour minute seconds, what is it representing?... Seconds? Minutes? or what? Chris. - Original Message - From: Chris Smart csma...@cogeco.ca To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, May 02, 2014 12:46 AM Subject: Re: A few more advanced ProTools Questions well, how long do you need to get ready to play? If you want to convert between bars/beats and minutes/seconds, that obviously depends on the tempo of your tune. At 12:43 AM 5/2/2014, you wrote: Slau, So, you said with the pre-roll how many bars? How do I calculate if I'm doing hours minutes seconds frames, instead of bars, beats, ticks? Chris. - Original Message - From: mailto:slauhala...@gmail.comSlau Halatyn To: mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.comptaccess@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, May 02, 2014 12:06 AM Subject: Re: A few more advanced ProTools Questions OK, since your keyboard is across the room, you're going to need enough pre roll to be able to press record, walk over to your mic, put on headphones and get ready to sing. How many bars do you think that'll be? 8? 10? Whatever you think it should be, type that number into the Pre roll field. The Post roll value doesn't matter as much because who cares how long the song continues playing after you've finished the record pass. If the pre roll value is 0, you'll have no pre roll and you'll be recording as soon as you press Command-space bar. The purpose of the pre roll is to get a running start, figuratively and, in your case, literally. On May 1, 2014, at 11:49 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland mailto:clgillan...@gmail.comclgillan...@gmail.com wrote: So, I'm confused. What do the pre and post roll values do/indicate, if not 0, how do I determine what they should be set to, or does it really not honest matter. Just pick a random number so's long as it isn't 0. Chris. - Original Message - From: mailto:slauhala...@gmail.comSlau Halatyn To: mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.comptaccess@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2014 11:42 PM Subject: Re: A few more advanced ProTools Questions Chris, You specifically asked for step-by-step instructions and, when you request something like that, it's going to sound complicated. It's not. 1. Select a range within which you wish to record. 2.Enable Pre/Post roll with Command-k and make sure that the pre and post roll values in the Transport window are set to something other than zero. 3. Record. It's rather simple. Another alternative is to buy a USB extension cable and keep your keyboard close. Punch in by simply pressing Command-Space bar where you wish to record. Hit space bar to stop. You don't even have to be in Pre/Post roll to do that. Slau On May 1, 2014, at 9:48 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland mailto:clgillan...@gmail.comclgillan...@gmail.com wrote: Slau, This isn't you at all, you did an excellent job explaining, but I must admit, you went way over my head! I know you do audio stuff for a living, so it's not gonna be quick, but I'm in no hurry. Would you be willing to make me an audio demonstration of how this works? I'm sorry, but via text, this just isn't making sense at all. It's not your falt, It's just that it seems this is a very hard concept to grasp via text. I thought it would be more easy than this, like select the portion of audio you want to record, then
Re: A few more advanced ProTools Questions
Ahoy There! :) This is not advanced ProTools Questions this is basic PT questions just to clarify the Traffic about this! I'm holding a seminar soon about setting pre roll and post roll in PT, if any body wants to join me contact me off list!? ;) YMMV Chuck CHUCK REICHEL soundpicturerecord...@gmail.com www.SoundPictureRecording.com 954-742-0019 GUFFAWING :) In GOD I Trust On May 2, 2014, at 11:07 AM, Chris Smart wrote: Yeah, I'm not sure where the confusion is coming from. Five seconds is five seconds of time! At 07:43 AM 5/2/2014, you wrote: Chris, As you said, in bars and beats, it represents bars and beats so, following that logic, in minutes and seconds, it represents minutes and seconds. Figure out how much time you need in whichever format your session is in and go for it. Slau On May 2, 2014, at 1:29 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland clgillan...@gmail.com wrote: Shruggs, That's not what I meant. I meant what does the numerical values represent? In beats/bars it obviously represents bars. In hour minute seconds, what is it representing?... Seconds? Minutes? or what? Chris. - Original Message - From: Chris Smart csma...@cogeco.ca To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, May 02, 2014 12:46 AM Subject: Re: A few more advanced ProTools Questions well, how long do you need to get ready to play? If you want to convert between bars/beats and minutes/seconds, that obviously depends on the tempo of your tune. At 12:43 AM 5/2/2014, you wrote: Slau, So, you said with the pre-roll how many bars? How do I calculate if I'm doing hours minutes seconds frames, instead of bars, beats, ticks? Chris. - Original Message - From: mailto:slauhala...@gmail.comSlau Halatyn To: mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.comptaccess@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, May 02, 2014 12:06 AM Subject: Re: A few more advanced ProTools Questions OK, since your keyboard is across the room, you're going to need enough pre roll to be able to press record, walk over to your mic, put on headphones and get ready to sing. How many bars do you think that'll be? 8? 10? Whatever you think it should be, type that number into the Pre roll field. The Post roll value doesn't matter as much because who cares how long the song continues playing after you've finished the record pass. If the pre roll value is 0, you'll have no pre roll and you'll be recording as soon as you press Command-space bar. The purpose of the pre roll is to get a running start, figuratively and, in your case, literally. On May 1, 2014, at 11:49 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland mailto:clgillan...@gmail.comclgillan...@gmail.com wrote: So, I'm confused. What do the pre and post roll values do/indicate, if not 0, how do I determine what they should be set to, or does it really not honest matter. Just pick a random number so's long as it isn't 0. Chris. - Original Message - From: mailto:slauhala...@gmail.comSlau Halatyn To: mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.comptaccess@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2014 11:42 PM Subject: Re: A few more advanced ProTools Questions Chris, You specifically asked for step-by-step instructions and, when you request something like that, it's going to sound complicated. It's not. 1. Select a range within which you wish to record. 2.Enable Pre/Post roll with Command-k and make sure that the pre and post roll values in the Transport window are set to something other than zero. 3. Record. It's rather simple. Another alternative is to buy a USB extension cable and keep your keyboard close. Punch in by simply pressing Command-Space bar where you wish to record. Hit space bar to stop. You don't even have to be in Pre/Post roll to do that. Slau On May 1, 2014, at 9:48 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland mailto:clgillan...@gmail.comclgillan...@gmail.com wrote: Slau, This isn't you at all, you did an excellent job explaining, but I must admit, you went way over my head! I know you do audio stuff for a living, so it's not gonna be quick, but I'm in no hurry. Would you be willing to make me an audio demonstration of how this works? I'm sorry, but via text, this just isn't making sense at all. It's not your falt, It's just that it seems this is a very hard concept to grasp via text. I thought it would be more easy than this, like select the portion of audio you want to record, then toggle on punch in, arm the track, hit record, and you're done. It seem like there is way more to it than that though. Wasn't there something like, num pad 4, or was it 6 to turn on punch in, or is this about the easiest way to do it. Chris. - Original Message - From: mailto:slauhala...@gmail.comSlau Halatyn To: mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.comptaccess@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2014 8:36 PM
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I'll save us the bother and not reply in future. I'm not sure what use a counter that only goes as fine as minute or hour increments would be for recording but ok ... At 11:20 AM 5/2/2014, you wrote: I think what I meant was I didn't realize that you specified both. I didn't realize that when on bars and beats you specified both. I thought it was an absolute bar value. In other words, I thought that you only could say 3 bars. I didn't realize you could say 3 bars, 2 beats. Same goes with hours, minutes, seconds. I was under the impression you only could specify an exact value. I didn't realize it was flexible enough to say 1 minute 30 seconds. I thought you'd have to round the seconds up or down to the nearest minute, and only could specify a min value, not a second value as well. I thought it had to either be 1 minute, or 2 minutes, it couldn't be 1:30. So I was asking with that assumption, which now I know was incorrect, what the different values would represent. Would it be an absolute minute, or would I specify in seconds. Again, now I see it's both. Frankly, your terse comments really are not amusing to me! I was really trying to ask for help, and the whole quote: minutes and seconds are... well? um... minutes and seconds, was extremely uncalled for! I was just asking for help, you don't have to be such a smart-butt about it. Chris. - Original Message - From: Chris Smart csma...@cogeco.ca To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, May 02, 2014 10:57 AM Subject: Re: A few more advanced ProTools Questions You lost me there. minutes represents minutes! Seconds represents, well, seconds. At 01:29 AM 5/2/2014, you wrote: Shruggs, That's not what I meant. I meant what does the numerical values represent? In beats/bars it obviously represents bars. In hour minute seconds, what is it representing?... Seconds? Minutes? or what? Chris. - Original Message - From: Chris Smart csma...@cogeco.ca To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, May 02, 2014 12:46 AM Subject: Re: A few more advanced ProTools Questions well, how long do you need to get ready to play? If you want to convert between bars/beats and minutes/seconds, that obviously depends on the tempo of your tune. At 12:43 AM 5/2/2014, you wrote: Slau, So, you said with the pre-roll how many bars? How do I calculate if I'm doing hours minutes seconds frames, instead of bars, beats, ticks? Chris. - Original Message - From: mailto:slauhala...@gmail.comSlau Halatyn To: mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.comptaccess@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, May 02, 2014 12:06 AM Subject: Re: A few more advanced ProTools Questions OK, since your keyboard is across the room, you're going to need enough pre roll to be able to press record, walk over to your mic, put on headphones and get ready to sing. How many bars do you think that'll be? 8? 10? Whatever you think it should be, type that number into the Pre roll field. The Post roll value doesn't matter as much because who cares how long the song continues playing after you've finished the record pass. If the pre roll value is 0, you'll have no pre roll and you'll be recording as soon as you press Command-space bar. The purpose of the pre roll is to get a running start, figuratively and, in your case, literally. On May 1, 2014, at 11:49 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland mailto:clgillan...@gmail.comclgillan...@gmail.com wrote: So, I'm confused. What do the pre and post roll values do/indicate, if not 0, how do I determine what they should be set to, or does it really not honest matter. Just pick a random number so's long as it isn't 0. Chris. - Original Message - From: mailto:slauhala...@gmail.comSlau Halatyn To: mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.comptaccess@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2014 11:42 PM Subject: Re: A few more advanced ProTools Questions Chris, You specifically asked for step-by-step instructions and, when you request something like that, it's going to sound complicated. It's not. 1. Select a range within which you wish to record. 2.Enable Pre/Post roll with Command-k and make sure that the pre and post roll values in the Transport window are set to something other than zero. 3. Record. It's rather simple. Another alternative is to buy a USB extension cable and keep your keyboard close. Punch in by simply pressing Command-Space bar where you wish to record. Hit space bar to stop. You don't even have to be in Pre/Post roll to do that. Slau On May 1, 2014, at 9:48 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland mailto:clgillan...@gmail.comclgillan...@gmail.com wrote: Slau, This isn't you at all, you did an excellent job explaining, but I must admit, you went way over my head! I know you do audio stuff for a living, so it's not gonna be quick, but I'm in no hurry. Would you be willing to make me an audio demonstration of how this works? I'm sorry, but via text, this just isn't making
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If you'd rather not reply, suit yourself. It doesn't bother me. There are plenty of others who I know will be happy to help. You not responding doesn't offend me, if you feel it's better. I respect your decision. Smile. Chris. - Original Message - From: Chris Smart csma...@cogeco.ca To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, May 02, 2014 11:32 AM Subject: Re: A few more advanced ProTools Questions I'll save us the bother and not reply in future. I'm not sure what use a counter that only goes as fine as minute or hour increments would be for recording but ok ... At 11:20 AM 5/2/2014, you wrote: I think what I meant was I didn't realize that you specified both. I didn't realize that when on bars and beats you specified both. I thought it was an absolute bar value. In other words, I thought that you only could say 3 bars. I didn't realize you could say 3 bars, 2 beats. Same goes with hours, minutes, seconds. I was under the impression you only could specify an exact value. I didn't realize it was flexible enough to say 1 minute 30 seconds. I thought you'd have to round the seconds up or down to the nearest minute, and only could specify a min value, not a second value as well. I thought it had to either be 1 minute, or 2 minutes, it couldn't be 1:30. So I was asking with that assumption, which now I know was incorrect, what the different values would represent. Would it be an absolute minute, or would I specify in seconds. Again, now I see it's both. Frankly, your terse comments really are not amusing to me! I was really trying to ask for help, and the whole quote: minutes and seconds are... well? um... minutes and seconds, was extremely uncalled for! I was just asking for help, you don't have to be such a smart-butt about it. Chris. - Original Message - From: Chris Smart csma...@cogeco.ca To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, May 02, 2014 10:57 AM Subject: Re: A few more advanced ProTools Questions You lost me there. minutes represents minutes! Seconds represents, well, seconds. At 01:29 AM 5/2/2014, you wrote: Shruggs, That's not what I meant. I meant what does the numerical values represent? In beats/bars it obviously represents bars. In hour minute seconds, what is it representing?... Seconds? Minutes? or what? Chris. - Original Message - From: Chris Smart csma...@cogeco.ca To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, May 02, 2014 12:46 AM Subject: Re: A few more advanced ProTools Questions well, how long do you need to get ready to play? If you want to convert between bars/beats and minutes/seconds, that obviously depends on the tempo of your tune. At 12:43 AM 5/2/2014, you wrote: Slau, So, you said with the pre-roll how many bars? How do I calculate if I'm doing hours minutes seconds frames, instead of bars, beats, ticks? Chris. - Original Message - From: mailto:slauhala...@gmail.comSlau Halatyn To: mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.comptaccess@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, May 02, 2014 12:06 AM Subject: Re: A few more advanced ProTools Questions OK, since your keyboard is across the room, you're going to need enough pre roll to be able to press record, walk over to your mic, put on headphones and get ready to sing. How many bars do you think that'll be? 8? 10? Whatever you think it should be, type that number into the Pre roll field. The Post roll value doesn't matter as much because who cares how long the song continues playing after you've finished the record pass. If the pre roll value is 0, you'll have no pre roll and you'll be recording as soon as you press Command-space bar. The purpose of the pre roll is to get a running start, figuratively and, in your case, literally. On May 1, 2014, at 11:49 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland mailto:clgillan...@gmail.comclgillan...@gmail.com wrote: So, I'm confused. What do the pre and post roll values do/indicate, if not 0, how do I determine what they should be set to, or does it really not honest matter. Just pick a random number so's long as it isn't 0. Chris. - Original Message - From: mailto:slauhala...@gmail.comSlau Halatyn To: mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.comptaccess@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2014 11:42 PM Subject: Re: A few more advanced ProTools Questions Chris, You specifically asked for step-by-step instructions and, when you request something like that, it's going to sound complicated. It's not. 1. Select a range within which you wish to record. 2.Enable Pre/Post roll with Command-k and make sure that the pre and post roll values in the Transport window are set to something other than zero. 3. Record. It's rather simple. Another alternative is to buy a USB extension cable and keep your keyboard close. Punch in by simply pressing Command-Space bar where you wish to record. Hit space bar to stop. You don't even have to be in Pre/Post roll to do that. Slau On May 1, 2014, at 9:48 PM,
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I think we are all in the same boat here and trying to learn pro tools with VoiceOver isn't straightforward and can be frustrating at times for all of us. I read this forum every day and pick up hints and tips and maybe when I'm a bit more clued up I'll be able to help others too but in the meantime what I've read here is gold and frankly without it I'd be struggling at college but as it is I'm managing nicely. So, if there is something you know that someone else doesn't then help them and at some point someone will help you in return. In short, we are all on the same team effectively so lets keep it that way and we'll all benefit and become pro tools ninjas in the end. Cheers, Alan, Oban, Scotland Sent from my iPhone On 2 May 2014, at 16:49, Christopher-Mark Gilland clgillan...@gmail.com wrote: If you'd rather not reply, suit yourself. It doesn't bother me. There are plenty of others who I know will be happy to help. You not responding doesn't offend me, if you feel it's better. I respect your decision. Smile. Chris. - Original Message - From: Chris Smart csma...@cogeco.ca To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, May 02, 2014 11:32 AM Subject: Re: A few more advanced ProTools Questions I'll save us the bother and not reply in future. I'm not sure what use a counter that only goes as fine as minute or hour increments would be for recording but ok ... At 11:20 AM 5/2/2014, you wrote: I think what I meant was I didn't realize that you specified both. I didn't realize that when on bars and beats you specified both. I thought it was an absolute bar value. In other words, I thought that you only could say 3 bars. I didn't realize you could say 3 bars, 2 beats. Same goes with hours, minutes, seconds. I was under the impression you only could specify an exact value. I didn't realize it was flexible enough to say 1 minute 30 seconds. I thought you'd have to round the seconds up or down to the nearest minute, and only could specify a min value, not a second value as well. I thought it had to either be 1 minute, or 2 minutes, it couldn't be 1:30. So I was asking with that assumption, which now I know was incorrect, what the different values would represent. Would it be an absolute minute, or would I specify in seconds. Again, now I see it's both. Frankly, your terse comments really are not amusing to me! I was really trying to ask for help, and the whole quote: minutes and seconds are... well? um... minutes and seconds, was extremely uncalled for! I was just asking for help, you don't have to be such a smart-butt about it. Chris. - Original Message - From: Chris Smart csma...@cogeco.ca To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, May 02, 2014 10:57 AM Subject: Re: A few more advanced ProTools Questions You lost me there. minutes represents minutes! Seconds represents, well, seconds. At 01:29 AM 5/2/2014, you wrote: Shruggs, That's not what I meant. I meant what does the numerical values represent? In beats/bars it obviously represents bars. In hour minute seconds, what is it representing?... Seconds? Minutes? or what? Chris. - Original Message - From: Chris Smart csma...@cogeco.ca To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, May 02, 2014 12:46 AM Subject: Re: A few more advanced ProTools Questions well, how long do you need to get ready to play? If you want to convert between bars/beats and minutes/seconds, that obviously depends on the tempo of your tune. At 12:43 AM 5/2/2014, you wrote: Slau, So, you said with the pre-roll how many bars? How do I calculate if I'm doing hours minutes seconds frames, instead of bars, beats, ticks? Chris. - Original Message - From: mailto:slauhala...@gmail.comSlau Halatyn To: mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.comptaccess@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, May 02, 2014 12:06 AM Subject: Re: A few more advanced ProTools Questions OK, since your keyboard is across the room, you're going to need enough pre roll to be able to press record, walk over to your mic, put on headphones and get ready to sing. How many bars do you think that'll be? 8? 10? Whatever you think it should be, type that number into the Pre roll field. The Post roll value doesn't matter as much because who cares how long the song continues playing after you've finished the record pass. If the pre roll value is 0, you'll have no pre roll and you'll be recording as soon as you press Command-space bar. The purpose of the pre roll is to get a running start, figuratively and, in your case, literally. On May 1, 2014, at 11:49 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland mailto:clgillan...@gmail.comclgillan...@gmail.com wrote: So, I'm confused. What do the pre and post roll values do/indicate, if not 0, how do I determine what they should be set to, or does it really not honest matter. Just pick a random number so's
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Chris, if you get a chance, grab a wireless keyboard with a numb pad IMO. I like pressing 3 on the num pad for recording quick punch because it is a one button step and in my experience I have got punches in at a fraction of a second. It sounds like you will save a whole lot of time considering your set up. If you have the key board in your hand you can punch in over and over without having to walk over to the keyboard each time to hit record. This way you can do 10 takes in about a minute or less depending on the length of the punch. HTH - Original Message - From: Christopher-Mark Gilland clgillan...@gmail.com To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, May 02, 2014 7:49 AM Subject: Re: A few more advanced ProTools Questions If you'd rather not reply, suit yourself. It doesn't bother me. There are plenty of others who I know will be happy to help. You not responding doesn't offend me, if you feel it's better. I respect your decision. Smile. Chris. - Original Message - From: Chris Smart csma...@cogeco.ca To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, May 02, 2014 11:32 AM Subject: Re: A few more advanced ProTools Questions I'll save us the bother and not reply in future. I'm not sure what use a counter that only goes as fine as minute or hour increments would be for recording but ok ... At 11:20 AM 5/2/2014, you wrote: I think what I meant was I didn't realize that you specified both. I didn't realize that when on bars and beats you specified both. I thought it was an absolute bar value. In other words, I thought that you only could say 3 bars. I didn't realize you could say 3 bars, 2 beats. Same goes with hours, minutes, seconds. I was under the impression you only could specify an exact value. I didn't realize it was flexible enough to say 1 minute 30 seconds. I thought you'd have to round the seconds up or down to the nearest minute, and only could specify a min value, not a second value as well. I thought it had to either be 1 minute, or 2 minutes, it couldn't be 1:30. So I was asking with that assumption, which now I know was incorrect, what the different values would represent. Would it be an absolute minute, or would I specify in seconds. Again, now I see it's both. Frankly, your terse comments really are not amusing to me! I was really trying to ask for help, and the whole quote: minutes and seconds are... well? um... minutes and seconds, was extremely uncalled for! I was just asking for help, you don't have to be such a smart-butt about it. Chris. - Original Message - From: Chris Smart csma...@cogeco.ca To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, May 02, 2014 10:57 AM Subject: Re: A few more advanced ProTools Questions You lost me there. minutes represents minutes! Seconds represents, well, seconds. At 01:29 AM 5/2/2014, you wrote: Shruggs, That's not what I meant. I meant what does the numerical values represent? In beats/bars it obviously represents bars. In hour minute seconds, what is it representing?... Seconds? Minutes? or what? Chris. - Original Message - From: Chris Smart csma...@cogeco.ca To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, May 02, 2014 12:46 AM Subject: Re: A few more advanced ProTools Questions well, how long do you need to get ready to play? If you want to convert between bars/beats and minutes/seconds, that obviously depends on the tempo of your tune. At 12:43 AM 5/2/2014, you wrote: Slau, So, you said with the pre-roll how many bars? How do I calculate if I'm doing hours minutes seconds frames, instead of bars, beats, ticks? Chris. - Original Message - From: mailto:slauhala...@gmail.comSlau Halatyn To: mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.comptaccess@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, May 02, 2014 12:06 AM Subject: Re: A few more advanced ProTools Questions OK, since your keyboard is across the room, you're going to need enough pre roll to be able to press record, walk over to your mic, put on headphones and get ready to sing. How many bars do you think that'll be? 8? 10? Whatever you think it should be, type that number into the Pre roll field. The Post roll value doesn't matter as much because who cares how long the song continues playing after you've finished the record pass. If the pre roll value is 0, you'll have no pre roll and you'll be recording as soon as you press Command-space bar. The purpose of the pre roll is to get a running start, figuratively and, in your case, literally. On May 1, 2014, at 11:49 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland mailto:clgillan...@gmail.comclgillan...@gmail.com wrote: So, I'm confused. What do the pre and post roll values do/indicate, if not 0, how do I determine what they should be set to, or does it really not honest matter. Just pick a random number so's long as it isn't 0. Chris. - Original Message - From: mailto:slauhala...@gmail.comSlau Halatyn To:
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Allen, I couldn't have said your post better had I tried! You literally took the words out of my mouth. Well, ok, out of my fingers. LOL! Just kidding with ya. Seriously though, we're all adults here, so let's act like them. K? Smile. Be blessed. Chris. - Original Message - From: Alan Macdonald alan.macdon...@totalise.co.uk To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, May 02, 2014 12:07 PM Subject: Re: A few more advanced ProTools Questions I think we are all in the same boat here and trying to learn pro tools with VoiceOver isn't straightforward and can be frustrating at times for all of us. I read this forum every day and pick up hints and tips and maybe when I'm a bit more clued up I'll be able to help others too but in the meantime what I've read here is gold and frankly without it I'd be struggling at college but as it is I'm managing nicely. So, if there is something you know that someone else doesn't then help them and at some point someone will help you in return. In short, we are all on the same team effectively so lets keep it that way and we'll all benefit and become pro tools ninjas in the end. Cheers, Alan, Oban, Scotland Sent from my iPhone On 2 May 2014, at 16:49, Christopher-Mark Gilland clgillan...@gmail.com wrote: If you'd rather not reply, suit yourself. It doesn't bother me. There are plenty of others who I know will be happy to help. You not responding doesn't offend me, if you feel it's better. I respect your decision. Smile. Chris. - Original Message - From: Chris Smart csma...@cogeco.ca To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, May 02, 2014 11:32 AM Subject: Re: A few more advanced ProTools Questions I'll save us the bother and not reply in future. I'm not sure what use a counter that only goes as fine as minute or hour increments would be for recording but ok ... At 11:20 AM 5/2/2014, you wrote: I think what I meant was I didn't realize that you specified both. I didn't realize that when on bars and beats you specified both. I thought it was an absolute bar value. In other words, I thought that you only could say 3 bars. I didn't realize you could say 3 bars, 2 beats. Same goes with hours, minutes, seconds. I was under the impression you only could specify an exact value. I didn't realize it was flexible enough to say 1 minute 30 seconds. I thought you'd have to round the seconds up or down to the nearest minute, and only could specify a min value, not a second value as well. I thought it had to either be 1 minute, or 2 minutes, it couldn't be 1:30. So I was asking with that assumption, which now I know was incorrect, what the different values would represent. Would it be an absolute minute, or would I specify in seconds. Again, now I see it's both. Frankly, your terse comments really are not amusing to me! I was really trying to ask for help, and the whole quote: minutes and seconds are... well? um... minutes and seconds, was extremely uncalled for! I was just asking for help, you don't have to be such a smart-butt about it. Chris. - Original Message - From: Chris Smart csma...@cogeco.ca To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, May 02, 2014 10:57 AM Subject: Re: A few more advanced ProTools Questions You lost me there. minutes represents minutes! Seconds represents, well, seconds. At 01:29 AM 5/2/2014, you wrote: Shruggs, That's not what I meant. I meant what does the numerical values represent? In beats/bars it obviously represents bars. In hour minute seconds, what is it representing?... Seconds? Minutes? or what? Chris. - Original Message - From: Chris Smart csma...@cogeco.ca To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, May 02, 2014 12:46 AM Subject: Re: A few more advanced ProTools Questions well, how long do you need to get ready to play? If you want to convert between bars/beats and minutes/seconds, that obviously depends on the tempo of your tune. At 12:43 AM 5/2/2014, you wrote: Slau, So, you said with the pre-roll how many bars? How do I calculate if I'm doing hours minutes seconds frames, instead of bars, beats, ticks? Chris. - Original Message - From: mailto:slauhala...@gmail.comSlau Halatyn To: mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.comptaccess@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, May 02, 2014 12:06 AM Subject: Re: A few more advanced ProTools Questions OK, since your keyboard is across the room, you're going to need enough pre roll to be able to press record, walk over to your mic, put on headphones and get ready to sing. How many bars do you think that'll be? 8? 10? Whatever you think it should be, type that number into the Pre roll field. The Post roll value doesn't matter as much because who cares how long the song continues playing after you've finished the record pass. If the pre roll value is 0, you'll have no pre roll and you'll be recording as soon as you press Command-space bar. The purpose of the pre roll is
Re: A few more advanced ProTools Questions
That's not a half bad idea. I didn't even think about a wireless keyboard. I'm a dork! LOL! Just kidding. Seriously though. Thanks for the tip. Chris. - Original Message - From: Poppa Bear heavens4r...@gmail.com To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, May 02, 2014 1:09 PM Subject: Re: A few more advanced ProTools Questions Chris, if you get a chance, grab a wireless keyboard with a numb pad IMO. I like pressing 3 on the num pad for recording quick punch because it is a one button step and in my experience I have got punches in at a fraction of a second. It sounds like you will save a whole lot of time considering your set up. If you have the key board in your hand you can punch in over and over without having to walk over to the keyboard each time to hit record. This way you can do 10 takes in about a minute or less depending on the length of the punch. HTH - Original Message - From: Christopher-Mark Gilland clgillan...@gmail.com To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, May 02, 2014 7:49 AM Subject: Re: A few more advanced ProTools Questions If you'd rather not reply, suit yourself. It doesn't bother me. There are plenty of others who I know will be happy to help. You not responding doesn't offend me, if you feel it's better. I respect your decision. Smile. Chris. - Original Message - From: Chris Smart csma...@cogeco.ca To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, May 02, 2014 11:32 AM Subject: Re: A few more advanced ProTools Questions I'll save us the bother and not reply in future. I'm not sure what use a counter that only goes as fine as minute or hour increments would be for recording but ok ... At 11:20 AM 5/2/2014, you wrote: I think what I meant was I didn't realize that you specified both. I didn't realize that when on bars and beats you specified both. I thought it was an absolute bar value. In other words, I thought that you only could say 3 bars. I didn't realize you could say 3 bars, 2 beats. Same goes with hours, minutes, seconds. I was under the impression you only could specify an exact value. I didn't realize it was flexible enough to say 1 minute 30 seconds. I thought you'd have to round the seconds up or down to the nearest minute, and only could specify a min value, not a second value as well. I thought it had to either be 1 minute, or 2 minutes, it couldn't be 1:30. So I was asking with that assumption, which now I know was incorrect, what the different values would represent. Would it be an absolute minute, or would I specify in seconds. Again, now I see it's both. Frankly, your terse comments really are not amusing to me! I was really trying to ask for help, and the whole quote: minutes and seconds are... well? um... minutes and seconds, was extremely uncalled for! I was just asking for help, you don't have to be such a smart-butt about it. Chris. - Original Message - From: Chris Smart csma...@cogeco.ca To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, May 02, 2014 10:57 AM Subject: Re: A few more advanced ProTools Questions You lost me there. minutes represents minutes! Seconds represents, well, seconds. At 01:29 AM 5/2/2014, you wrote: Shruggs, That's not what I meant. I meant what does the numerical values represent? In beats/bars it obviously represents bars. In hour minute seconds, what is it representing?... Seconds? Minutes? or what? Chris. - Original Message - From: Chris Smart csma...@cogeco.ca To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, May 02, 2014 12:46 AM Subject: Re: A few more advanced ProTools Questions well, how long do you need to get ready to play? If you want to convert between bars/beats and minutes/seconds, that obviously depends on the tempo of your tune. At 12:43 AM 5/2/2014, you wrote: Slau, So, you said with the pre-roll how many bars? How do I calculate if I'm doing hours minutes seconds frames, instead of bars, beats, ticks? Chris. - Original Message - From: mailto:slauhala...@gmail.comSlau Halatyn To: mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.comptaccess@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, May 02, 2014 12:06 AM Subject: Re: A few more advanced ProTools Questions OK, since your keyboard is across the room, you're going to need enough pre roll to be able to press record, walk over to your mic, put on headphones and get ready to sing. How many bars do you think that'll be? 8? 10? Whatever you think it should be, type that number into the Pre roll field. The Post roll value doesn't matter as much because who cares how long the song continues playing after you've finished the record pass. If the pre roll value is 0, you'll have no pre roll and you'll be recording as soon as you press Command-space bar. The purpose of the pre roll is to get a running start, figuratively and, in your case, literally. On May 1, 2014, at 11:49 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland mailto:clgillan...@gmail.comclgillan...@gmail.com wrote: So, I'm
Native Instruments?
I have a blind gentlemen who I'm working with on the use of ProTools. He's curious if any of the Native Instruments stuff is accessible to use as a software instrument set with Voiceover. Any feedback would be appreciated. I'm going to try getting him to join this list, if I can, but in the meantime, if anyone knows, let me know. 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 ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
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The short and unfortunate answer is nope. There are a few hotspot type solutions that'll unlock a bit of functionality for Kontakt and perhaps other NI plugs in Windows, but I've not heard of any Mac equivalents. Sorry to be the barer of bad news. Scott On 5/2/14, Christopher-Mark Gilland clgillan...@gmail.com wrote: I have a blind gentlemen who I'm working with on the use of ProTools. He's curious if any of the Native Instruments stuff is accessible to use as a software instrument set with Voiceover. Any feedback would be appreciated. I'm going to try getting him to join this list, if I can, but in the meantime, if anyone knows, let me know. 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 ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. 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 ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Native Instruments?
OK Scott. Thanks for the very quick response. Really appreciate it. Chris. - Original Message - From: Scott Chesworth scottcheswo...@gmail.com To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, May 02, 2014 5:03 PM Subject: Re: Native Instruments? The short and unfortunate answer is nope. There are a few hotspot type solutions that'll unlock a bit of functionality for Kontakt and perhaps other NI plugs in Windows, but I've not heard of any Mac equivalents. Sorry to be the barer of bad news. Scott On 5/2/14, Christopher-Mark Gilland clgillan...@gmail.com wrote: I have a blind gentlemen who I'm working with on the use of ProTools. He's curious if any of the Native Instruments stuff is accessible to use as a software instrument set with Voiceover. Any feedback would be appreciated. I'm going to try getting him to join this list, if I can, but in the meantime, if anyone knows, let me know. 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 ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. 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 ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. 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 ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Native Instruments?
Scott, Have you heard of Keyboard Maestro? It's supposed to be like QuicKeys. I've purchased it but haven't gotten around to experimenting much. We'll see if it can fit the bill for screen clicks. I think it claims to facilitate such tasks. Slau On May 2, 2014, at 5:03 PM, Scott Chesworth scottcheswo...@gmail.com wrote: The short and unfortunate answer is nope. There are a few hotspot type solutions that'll unlock a bit of functionality for Kontakt and perhaps other NI plugs in Windows, but I've not heard of any Mac equivalents. Sorry to be the barer of bad news. Scott On 5/2/14, Christopher-Mark Gilland clgillan...@gmail.com wrote: I have a blind gentlemen who I'm working with on the use of ProTools. He's curious if any of the Native Instruments stuff is accessible to use as a software instrument set with Voiceover. Any feedback would be appreciated. I'm going to try getting him to join this list, if I can, but in the meantime, if anyone knows, let me know. 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 ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. 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 ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. 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 ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: A few more advanced ProTools Questions
On May 2, 2014, at 11:20 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland clgillan...@gmail.com wrote: I think what I meant was I didn't realize that you specified both. Chris, I think I see where the confusion came in. Part of that might have been from just reading the text of my reply rather than going to the Transport window and finding the pre-roll field. There, you probably would have seen something like 1|0|000 or 0:02.000. It would have been self-evident that you could enter any value as long as you followed the convention of the session time format (eg. bars/beats or minutes:seconds, etc.). Anyway, I think you're all set. Now, weren't you using something like the 002 or 003? Those interfaces have a footswitch jack for punching in, BTW. Just another option in case you needed one. 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 ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
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No Slau, I'm using a Fast Track C400 from M-Audio which doesn't have that ability. Chris. - Original Message - From: Slau Halatyn slauhala...@gmail.com To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, May 02, 2014 5:55 PM Subject: Re: A few more advanced ProTools Questions On May 2, 2014, at 11:20 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland clgillan...@gmail.com wrote: I think what I meant was I didn't realize that you specified both. Chris, I think I see where the confusion came in. Part of that might have been from just reading the text of my reply rather than going to the Transport window and finding the pre-roll field. There, you probably would have seen something like 1|0|000 or 0:02.000. It would have been self-evident that you could enter any value as long as you followed the convention of the session time format (eg. bars/beats or minutes:seconds, etc.). Anyway, I think you're all set. Now, weren't you using something like the 002 or 003? Those interfaces have a footswitch jack for punching in, BTW. Just another option in case you needed one. 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 ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. 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 ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
