Re: OT: further findings about TwistedWave
Well sometimes f for basic wave editing using Pro Tools is like using a sledge hammer to crack anut. Also for things like batch processing, decting and removing silence etc its a useful quick tool. The other reason i looked at it when i saw it on sale is i know plenty of people that just do podcast and stuff like that and just need a wave editor and not a multi tracker. It's nice to have that option to point them to now thats not Garage Band, which has it's perks, but editing can be a bit clunky at times. Just another tool in the tool box so to speak. On 8/6/14, Slau Halatyn slauhala...@gmail.com wrote: I'm just a little confused about something... Presumably, most of the people on the list own Pro Tools which is undoubtedly one of the most powerful audio editors around. Why the interest in this editor? I'm simply curious. 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.
Re: A free plug in
Thanks for the reminder, Found out about this when it first came out and had it in my windows rig. The other day i was looking for a widener and couldn't remember the name. Chris www.homerecordingshow.com recently did an episode on stereo wideners and this is one of the ones they used. Its got audio examples so maybe worth a listen as hearing will probably do a better job of helping explain what it does. On 7/9/14, Christopher-Mark Gilland clgillan...@gmail.com wrote: I've only finished the recording and editting modules, so, just know before explaining anything, that's the extent of my PT knowledge now. That said, can you try to explain what this plugin exactly does? Chris. - Original Message - From: mcdiemert . mcdiem...@gmail.com To: ptaccess ptaccess@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2014 8:33 AM Subject: A free plug in For those who haven't already tried this, I recommend grabbing the Free Brainworx BX Solo. http://www.brainworx-music.de/en/plugins/bx_solo Works in both RTAS and AAX. The ability to change the width of sub groups and even some times the entire mix helps out when you need a little extra something. -- Warm Regards: Matt Diemert -- 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: New to Pro tools, where to start?
Also applevist may have some free podcast floating around on there if you search for protools on the site. On 6/24/14, ramy moustafa moshtaqlealga...@gmail.com wrote: Mavericks not ml You can start from Www.protoolswithspeech.com Very very helpful Hope that helps Ramy moustafa saber Musicc instructor at: faculty of musical education music arranger and sound engineer Sent from my iPhone On Jun 22, 2014, at 9:35 PM, Jakob Rosin jakob@gmail.com wrote: Hello! Its pretty rare for me to introduce myself in mailing lists, but I consider this as a special occasion. My name is Jakob Rosin (as you probably already figured) and I am an audio enthusiast (at least right now) and a keyboard player. I would like to start professional audio engineering studies here in Tallinn, Estonia in this august. I am going to apply for the studies next week, so that's why I am in a bit of hurry. Since the university uses pro tools I begun the research on its accessibility and basic use with voice over. I know that I do have to start working in pro tools 11 with mavericks and pt 10 with Mountain Lion environments. I understand these combinations are mostly accessible and useable? I have owned a mac for last 2 years so I consider myself an expert on VoiceOver and osX.. I have dealt with audio for as long as I know, being fully blind you really didn't have many options. I have worked only with analog bords, running 2 cables into a soundcard :). Multytrack projects have been done in reaper for windows, also soundforge8, and earlier Audacity has been used. if there is anyone, who can provide me with directions to podcasts, overviews, tutorials, what ever material, what can help me familiarise with Pro Tools before I actually apply and jump in to the studies, I would be more than glad to accept them. I am shure this has been discussed on this list few hundred times, but google and its accessibility, well, those 2 words shouldn't be mentioned in 1 sentence. Thanks for all the help you can provide. Jakob Rosin Mail, iMessage, Facetime: jakob@gmail.com skype: jakob.rosin twitter: @jakobrosin -- 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.
Recommend your favorite waves plugins.
So waves have dropped a coupon code on me, and they also appear to be having a pretty massive sale for the next day or so. So where should i spend my money? Any recommendations or favorites and why? 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 ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Selling PT license
Selling my lisence for Pro Tools 9/10. get in touch if interested or with any questions. Includes my iLok with PT lisence already installed on it. -- 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: Sound Fourge
Avid is not allowing wrapping in the AAX format. However they will allow plugins like Blue Cat's MD7 which can host VST Plug ins. There are a few otehr similiar ones. Last i looked at the Blue Cat free series they werent accessible much, I assume the same for MD7 and never really gave it a look. Now taht I am reminded of this, Perhaps I should add Blue Cat to that thread about inaccessible libraries. On 1/13/14, Slau Halatyn slauhala...@gmail.com wrote: There are wrappers for VST plug-ins but, naturally, any issues of accessibility would lie with the wrapper rather than the original plug-in. There has been on and off support for wrappers for years. Currently, I'm not even sure where all of it stands. There's conflicting information. I'm sure it'll clear up soon. Slau On Jan 13, 2014, at 6:45 AM, TheOreoMonster monkeypushe...@gmail.com wrote: Doubtful as those plug ins at least on windows were VST plug ins. Pro Tools Only uses RTAS (Version 8 and 9) RTAS AAX (Version 10) and AAX Only for version 11. On Jan 12, 2014, at 8:11 PM, Poppa Bear heavens4r...@gmail.com wrote: Does anybody know if the Sound Forge native plugins show up in PT and if so, does anybody know if they are accessible? Thanks for your help -- 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 toptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- 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/groups/opt_out. -- 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/groups/opt_out. -- 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/groups/opt_out.
Re: What's the current state of PT 11 accessibility?
Does Pro Tools 11 still need an HUI compatible control surface? or will Pro Tools finally work with standard midi learn? On 12/13/13, Poppa Bear heavens4r...@gmail.com wrote: If this PT 11 update does allow greater access to stuff like the waves plugin via the keyboard, I may be reavaluating my use of the control surface when tracking, I may set it aside for mixing only to start and perhaps replace it with one of these interfaces with 96 /24 with high powered converters. - Original Message - From: Alan Macdonald alan.macdon...@totalise.co.uk To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, December 13, 2013 10:31 AM Subject: Re: What's the current state of PT 11 accessibility? I use a Digi 002. I believe they are not available new any more but you'll get one on ebay for a decent price. As has already been said, I wouldn't dream of recording or especially mixing a session without it. It simply will make you work a lot faster and frankly I've found my mixes with it are superior to those I did without it moving one fader at a time with VoiceOver. So definitely a worthy investment. As also mentioned however is the act of editing with the number pad which is proving to be the fly in the ointment for me personally... Sent from my iPhone On 13 Dec 2013, at 18:55, Slau Halatyn slauhala...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Robin, A control surface is extremely handy to have for speed and accuracy. That said, it depends on the kind of work you're doing. Today, I did a brief editing session for a client who only required some two-track edits. Since they had sent me some mp3s via email, I simply launched Pro Tools on the laptop, did the edits using the numeric keypad, consolidated the edits and threw them on a flash drive. That kind of work can easily be done without a control surface. Yesterday's session was a live tracking session with drums, bass, guitar, keyboard and vocals onto 20 audio tracks. I wouldn't dream of doing a session like that without a control surface. I understand the Artist series surfaces from Avid are relatively inexpensive. Perhaps others on the list can comment. Best, Slau On Dec 13, 2013, at 1:26 PM, Robin Kipp mli...@robin-kipp.net wrote: Hey Slau, thanks a lot for your reply! Alright, I guess I’ll try that… Just wondering, is there any kind of gear that I should get along with PT? For example, a control surface or anything like that… Thanks! Robin Am 13.12.2013 um 15:57 schrieb Slau Halatyn slauhala...@gmail.com: The update should be out soon, perhaps a week or two, not sure. It's absolutely worth the upgrade. No details are supposed to be discussed but, put it this way, I just upgraded from 10 HD to 11 HD for $600 and I wouldn't have done it if I didn't think it was worth it. The release that'll come in the first half of next year will be even better. Slau On Dec 13, 2013, at 8:00 AM, Robin Kipp mli...@robin-kipp.net wrote: Hi, many thanks for your explanation! Is this upcoming release the one that was supposed to arrive in ‚early December‘? If so, is there a new timeframe for the release? I’m just asking because by now it’s not really ‚early December‘ anymore… Also, is there anything else I should plan on getting other than just the PT software? E.g. a control surface or anything else that would my PT experience smoother… Many thanks for any advice! :-) Robin -- 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/groups/opt_out. -- 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/groups/opt_out. -- 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/groups/opt_out. -- 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/groups/opt_out. -- 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/groups/opt_out.
Re: AD drums
I believe there was one from their website, but it wasn't the most easiest or accessilbe thing to grab from when i went looking for it a while ago. However from what i do remmember, the browser wasn't accessible but i believe kevin reeves made track presets for both Pro TOols and Garage Band for all the presets that he was willing to share at the time. On 11/12/13, matt diemert mcdiem...@gmail.com wrote: Does anyone know if there is a demo out there for addictive drums? I've looked all over the web site, and don't see one, but have seen mention of one here and on other groups. 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 ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- 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/groups/opt_out.
Re: Anyone using the tascam us 2400 Surfase?
Used one. It's pretty accessible, no issues with PT 9./10. Once you get Familiar with all t the buttons on the unit you are up and running. On 9/19/13, Jed Barton j...@jedbarton.com wrote: Curious to hear about this myself. From: ptaccess@googlegroups.com [mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Poppa Bear Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2013 11:48 AM To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Subject: Anyone using the tascam us 2400 Surfase? Anyone using this surface and if so, how is the build, accessibility and latency? I am looking to up grade from my 002, but am a little skeptical of a USB interface. I have thought about an RME set up and run my Mackie onyx into it, but I don't want to lose my transport functions. Any thoughts? Nate Kile, Cross Road Recording Studios, specializing in Mixing, Mastering and all your audio needs. www.crossroadrecording.com http://www.crossroadrecording.com/ -- 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/groups/opt_out. -- 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/groups/opt_out. -- 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/groups/opt_out.
Re: Anyone using the tascam us 2400 Surfase?
It's a pretty straight forward layout of 25 faders .. 24 plus a master, can be banked so you can deal with up to 192 tracks at a time with it. Above the faders are rotary pots which i think were assigned to pan by default in PT. I believe the 3 buttons on each track wer select, arm, and mute, if memeory serves correct. Also has a jog wheel. and Has Presets/modes for pro tools, sonar, and most of the other major DAWS. On 9/20/13, Poppa Bear heavens4r...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for that, didn't know if I would get a response. I am going to look into it more now. - Original Message - From: Monkey Pusher monkeypushe...@gmail.com To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, September 20, 2013 8:52 AM Subject: Re: Anyone using the tascam us 2400 Surfase? Used one. It's pretty accessible, no issues with PT 9./10. Once you get Familiar with all t the buttons on the unit you are up and running. On 9/19/13, Jed Barton j...@jedbarton.com wrote: Curious to hear about this myself. From: ptaccess@googlegroups.com [mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Poppa Bear Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2013 11:48 AM To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Subject: Anyone using the tascam us 2400 Surfase? Anyone using this surface and if so, how is the build, accessibility and latency? I am looking to up grade from my 002, but am a little skeptical of a USB interface. I have thought about an RME set up and run my Mackie onyx into it, but I don't want to lose my transport functions. Any thoughts? Nate Kile, Cross Road Recording Studios, specializing in Mixing, Mastering and all your audio needs. www.crossroadrecording.com http://www.crossroadrecording.com/ -- 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/groups/opt_out. -- 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/groups/opt_out. -- 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/groups/opt_out. -- 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/groups/opt_out. -- 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/groups/opt_out.
Re: Anyone using the tascam us 2400 Surfase?
You mean between when u moved a fader and when you heard the change? None. everything was pretty snappy. Only hint of latency was when you loaded a project and it took a split second for the faders to snap into place. Otherwise all worked well. On 9/20/13, Poppa Bear heavens4r...@gmail.com wrote: How was the latency when monitering in realtime if you have any experience with that? - Original Message - From: Monkey Pusher monkeypushe...@gmail.com To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, September 20, 2013 8:57 AM Subject: Re: Anyone using the tascam us 2400 Surfase? It's a pretty straight forward layout of 25 faders .. 24 plus a master, can be banked so you can deal with up to 192 tracks at a time with it. Above the faders are rotary pots which i think were assigned to pan by default in PT. I believe the 3 buttons on each track wer select, arm, and mute, if memeory serves correct. Also has a jog wheel. and Has Presets/modes for pro tools, sonar, and most of the other major DAWS. On 9/20/13, Poppa Bear heavens4r...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for that, didn't know if I would get a response. I am going to look into it more now. - Original Message - From: Monkey Pusher monkeypushe...@gmail.com To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, September 20, 2013 8:52 AM Subject: Re: Anyone using the tascam us 2400 Surfase? Used one. It's pretty accessible, no issues with PT 9./10. Once you get Familiar with all t the buttons on the unit you are up and running. On 9/19/13, Jed Barton j...@jedbarton.com wrote: Curious to hear about this myself. From: ptaccess@googlegroups.com [mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Poppa Bear Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2013 11:48 AM To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Subject: Anyone using the tascam us 2400 Surfase? Anyone using this surface and if so, how is the build, accessibility and latency? I am looking to up grade from my 002, but am a little skeptical of a USB interface. I have thought about an RME set up and run my Mackie onyx into it, but I don't want to lose my transport functions. Any thoughts? Nate Kile, Cross Road Recording Studios, specializing in Mixing, Mastering and all your audio needs. www.crossroadrecording.com http://www.crossroadrecording.com/ -- 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/groups/opt_out. -- 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/groups/opt_out. -- 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/groups/opt_out. -- 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/groups/opt_out. -- 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/groups/opt_out. -- 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/groups/opt_out. -- 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/groups/opt_out.
Re: Increasing ram in the Imac?
Havent done this yet myself as i havent felt the pinch yet on processor power. Someone i follow on twitter made the jump from 4 to 16GB though and said they did see marked improovement. That being said unlike you two i am running the i7 3.4GHZ version of the 2011 iMac. On 9/20/13, Poppa Bear heavens4r...@gmail.com wrote: I remember somebody else on here using an Imac I5 quad core. I have one and I am thinking about increasing the stock ram to 8 or 16 GB, but wanted to know if anyone who may have done the same upgrade saw a mesurable increase in performance. 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 ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- 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/groups/opt_out.
Re: Just mountain lion! please give me advice?
Someone on here stated taht the issue still persist in Mavericks. Slau also said talks regarding accessibility with Avid were scheduled to pick up again at some point. If you can afford a used mac book pro without selling the new mac running ML then by all means go for it. I'd recommend a 15 pro so you can get a quad core processor. Get an i7 processor if you can afford it along with as much ram as you can afford. You will also need atleast one FW external drive for the Pro Tools projects. On 9/18/13, matt diemert mcdiem...@gmail.com wrote: When I purchased my mac brand new it had mountain lion on it. I just had a copy of lion on a usb key and I reformatted my mac, and installed lion 10.7 instead. I've had no problems whatsoever running PT 10 in this method. On 9/18/13, Ramy Moustafa moshtaqlealga...@gmail.com wrote: What about buying used laptop, will it be ok to use in a studio? -Original Message- From: ptaccess@googlegroups.com [mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Poppa Bear Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2013 10:23 PM To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Just mountain lion! please give me advice? Ramy unfortunatlly you are deeling with issues that have been talked about on here repeedidly over the last year and for anyone else who has not dove into protools accessibility with the mac, they need to do their research on OS's, Mac hardware issues and protools versions. Throwing money at these issues will not help to change the problems, once you have the wrong products in your hands. It is a hard pill to have to swallow. I hope you find a solution never the less. Let us know how it goes. - Original Message - From: Ramy Moustafa moshtaqlealga...@gmail.com To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2013 12:04 PM Subject: RE: Just mountain lion! please give me advice? Hi all: Thanks so much for all your replys. But am really in a miss, so any news about the new OSX Mavrex? Any ideas if it will fix the Voice over problems? Really I don't want to sell my mac but what can I do? Thanks in advance. -Original Message- From: ptaccess@googlegroups.com [mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Poppa Bear Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2013 7:10 PM To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Just mountain lion! please give me advice? The newer macs don't do well with Sonar on Boot Camp, some don't work at all. The mack can be a very slippery sloape as time goes on for us in the blind community of audio recording. Sorry to hear about your problems, Ramy, I am sure it is very stressful. If you do upgrade for Sonar, check out Jim Roseberry at www.studiocats.com, for $1300 or so they have a quad core, 16 GB ram, I7 with a TB or more, hyper threaded to run as an 8 core machine and be dedicated for audio recording. Original Message - From: ramy moustafa moshtaqlealga...@gmail.com To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2013 6:37 AM Subject: Re: Just mountain lion! please give me advice? aha thanks so much for your replys. but, even the latest updates to ml didn't fix the issue? i'm really in trouble and don't know what to do. anyway, if you can think with me for a solution please tell me. thanks so much Ramy moustafa saber licturer at: faculty of musical education music arranger and sound engineer Sent from my iPhone On Sep 18, 2013, at 2:30 PM, Scott Chesworth scottcheswo...@gmail.com wrote: They're probably struggling because his Mac Mini was manufactured recently, and some of the new hardware won't be supported by Lion. Had the same problem here. I got around it by buying a used machine that was built when Lion was the latest OS and doing some hardware upgrades to bring it up to a spec that runs well with big sessions. Dunno what to advise beyond doing the same thing I did really. Even then, I only made that move because there was work that relies on me being in PT guaranteed. Without that, I can't say I would've bothered until the future is a bit more certain. Scott On 9/18/13, TheOreoMonster monkeypushe...@gmail.com wrote: Edit fields won't read at all. FOr example where you go to enter in tempo or to see what thempo the project is in. What the counters are set to etc etc. I am not sure why your apple store is doing there, but it On Sep 18, 2013, at 6:36 AM, Ramy Moustafa moshtaqlealga...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all: After a week with my apple store here, and after they do all things really to install Lion on my Mac mini, they failed, in doing this, So, my mac mini is with mountain lion, so, what is your advice? What are the problems that I will face when using pro tools with voice over? I have pro tools 9, but of cores it will not work, so, I must get 10, But need to know the disadvantages, of Mountain lion. And, please, what about protocols v11, is it good with vo or what? Thanks so much
Re: One of my first mixes in PT
Also remember, just cuz you recorded it doesn't mean it has to stay. Cutting or muting things can be just as valuable an asset in a dense mix as well. Best of luck, if you do a mix revision please post as well for us to check out. On 9/17/13, matt diemert mcdiem...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks all for the comments. I've mixed before in other daws, namely reaper, and audacity, but back in march or april a good friend of mine came in to town from Nashville and spent 3 weeks with me showing me everything he could about PT. From then onward, I've been on a quest to redo a lot in PT. I find editing so much nicer in PT. I was going for a sound here that had a tight bass and kick drums sound, and I worked to keep the vocal just above the music. There is a lot going on as there was 5 mics on the amp so obviously mixing those in to a sub group, and treating them with EQ and compression ETC. There is actually about 4 or 5 different guitar tracks going on at a time, so I'll have to look to see which should go down and which could stay where they are. Thanks again. I've got more things that I'm trying my hand at if anyone would be intrested in listening. On 9/16/13, Ricky Prevatte rickypreva...@gmail.com wrote: I say bring those vocals up what everyone else did. For the first time I thought it was absolutely great. You had good playing there are things that I would do to the drums but I am a drummer. I would maybe wet the vocal a little bit with some reverb I would use maybe a little more effects on some of the guitars. Did you use any compression only overall mix? Did you say you played all of the instruments? If you did that you did better than great on your first time. Ricky Prevatte LMBT1154 On Sep 16, 2013, at 9:13 PM, Mark Gilland clgillan...@gmail.com wrote: Now that you mention it, it does kind a have a Gaither kind of feel to it. I never thought about that, but you have a good point. Chris. - Original Message - From: Poppa Bear heavens4r...@gmail.com To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, September 16, 2013 9:03 PM Subject: Re: One of my first mixes in PT I like it brother Matt, sounds like some Gathor type influence there. Would like to hear that voice on a slow Gospel tune. Like Byran said, the vocals could be louder, but I think that you should push the guitars down a few DB a little, it is good playing, but your vocals are nice and rich and I would make sure that you let them shine over the guitar. What is the DB on your mane BUS/Master sitting at? Over all, very good job for your first run. Keep it up, I would like to hear more. - Original Message - From: byron harden sticomu...@gmail.com To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, September 16, 2013 4:16 PM Subject: Re: One of my first mixes in PT i think its pretty cool. just a little more vocals, about 3DB worth. little less kick and bass. i know that would take it to the next level. this sounds nice , there is a lot more that could be done to it. but if this is your first mix, it sounds like a great start. keep On Sep 16, 2013, at 5:17 PM, matt diemert mcdiem...@gmail.com wrote: Just thought I'd throw this out there for some ideas on what could be better ETC. If you're offended by hymns you may not want to listen other wise, I'd appreciate any comments. I played much of this obviously recorded and mixed in PT 10 http://www.soundclick.com/player/single_player.cfm?songid=12499545q=hi On 9/16/13, Poppa Bear heavens4r...@gmail.com wrote: Your fine, I'm glad you pointed it out, I wouldn't want to be thinking I'm giving somebody a good deal and they could get it for almost a hundred or more less right on Ebay. Thems the breaks. - Original Message - From: Matt Diemert mcdiem...@gmail.com To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, September 16, 2013 8:40 AM Subject: Re: good remote control surfaces Papa, sorry of my tone seemed accusatory, that certainly wasn't my point! I was simply pointing out that over the last three months or so, all the options that I have been in on ended somewhere between 250 and $325. Anything above that seems not to really sell. Sent from my iPhone On Sep 16, 2013, at 12:08 PM, Poppa Bear heavens4r...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Matt, at first I was a little put out about what you said, but I went and checked them out on Ebay and they are much lower than they were just a year ago. If somebody on here wanted to pick it up I would go down to $300. Keep in mind, many of the lower $200 and under are the 002 rack. I did see a 002 rack with the black lion mod which was only about $450 or so, and that is a good deal, but it is not really considered portable. Take care - Original Message - From: Matt Diemert mcdiem...@gmail.com To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Cc: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, September 16, 2013 2:57 AM Subject: Re: good remote control
Re: ProTools isn't seeing my Motu 828 HiBrid properly
Are you setting these options in teh playback engine then click ok and then create a new track and trying to change the inputs? Or did you select the playbackengine options, click ok, and quit pro tools. Then came back later to do something and when u opened it and created a new project it was back to built in mic/line? On 8/27/13, trevor trevor.sco...@btopenworld.com wrote: When I go in to hardware set up it does say Motu HiBrid, and in the playback engin, the same but, when I try to select audio ins and outs, the motu isn’t anywhere to be seen. The only option is the built in microphone or line in. Can anyone help me sort it out please? Thank you, Trevor -- 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/groups/opt_out. -- 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/groups/opt_out.
Re: Renaming a track, editing busses and my project mix
Yeah thats one example. You record a rhythm track, then you can unarm it arm a second track set the input to the same as the previous track and be off and running with the second guitar track with out having to unplug the guitar and plug it into another input physically on your interface. or in the case wher the Hi-Z is only on one input. Also useful when recording vocals and etc. On 8/22/13, Krister Ekstrom kris...@kristersplace.com wrote: Say for example there's only 1 high impedance input for guitars on your control surface, then it could be beneficial to use the same input on 3 tracks, especially if the cables to the musical equipment just like in my case are a bit, shall we say crackly and you don't want to change inputs too often for fear of cables going snap, crackle and pop. I could buy new cables, you say, and i will probably do it at a later stage, but right now i won't. Besides, it's nice to know that the option is there even though i don't plan to use it. /Krister 21 aug 2013 kl. 23:17 skrev Monkey Pusher monkeypushe...@gmail.com: Yes you can select input one on tracks one two and three for example. and record the same source onto those tracks. The question is... why would you want to? On 8/21/13, Krister Ekstrom kris...@kristersplace.com wrote: Hmm, let's see, the name is Projectmix and yes i press ok after selecting it. At first it wouldn't want to work, but now i have my inputs back named 1 in, 2 in and so on. So all is fine there now i think... That is, if the Project mix has 10 inputs. And another question that i ranted about in an earlier thread, can i use one input for several tracks? /Krister 21 aug 2013 kl. 21:35 skrev Monkey Pusher monkeypushe...@gmail.com: What exactly is the name of the option you are selecting in the playback engine? Are you selecting ok to close the dialogue box after selecting the project mix from the dropdown menu? Imideately after doing this when you look at a track it still only has the computers defaults under the interface submenu of the tracks input menu? On 8/21/13, Krister Ekstrom kris...@kristersplace.com wrote: Hi, nope you didn't, however there's something missing here, either in my head or in Pro Tools's, when i set the track audio input path i only see the computer, even if the control surface is set as audio playback manager. No idea why this is. Everything else in the control surface seem to work well. /Krister 21 aug 2013 kl. 18:00 skrev Monkey Pusher monkeypushe...@gmail.com: The setting under playback engine tells pro tools what audio interface you want to use and which audio interface inputs and outputs to display. After selecting the the audio interface in play back engine, you then on the individual tracks in the input area under interface, select which inputs you want pro tools to pull audio that will be recorded on that track from. The Perripherals settings under the set up menu is specific to geting pro tools to see the project mix as acontrol surface and that section has nothing to do with passing audio through the project mix into protools. The Project Mix is two seperate devices (a control surface, and an audio interface) though they are in one box. So you still have to set them up the way you would if you had a seperate control surface and audio interface. Let us know if you need an explanation of what the difference between control surface and audio interface are. Hope i didn't overwhelm with too much info. On 8/21/13, Krister Ekstrom kris...@kristersplace.com wrote: Hi and thanks for the precise instructions. Just to clarify things, ... umm how to phrase this question, what do the audio input selectors in the tracks do? I'm beginning to think i confuse things here. I thought i had to specifically tell Pro tools what input on the Project mix i was supposed to use, but maybe i'm wrong here, and the playback engine settings take care of that. /Krister 21 aug 2013 kl. 16:43 skrev Monkey Pusher monkeypushe...@gmail.com: TO rename tracks. Navigate to the tracklist table and interact with it. once in there you can use VO up and down arrows to navigate between tracks. VO+Shift+M will bring up a context menu for which rename will be an option on. Click on that to be able to rename the track. I wouldn't worry about renaming busses as this happens automatically when creating AUX tracks. Use control+Shift+N to create a new track and from the track type drop down box choose AUX track. You can then rename it the same way you rename a track as listed above. TO see the Project Mix as an audio interface. navigate to the set up menu . This You can do this by pressing VO+M and navigating pass File, Edit and all the other menus till you get to set up. once on that menu, down arrow to playback engine. The first option in playback engine should be a combo box where you can select from all the audio interfaces Pro Tools can
Re: Renaming a track, editing busses and my project mix
TO rename tracks. Navigate to the tracklist table and interact with it. once in there you can use VO up and down arrows to navigate between tracks. VO+Shift+M will bring up a context menu for which rename will be an option on. Click on that to be able to rename the track. I wouldn't worry about renaming busses as this happens automatically when creating AUX tracks. Use control+Shift+N to create a new track and from the track type drop down box choose AUX track. You can then rename it the same way you rename a track as listed above. TO see the Project Mix as an audio interface. navigate to the set up menu . This You can do this by pressing VO+M and navigating pass File, Edit and all the other menus till you get to set up. once on that menu, down arrow to playback engine. The first option in playback engine should be a combo box where you can select from all the audio interfaces Pro Tools can see. Change that combo box to M-Audio Project mix or something similar to that name, select it and navigate to ok and vo+Space on that . If notthing resembling the Project Mix is available to select in that combo box, then you need to install the proper drivers for the project mix which you should be able to find on the M-Audio site. On 8/21/13, Krister Ekstrom kris...@kristersplace.com wrote: Hello good people. Well now i've actually dared taking the plunge and started working with Protools. I have set up a session and created the tracks, but i can for the life of me not remember how to rename them to something meaningful. Pointing the vo cursor to the track i wanted to rename then routing the mouse to it and trying to physically click on it yealded no results whatsoever, the track refuses to let itself be renamed, what obvious thing am i missing here? I see that there are lots of busses made, and that's great, but can you edit them or give them other names than for example bus 7/8? And the third thing i want to ask. How does the control surface work together with Pro tools? In other words what should i set the input paths to in order to get signal from the control surface? I have a Project mix and it's not listed in the input path selector. The only things listed there are built-in mike or built-in input should the Project mixes inputs be listed there and how do i do to get them listed there, because they're not now. Thanks for all help and thanks for bearing with these stupid newbie questions. /Krister -- 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/groups/opt_out. -- 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/groups/opt_out.
Re: Renaming a track, editing busses and my project mix
The setting under playback engine tells pro tools what audio interface you want to use and which audio interface inputs and outputs to display. After selecting the the audio interface in play back engine, you then on the individual tracks in the input area under interface, select which inputs you want pro tools to pull audio that will be recorded on that track from. The Perripherals settings under the set up menu is specific to geting pro tools to see the project mix as acontrol surface and that section has nothing to do with passing audio through the project mix into protools. The Project Mix is two seperate devices (a control surface, and an audio interface) though they are in one box. So you still have to set them up the way you would if you had a seperate control surface and audio interface. Let us know if you need an explanation of what the difference between control surface and audio interface are. Hope i didn't overwhelm with too much info. On 8/21/13, Krister Ekstrom kris...@kristersplace.com wrote: Hi and thanks for the precise instructions. Just to clarify things, ... umm how to phrase this question, what do the audio input selectors in the tracks do? I'm beginning to think i confuse things here. I thought i had to specifically tell Pro tools what input on the Project mix i was supposed to use, but maybe i'm wrong here, and the playback engine settings take care of that. /Krister 21 aug 2013 kl. 16:43 skrev Monkey Pusher monkeypushe...@gmail.com: TO rename tracks. Navigate to the tracklist table and interact with it. once in there you can use VO up and down arrows to navigate between tracks. VO+Shift+M will bring up a context menu for which rename will be an option on. Click on that to be able to rename the track. I wouldn't worry about renaming busses as this happens automatically when creating AUX tracks. Use control+Shift+N to create a new track and from the track type drop down box choose AUX track. You can then rename it the same way you rename a track as listed above. TO see the Project Mix as an audio interface. navigate to the set up menu . This You can do this by pressing VO+M and navigating pass File, Edit and all the other menus till you get to set up. once on that menu, down arrow to playback engine. The first option in playback engine should be a combo box where you can select from all the audio interfaces Pro Tools can see. Change that combo box to M-Audio Project mix or something similar to that name, select it and navigate to ok and vo+Space on that . If notthing resembling the Project Mix is available to select in that combo box, then you need to install the proper drivers for the project mix which you should be able to find on the M-Audio site. On 8/21/13, Krister Ekstrom kris...@kristersplace.com wrote: Hello good people. Well now i've actually dared taking the plunge and started working with Protools. I have set up a session and created the tracks, but i can for the life of me not remember how to rename them to something meaningful. Pointing the vo cursor to the track i wanted to rename then routing the mouse to it and trying to physically click on it yealded no results whatsoever, the track refuses to let itself be renamed, what obvious thing am i missing here? I see that there are lots of busses made, and that's great, but can you edit them or give them other names than for example bus 7/8? And the third thing i want to ask. How does the control surface work together with Pro tools? In other words what should i set the input paths to in order to get signal from the control surface? I have a Project mix and it's not listed in the input path selector. The only things listed there are built-in mike or built-in input should the Project mixes inputs be listed there and how do i do to get them listed there, because they're not now. Thanks for all help and thanks for bearing with these stupid newbie questions. /Krister -- 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/groups/opt_out. -- 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/groups/opt_out. -- 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/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Pro Tools
Re: Renaming a track, editing busses and my project mix
What exactly is the name of the option you are selecting in the playback engine? Are you selecting ok to close the dialogue box after selecting the project mix from the dropdown menu? Imideately after doing this when you look at a track it still only has the computers defaults under the interface submenu of the tracks input menu? On 8/21/13, Krister Ekstrom kris...@kristersplace.com wrote: Hi, nope you didn't, however there's something missing here, either in my head or in Pro Tools's, when i set the track audio input path i only see the computer, even if the control surface is set as audio playback manager. No idea why this is. Everything else in the control surface seem to work well. /Krister 21 aug 2013 kl. 18:00 skrev Monkey Pusher monkeypushe...@gmail.com: The setting under playback engine tells pro tools what audio interface you want to use and which audio interface inputs and outputs to display. After selecting the the audio interface in play back engine, you then on the individual tracks in the input area under interface, select which inputs you want pro tools to pull audio that will be recorded on that track from. The Perripherals settings under the set up menu is specific to geting pro tools to see the project mix as acontrol surface and that section has nothing to do with passing audio through the project mix into protools. The Project Mix is two seperate devices (a control surface, and an audio interface) though they are in one box. So you still have to set them up the way you would if you had a seperate control surface and audio interface. Let us know if you need an explanation of what the difference between control surface and audio interface are. Hope i didn't overwhelm with too much info. On 8/21/13, Krister Ekstrom kris...@kristersplace.com wrote: Hi and thanks for the precise instructions. Just to clarify things, ... umm how to phrase this question, what do the audio input selectors in the tracks do? I'm beginning to think i confuse things here. I thought i had to specifically tell Pro tools what input on the Project mix i was supposed to use, but maybe i'm wrong here, and the playback engine settings take care of that. /Krister 21 aug 2013 kl. 16:43 skrev Monkey Pusher monkeypushe...@gmail.com: TO rename tracks. Navigate to the tracklist table and interact with it. once in there you can use VO up and down arrows to navigate between tracks. VO+Shift+M will bring up a context menu for which rename will be an option on. Click on that to be able to rename the track. I wouldn't worry about renaming busses as this happens automatically when creating AUX tracks. Use control+Shift+N to create a new track and from the track type drop down box choose AUX track. You can then rename it the same way you rename a track as listed above. TO see the Project Mix as an audio interface. navigate to the set up menu . This You can do this by pressing VO+M and navigating pass File, Edit and all the other menus till you get to set up. once on that menu, down arrow to playback engine. The first option in playback engine should be a combo box where you can select from all the audio interfaces Pro Tools can see. Change that combo box to M-Audio Project mix or something similar to that name, select it and navigate to ok and vo+Space on that . If notthing resembling the Project Mix is available to select in that combo box, then you need to install the proper drivers for the project mix which you should be able to find on the M-Audio site. On 8/21/13, Krister Ekstrom kris...@kristersplace.com wrote: Hello good people. Well now i've actually dared taking the plunge and started working with Protools. I have set up a session and created the tracks, but i can for the life of me not remember how to rename them to something meaningful. Pointing the vo cursor to the track i wanted to rename then routing the mouse to it and trying to physically click on it yealded no results whatsoever, the track refuses to let itself be renamed, what obvious thing am i missing here? I see that there are lots of busses made, and that's great, but can you edit them or give them other names than for example bus 7/8? And the third thing i want to ask. How does the control surface work together with Pro tools? In other words what should i set the input paths to in order to get signal from the control surface? I have a Project mix and it's not listed in the input path selector. The only things listed there are built-in mike or built-in input should the Project mixes inputs be listed there and how do i do to get them listed there, because they're not now. Thanks for all help and thanks for bearing with these stupid newbie questions. /Krister -- 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
Re: Renaming a track, editing busses and my project mix
Yes you can select input one on tracks one two and three for example. and record the same source onto those tracks. The question is... why would you want to? On 8/21/13, Krister Ekstrom kris...@kristersplace.com wrote: Hmm, let's see, the name is Projectmix and yes i press ok after selecting it. At first it wouldn't want to work, but now i have my inputs back named 1 in, 2 in and so on. So all is fine there now i think... That is, if the Project mix has 10 inputs. And another question that i ranted about in an earlier thread, can i use one input for several tracks? /Krister 21 aug 2013 kl. 21:35 skrev Monkey Pusher monkeypushe...@gmail.com: What exactly is the name of the option you are selecting in the playback engine? Are you selecting ok to close the dialogue box after selecting the project mix from the dropdown menu? Imideately after doing this when you look at a track it still only has the computers defaults under the interface submenu of the tracks input menu? On 8/21/13, Krister Ekstrom kris...@kristersplace.com wrote: Hi, nope you didn't, however there's something missing here, either in my head or in Pro Tools's, when i set the track audio input path i only see the computer, even if the control surface is set as audio playback manager. No idea why this is. Everything else in the control surface seem to work well. /Krister 21 aug 2013 kl. 18:00 skrev Monkey Pusher monkeypushe...@gmail.com: The setting under playback engine tells pro tools what audio interface you want to use and which audio interface inputs and outputs to display. After selecting the the audio interface in play back engine, you then on the individual tracks in the input area under interface, select which inputs you want pro tools to pull audio that will be recorded on that track from. The Perripherals settings under the set up menu is specific to geting pro tools to see the project mix as acontrol surface and that section has nothing to do with passing audio through the project mix into protools. The Project Mix is two seperate devices (a control surface, and an audio interface) though they are in one box. So you still have to set them up the way you would if you had a seperate control surface and audio interface. Let us know if you need an explanation of what the difference between control surface and audio interface are. Hope i didn't overwhelm with too much info. On 8/21/13, Krister Ekstrom kris...@kristersplace.com wrote: Hi and thanks for the precise instructions. Just to clarify things, ... umm how to phrase this question, what do the audio input selectors in the tracks do? I'm beginning to think i confuse things here. I thought i had to specifically tell Pro tools what input on the Project mix i was supposed to use, but maybe i'm wrong here, and the playback engine settings take care of that. /Krister 21 aug 2013 kl. 16:43 skrev Monkey Pusher monkeypushe...@gmail.com: TO rename tracks. Navigate to the tracklist table and interact with it. once in there you can use VO up and down arrows to navigate between tracks. VO+Shift+M will bring up a context menu for which rename will be an option on. Click on that to be able to rename the track. I wouldn't worry about renaming busses as this happens automatically when creating AUX tracks. Use control+Shift+N to create a new track and from the track type drop down box choose AUX track. You can then rename it the same way you rename a track as listed above. TO see the Project Mix as an audio interface. navigate to the set up menu . This You can do this by pressing VO+M and navigating pass File, Edit and all the other menus till you get to set up. once on that menu, down arrow to playback engine. The first option in playback engine should be a combo box where you can select from all the audio interfaces Pro Tools can see. Change that combo box to M-Audio Project mix or something similar to that name, select it and navigate to ok and vo+Space on that . If notthing resembling the Project Mix is available to select in that combo box, then you need to install the proper drivers for the project mix which you should be able to find on the M-Audio site. On 8/21/13, Krister Ekstrom kris...@kristersplace.com wrote: Hello good people. Well now i've actually dared taking the plunge and started working with Protools. I have set up a session and created the tracks, but i can for the life of me not remember how to rename them to something meaningful. Pointing the vo cursor to the track i wanted to rename then routing the mouse to it and trying to physically click on it yealded no results whatsoever, the track refuses to let itself be renamed, what obvious thing am i missing here? I see that there are lots of busses made, and that's great, but can you edit them or give them other names than for example bus 7/8? And the third thing i want to ask. How does the control surface
Re: Saving in Version 9 format
Save as allows you to rename the file/save anew version of the project file with a new name. For example you have song.ptx Then when you mix it you will do save as and rename it Song Mix.ptx. You do a revision and save it as song mix2.ptx. and so on. While you can use save as to save a copy in a new location, this only saves the project file. It doesn't bring the project audio files, plug in settings,etc etc along with it. the project file or PTX file is essentially a tiny file that tells pro tools what do do with the audio and etc.When using save copy in, it will create a new project folder with all the files associated with the project in it. This is ideal for back up and archival purposes if you want to save the project to a different hard drive or etc. It is also ideal when you want to conver the project to another format for sending off to another studio/engineer. On 8/13/13, Mark Gilland clgillan...@gmail.com wrote: So wait a second. I'm a little confused. If that is the case, then, what's the difference in that from the save as, as I was under the impression that if I wanted to save in a new location, that's where save as came into play. Where am I getting confused? What did I miss? Chris. - Original Message - From: TheOreoMonster monkeypushe...@gmail.com To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, August 12, 2013 6:52 PM Subject: Re: Saving in Version 9 format it allows you to save an entire copy of the session including audio files and etc in a separate location On Aug 12, 2013, at 6:09 PM, Mark Gilland clgillan...@gmail.com wrote: Awesomeness, I'll give that a shot. I did kind of wonder what that option did differently. Thanks for the help. Chris. - Original Message - From: Monkey Pusher monkeypushe...@gmail.com To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, August 12, 2013 5:01 PM Subject: Re: Saving in Version 9 format try save copy as instead of save as. On 8/12/13, Mark Gilland clgillan...@gmail.com wrote: OK, so I have a studio I'm going to be working in that I need to send a session to. They only have ProTools MP9 however. I know that PT 10 saves the session in a .ptx format, which I kind a recall ProTools 9 not being able to open. When I went to the file menu, and to save as, even after expanding the disclosure triangle, I don't see any way to set the file type to the older format. I know this can be done, as I've seen people do it. I just wonder how they're going about resaving the session in a format that MP9 can open. 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/groups/opt_out. -- 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/groups/opt_out. -- 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/groups/opt_out. -- 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/groups/opt_out. -- 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/groups/opt_out. -- 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/groups/opt_out.
Re: protools 10: Lion or Mountain lion?
Will pro tools run on ML. Yes, however ML Voiceover and Protools does not play nice at the moment. Short answer if you plan to use pro tools with voice over then you need to run it under lion. Yes it will run in a lion partition on your main disc or on an external disc. On 8/12/13, Dónal Fitzpatrick dfitz...@computing.dcu.ie wrote: Hi folks, I wonder could someone clarify something. Will Protools 10 run on Mountain lion? If no, is it possible to, as it were, create a lion partition on either the main hard disk or an external HD? Thanks in advance, Dónal Dr. Dónal Fitzpatrick, School of Computing, Dublin City University, Glasnevin, Dublin 9, Ireland Tel. +353-(0)1-700-8929 fax: +353-(0)1-700-5442 email: dfitzpat (at) computing.dcu.ie Email Disclaimer This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and are intended solely for use by the addressee. Any unauthorised dissemination, distribution or copying of this message and any attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender and delete the message. Any views or opinions presented in this e-mail may solely be the views of the author and cannot be relied upon as being those of Dublin City University. E-mail communications such as this cannot be guaranteed to be virus-free, timely, secure or error-free and Dublin City University does not accept liability for any such matters or their consequences. Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail. -- 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/groups/opt_out. -- 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/groups/opt_out.
Re: protools 10: Lion or Mountain lion?
counters and any edit field where you can input or read text normally doesn't read at all under ML On 8/12/13, Dónal Fitzpatrick dfitz...@computing.dcu.ie wrote: Lovely, that's all I needed to know. Out of curiosity, what issues are there with ML as compared to Lion? Odd that VO works well on the older OS. Dónal On 12 Aug 2013, at 17:57, Monkey Pusher monkeypushe...@gmail.com wrote: Will pro tools run on ML. Yes, however ML Voiceover and Protools does not play nice at the moment. Short answer if you plan to use pro tools with voice over then you need to run it under lion. Yes it will run in a lion partition on your main disc or on an external disc. On 8/12/13, Dónal Fitzpatrick dfitz...@computing.dcu.ie wrote: Hi folks, I wonder could someone clarify something. Will Protools 10 run on Mountain lion? If no, is it possible to, as it were, create a lion partition on either the main hard disk or an external HD? Thanks in advance, Dónal Dr. Dónal Fitzpatrick, School of Computing, Dublin City University, Glasnevin, Dublin 9, Ireland Tel. +353-(0)1-700-8929 fax: +353-(0)1-700-5442 email: dfitzpat (at) computing.dcu.ie Email Disclaimer This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and are intended solely for use by the addressee. Any unauthorised dissemination, distribution or copying of this message and any attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender and delete the message. Any views or opinions presented in this e-mail may solely be the views of the author and cannot be relied upon as being those of Dublin City University. E-mail communications such as this cannot be guaranteed to be virus-free, timely, secure or error-free and Dublin City University does not accept liability for any such matters or their consequences. Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail. -- 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/groups/opt_out. -- 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/groups/opt_out. Dr. Dónal Fitzpatrick, School of Computing, Dublin City University, Glasnevin, Dublin 9, Ireland Tel. +353-(0)1-700-8929 fax: +353-(0)1-700-5442 email: dfitzpat (at) computing.dcu.ie Email Disclaimer This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and are intended solely for use by the addressee. Any unauthorised dissemination, distribution or copying of this message and any attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender and delete the message. Any views or opinions presented in this e-mail may solely be the views of the author and cannot be relied upon as being those of Dublin City University. E-mail communications such as this cannot be guaranteed to be virus-free, timely, secure or error-free and Dublin City University does not accept liability for any such matters or their consequences. Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail. -- 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/groups/opt_out. -- 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/groups/opt_out.
Re: Counter displays in PT 10?
On 8/12/13, Monkey Pusher monkeypushe...@gmail.com wrote: They do, but you have to use PT 10 under lion, not Mountain Lion. On 8/12/13, Gary Readfern-Gray readfern.g...@googlemail.com wrote: Hey, is it me or do the counter displays not read in PT10? Is there any way of knowing what bar I'm currently on? So, if they are broken, what's the best way of creating a double bridge sequence in my song? So I get into shuffle mode and if I know where the bridge starts and ends, numeric slash is my friend to create those selections to copy each track right? But if I don't have those numbers? or is there just a better way of doing this in tools? -- 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/groups/opt_out. -- 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/groups/opt_out.
Re: Counter displays in PT 10?
They do, but you have to use PT 10 under lion, not Mountain Lion. On 8/12/13, Gary Readfern-Gray readfern.g...@googlemail.com wrote: Hey, is it me or do the counter displays not read in PT10? Is there any way of knowing what bar I'm currently on? So, if they are broken, what's the best way of creating a double bridge sequence in my song? So I get into shuffle mode and if I know where the bridge starts and ends, numeric slash is my friend to create those selections to copy each track right? But if I don't have those numbers? or is there just a better way of doing this in tools? -- 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/groups/opt_out. -- 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/groups/opt_out.
Re: Counter displays in PT 10?
IF memory serves corretc the issue exist in ML with PT 9 as well. A lion Partition should work fine. Personally i have a studio machine i kept on lion and have a laptop i run ML and etc on and test stuff with. Regarding NDA, First off you already broke the NDA by discussing taht you were running Mavericks. and seeing as how you aren't disclosing anything related to features or OSX centric operations, and you aren't running a NDA Beta of Pro Tools, you may as well just tell us your findings. A simple the same issue persist or it works now is sufficient. On 8/12/13, Juan Pablo jpcula...@gmail.com wrote: And if you're under a NDA, why did you write this e-mail? Completely without sense. -Original Message- From: Mark Gilland Sent: Monday, August 12, 2013 5:22 PM To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Counter displays in PT 10? I've tried 10 with Mavericks, yes, but being that Mavericks isn't officially released, I'm on NDA thus can't disclose my findings. Sorry. Chris. - Original Message - From: Gary Readfern-Gray readfern.g...@googlemail.com To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, August 12, 2013 3:58 PM Subject: Re: Counter displays in PT 10? OK, that will be it I'm on mountain lion. I didn't know there were issues with pt and Mountain lion. So I guess I'll have to create a lion partition then. Is that what you've done or have you just not upgraded to Lion. Anyone tried any version of tools with Mavericks yet? On 8/12/13, Mark Gilland clgillan...@gmail.com wrote: Again, as we've said, are you on Mountain Lion? If so, that's why they're not reading. There are issues with pt 10 and ml. Honestly, I wonder if those issues exhibit with pt9 and Mountain Lion. We shall know very very shortly as I'm about to be playing later today with an ml system running pt 9. Chris. - Original Message - From: Gary Readfern-Gray readfern.g...@googlemail.com To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, August 12, 2013 1:30 PM Subject: Counter displays in PT 10? Hey, is it me or do the counter displays not read in PT10? Is there any way of knowing what bar I'm currently on? So, if they are broken, what's the best way of creating a double bridge sequence in my song? So I get into shuffle mode and if I know where the bridge starts and ends, numeric slash is my friend to create those selections to copy each track right? But if I don't have those numbers? or is there just a better way of doing this in tools? -- 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/groups/opt_out. -- 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/groups/opt_out. -- 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/groups/opt_out. -- 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/groups/opt_out. -- 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/groups/opt_out. -- 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/groups/opt_out.
Re: Saving in Version 9 format
try save copy as instead of save as. On 8/12/13, Mark Gilland clgillan...@gmail.com wrote: OK, so I have a studio I'm going to be working in that I need to send a session to. They only have ProTools MP9 however. I know that PT 10 saves the session in a .ptx format, which I kind a recall ProTools 9 not being able to open. When I went to the file menu, and to save as, even after expanding the disclosure triangle, I don't see any way to set the file type to the older format. I know this can be done, as I've seen people do it. I just wonder how they're going about resaving the session in a format that MP9 can open. 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/groups/opt_out. -- 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/groups/opt_out.
Re: off topic- logic pro x
Some people on the logic list is poking around in it. nothing definative yet about how usable it On 7/16/13, Brian Howerton bshowert...@gmail.com wrote: Hello all, I know this is off topic, but I was wondering if anyone has played a little with Logic pro x, and how accessible is it with voiceover. Just was curious. Brian -- 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/groups/opt_out. -- 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/groups/opt_out.
Re: update on version 11 from avid
Wrong list, Wrong company! lol Choices would be nice though. On 7/10/13, Goldfinga Productions goldfin...@gmail.com wrote: That's all good and fine and wonderful and fluffy and stuff, now how about some logic support? LOL GF On Jul 10, 2013, at 2:32 AM, Cara Quinn modelc...@gmail.com wrote: This is great news! Awesome! Woohoo! Would be wonderful to be able to use the latest version! Let me know when you're coming out and we can connect! :) Smiles, Cara :) On Jul 9, 2013, at 3:19 PM, Slau Halatyn slauhala...@gmail.com wrote: Just wanted to give you folks a little update. I got a message from Avid to reassure us of their commitment to improve and, in some cases, restore accessibility for VoiceOver users in Pro Tools 11. Some time in mid August, we're going to have a few biweekly virtual conferences to address the various issues and go over the bug reports that have been submitted. It's possible that I might take another trip out to Daly City at some point. That's about it for now and will update when things pick up next month. 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/groups/opt_out. -- 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/groups/opt_out. -- 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/groups/opt_out. -- 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/groups/opt_out.
Re: How can i convince the PSA bass plugin to be accessible?
if thats one one of the plug ins that comes with pro tools, p you will have to delete all the AAX plug ins and then pro tools will fall back to the RTAS plugins. On 7/5/13, Krister Ekstrom kris...@kristersplace.com wrote: Hi The subject line just about says it all. I have Pro tools v10.3.x (latest) and am trying to make the PSA plugin for bass guitars become accessible. Right now it is in AAX native format and i want it to be in rtas format, will this at all work? How should i go about? Can i do anything at all or is this a no go? There's a combo box entitled something like package selector but when i try interacting with it and changing it, nothing happens. Any help would be really appreciated. /Krister -- 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/groups/opt_out. -- 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/groups/opt_out.
Re: Plugins for basses that work under Pro tools 10?
Agreed used it on bass as well. Try this as well. Duplicate the bass track and treat one as your clean bass track, then use a distortion or over drive on the duplicated track and blend in to taste. It wil probably be barely audible but could help the bass cut through the mix better. On 7/3/13, Scott Chesworth scottcheswo...@gmail.com wrote: Have you tried PSA-1, it's one of the plugins that comes bundled. It's a pretty accurate emulation of the Sansamp rack hardware, and it's always served me well for bass. The first two albums I played on were just a decent DI into PSA-1, and the sounds are still holding up here a few years on. Does particularly well for grittier edgier sounds IMHO. The controls are all accessible and changeable without needing a control surface too. Hth Scott On 7/3/13, Krister Ekstrom kris...@kristersplace.com wrote: Hello all, I'm wondering if there's such a thing as a plugin for basses rather like 11free or something of that like that either comes with Pro tools 10 or that can be purchased and that sounds good? Any suggestions appreciated. /Krister -- 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/groups/opt_out. -- 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/groups/opt_out. -- 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/groups/opt_out.
Re: Imbarrassing problem with studio setup
Also in addition to the mic boom, earbuds are good to keep around for some vocal takes. Not only does it minimize click bleed, but you don't have the issue of having to adjust headbands on over the ear headphones. Studio headphones are essential for monitoring/mixing, but the singer just needs to be able to hear them selves well. On 6/11/13, CHUCK REICHEL soundpicturerecord...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Chris, Just put a mic boom on the stand and bang! One size fits all! BTW what does Imbarrassing mean? :) YMMV CHUCK REICHEL soundpicturerecord...@gmail.com www.SoundPictureRecording.com 954-742-0019 GUFFAWING :) In GOD I Trust On Jun 11, 2013, at 1:23 AM, Chris Gilland wrote: OK, I just had to turn down a client from recording in my studio which I never like doing. Especially not after they make an evening to come to my place and record, only then to have to turn all the way and go back home. Fortunately, they live on this side of town, and yes, I did give them a complete 100% refund, but this is still humilliating that I didn't have gear to support them when I thought I did. Basically, here is the situation. If any of you have any clue for going forward of anything I could try in the future, let me know as this wound up being a disaster. First of all, it was two really little children. One is in Preschool, and the other in the first grade. They had some karaoke tracks of little nurcery rhymes like Old McDonnald, the Farmer and the Dell, Bingo, etc. which they were given on a CD, and just for fun their parents had given them a surprise to go to a studio and record them singing on top of the disc, and my studio wound up being the one they chose here locally. I was thrilled, until they got here. for one thing, the little girl, cute as a button! as she was, who was the pre-schooler had some major issues. For one thing, even at its lowest setting, she couldn't get right up on the mike in the stand. I practically had the thing where it wasn't raised at all! It was literally as low as it would go. The little kneck thing you pull up to raise the stand then tighten the little screw thingy was literally touching the bottom half of the stem up of the stand. Yet, it was too short. Not by much, but just enough to be a problem. So, I just handed her the mike, and said here sweety, just hold the thing. Well, that didn't work really well, as she was constantly moving the thing around, so it was booming all over the place in the recording horrendously. The other kid had an issue where I tried about 2 or 3 different styles, but no matter what I did, the earphones would not fit. They were too big. When I got them small enough to fit his little head, he complained it was squeezing him too tightly, and was hurting. I tried loosening the things by one notch, but then they kind a sagged on him. These are mainly AKG's that I use in the studio. I got a pare of MK2's, and not totally sure what the other models are. I even let him try a pair of just little el cheapo walkman style headphones which I put a stereo quarter inch adapter on the end of, but it didn't really work very well. they fit, but he didn't seem to like the way they felt on him. I couldn't really say to hell with the head phones as that would have produced a lot of loopback had I used the speakers I have in here. So, ultimately, what gives? Is there anyone on here who's had kids come to the studio and record of about this age? If so, how did you all get around these issues? Do they make specially designed mike stands for children, or specially sized head phones for kids? Finally, the mom had an idea for the little girl. She got a booster seat and put it in my office chair. I then took a desktop mount mike stand that I have and put it with a shockmount on my desk. The problem then was she was slightly too high, and we couldn't get the sound directly in the mike, so it really sounded kind of out of phaise. Just wondering any good techniques to work around this. This way if I have kids down the road who wanna record, I won't be S O L. Or shall I say, S O B. you know what... outta business. LOL! 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/groups/opt_out. -- 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/groups/opt_out. -- 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,
Re: Kevin Reeves tutorial
The dropbox public link should be fine security wise. Otherwise send it to kevin and he can redistribute it to the community from his site or etc. But if you post a public db link a bunch of us can grab it incase it goes missing again. On 5/31/13, Krister Ekstrom kris...@kristersplace.com wrote: Hi, I actually have a copy of it, the reason for me not answering this in the first place is that i don't exactly know how to get it from me to whoever wanted it. The easiest way would probably be to put it in my public drop box and send a link, but i don't know how good that is security wise. /Krister 31 maj 2013 kl. 13:15 skrev TheOreoMonster monkeypushe...@gmail.com: Kevin said the file accidentally got deleted off his website and no one else on the list seems to be able to locate their copy. Hopefully someone will surface it soon. On May 30, 2013, at 10:28 AM, Darwin May dmay...@gmail.com wrote: Hello I would like to also have that MP3 if possible. I am also a newbie with ProTools. Thanks Sent from my iPhone On May 30, 2013, at 8:42 AM, Kenneth T Son sont3...@gmail.com wrote: Hello. If anyone has a link to Kevin Reeves Protools part one tutorial is there any way I can have that link sent to me? I went to his sight and the link does not work. Thank you. Kenneth Son. -- 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/groups/opt_out. -- 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/groups/opt_out. -- 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/groups/opt_out. -- 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/groups/opt_out. -- 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/groups/opt_out.
Re: Kevin Reeves tutorial
looks like i spoke too soon and it was already shared. Yes he did a few other short ones showing some editing stuf, working with playlist etc. Not sure if anyone has those but if they do maybe they can post them as well. On 5/31/13, Krister Ekstrom kris...@kristersplace.com wrote: Hey, Does anyone know if there ever was a continuation of that podcasting series? I want to know more about editing and how to do that from a blindness perspective. /Krister 31 maj 2013 kl. 15:19 skrev trevor trevor.sco...@btopenworld.com: Here you go, https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/4572400/PT1.mp3 Its very good. Cheers, Trevor From: TheOreoMonster Sent: Friday, May 31, 2013 12:15 PM To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Kevin Reeves tutorial Kevin said the file accidentally got deleted off his website and no one else on the list seems to be able to locate their copy. Hopefully someone will surface it soon. On May 30, 2013, at 10:28 AM, Darwin May dmay...@gmail.com wrote: Hello I would like to also have that MP3 if possible. I am also a newbie with ProTools. Thanks Sent from my iPhone On May 30, 2013, at 8:42 AM, Kenneth T Son sont3...@gmail.com wrote: Hello. If anyone has a link to Kevin Reeves Protools part one tutorial is there any way I can have that link sent to me? I went to his sight and the link does not work. Thank you. Kenneth Son. -- 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/groups/opt_out. -- 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/groups/opt_out. -- 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/groups/opt_out. -- 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/groups/opt_out. -- 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/groups/opt_out. -- 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/groups/opt_out.
Re: Some boot camp questions quick responses very much appreciated
Retina's don't have optical drives. they are essentially the Pro version of the AIR. Hell a maxxed out top of the line air is starting to get to the point of usuable for real work lol On 2/26/13, Brian Casey brian_w_ca...@hotmail.com wrote: The whole Retina model vs non retina model thing is bugging me There are some interesting refurbished models knocking about at the moment, none with 8 or 16 gigs of ram hat have the optical drive though. But I think my questions about the apple audio chip are answered anyway, nobody seems to have issues with them under boot camp. -- From: Monkey Pusher monkeypushe...@gmail.com Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2013 3:14 PM To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Some boot camp questions quick responses very much appreciated I believe the 13 inch are the ones that are limited to dual core processors. gotta go with a 15 inch if you want quad core in a laptop. Yeah cuz its an after market mod you would have to siled out the drive bay and put the cdrom drive back in if you had to take it in. T That being said, I challenge you to name a PC maker who has a warranty like apple care despite the fact you will have to swap the original part back in. On 2/26/13, Brian Casey brian_w_ca...@hotmail.com wrote: Thanks for those thoughts. Yeah I'm confidednt of the performance of these new macbooks, but funnily enough I'm having trouble figuring the macbook pro vs retina thing on the mac websitemaybe the macbook pro without retina are restricted to dual core processors an d8 gigs ram or something, must check again. One thing swaying me back to buying a purpose built laptop for windows to tie me over is I can get one with two internal hard rivdes, one ssd and one sata 7200 rpm like you say without ruining my warrantee. If I remember correctly dropping in a new hard drive into a macbook is an issue there, but I guess you coul dalways swop it back if an issue arose, but that's not particularly honest. Brian. From: TheOreoMonster Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2013 12:52 PM To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Some boot camp questions quick responses very much appreciated Any of the current Gen mac book pros or mac book pros retina should be fine. When you Boot Camp, apple provides you with all the windows drivers for the internal hardware of that speciffic computer so everything will work well under windows. If you get a current gen mac book pro with 8 or 16gb of ram it will handle sonar and etc fine. The advantage to a macbook pro over a mac book retina is you can remove the cd rom drive and put in a second HD f you want anduse the CD rom drive as an external drive. If you travel alot this allows you to have two internal drives and not have to worry abut an external HD. As far as the second drive or external HD you want that one to be a 7200 rpm drive or higher, not a solid state drive as those aren't made to handle being constantly written to like they would be when recording. It can handle it fine but it will shorten the life of solid state drives the more you constatntly write to them as in a recording session. Solid state drives are fine for the main boot drives and I highly recommend them for that. On Feb 26, 2013, at 6:23 AM, Brian Casey wrote: Thanks Chris, From: Chris Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2013 11:10 AM To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Some boot camp questions quick responses very much appreciated Hire Brian. I use a macbook in my studio, and though its not anywhere near professional, I don't have any problems with it, and its far from new, or even good spec. On the boot camp side, I rub that too, and it seems to do fine, although I only use it for less than demanding tasks. One thing I particularly like is that you can use the headphone jack, and the laptop speakers at the same time. Not sure if this is intentional, but its cool anyways. Only thing I'd say, is probably avoid windows 8, as I find a lot of times the sound doesn't load up on start-up and I am forced to use a braille display to get it back. I know nothing about drives, other than that I an using a western digital drive. Anyways, hope I helped somewhat, and hopefully someone with more knowledge of these subjects can step in and tell you more. HTH, Sent from my iPad On 26 Feb 2013, at 08:25, Brian Casey brian_w_ca...@hotmail.com wrote: Hey all, Appologies firstly, as some of these questions aren't directly PT related, but they all relate to me jumping back into protools, and really this list is the best knowledge base for this. Basically my studio windows machine is giving trouble and the daw builder in the UK I got it from is being very awkward with tech support, but my studio business is getting busier and busier and I'm under a lot
Re: Project mix and Pro tools won't work together
Simply put you need a firewire 6 pin to firewire 9 PIN cable. The firewire 9 pin slot is the one just after the 4 USB ports on the back of the 2011 iMac. Read on for a more detailed explanation. Mac Proprietary is a bit misleading here. There are three firewire size plugs and two firewire standards. The original firewire spec also refered to as Firewire 400 or firewire 1 (or (IEEE 1394 on the PC side) has a 4 pin and a 6pin plug. 6 pin is the standard firewire plug for the original spec. The 4 PIN ones are usually found on laptops and don't have the extra two PIN's for sending power down the cable so anything using firewire 400 with a 4 PIN connector on one or both ends will need to have a seperate power supply. However when firewire 2 came out also known as firewire 800 Apple was the only one that really made it standard on all their machines. Firewire 2 or firewire 800 has a 9 pin connector and this is the one found on modern macs now. The good thing is firewire is completely backwards compatible so though most audio gear never moved above firewire 400 a simple firewire 6 pin to 9 pin cable will allow you to connect any audio interface to any current mac. Personally I prefer www.monoprice.com for all my cable needs as they have a lifetime warranty and decently low prices. So Hope this helps let me know if any further clarification is needed or if any other questions relating to this you want answered. On 2/25/13, Krister Ekstrom kris...@kristersplace.com wrote: Is the name dif wire? Strange that the firewire thing on the mac is proprietary, that's not good at all methinks, but well i have to see what i can get if anything. /Krister 25 feb 2013 kl. 17:22 skrev Poppa Bear heavens4r...@gmail.com: I have the same year Mac and I had to get a dif wire because the firewire on that mac is Mac proprietary. I don't have the details right now, but you can google it, I got mine off of Ebay for about $10 - Original Message - From: Krister Ekstrom kris...@kristersplace.com To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, February 25, 2013 4:12 AM Subject: Project mix and Pro tools won't work together Hello folks. I have a little problem here. I'm trying to hook up my M-Audio project mix to my Pro tools with a Firewire cable, since i figure that's how it's done. I have a 21 inch Imac from around 2011 and i wonder where to hook up the Project mix since it looks like the project mix can't communicate with the Protools i have. I get a warning that it can not communicate with HUI which i understand is the protocol to be used. Could anyone please explain to me what i need to do and what cable to use? I got a cable with the interface, but i don't understand how to hook it up. It looks like it has a Usb Micro or a mini usb connection in one end and a firewire connection in the other. It may be, however, that there's a firewire mini connection, i don't know and if so it doesn't fit anywhere on the computer and i don't see a mini firewire connection on the Project mix itself. Also are there some setting in the pro tools that should be changed in any way and if so, how? Please help i've gone from confused, (my usual state of mind) to feeling utterly bewildered and stupid. /Krister the newbie -- 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/groups/opt_out. -- 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/groups/opt_out. -- 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/groups/opt_out. -- 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/groups/opt_out.
Re: control surface
Don't know of any all in one interface and control surfaces off hand still being made with motorized faders. The zoom R16 and the Allen Heath ZED R16 may be worth a look though for control surface and interface in an all in one package if you are willing to give up motorized faders. Otherwise buy used froma reputable source. On 2/21/13, Juan Pablo jpcula...@gmail.com wrote: For this reason, Chris, I asked if there are similar surfaces in the same price range and capabilities. -Original Message- From: Chris Norman Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2013 11:25 AM To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: control surface Don't think you'll find that lol. They're quite old. Sent from my iPhone On 21 Feb 2013, at 12:55, Juan Pablo jpcula...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, I did. All digi 003 or project mix are in an used condition. I want one into the box, never touched by anyone. Thanks Juan. -Original Message- From: TheOreoMonster Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2013 9:15 AM To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: control surface Hello, Have you checked ebay? On Feb 21, 2013, at 12:09 AM, Juan Pablo wrote: Hello, It's almost impossible find a digi 003 or a project mix in new condition. I searched in some sthores like amazon, BHPhoto and full compass without success. So, are this surfaces discontinued? if yes, what kind of this equipment in the same price range and specs do you recomend me? thanks, Juan. -- 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/groups/opt_out. -- 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/groups/opt_out. -- 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/groups/opt_out. -- 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/groups/opt_out. -- 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/groups/opt_out. -- 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/groups/opt_out.
Re: Anyone using an Imac
yes that would be a example of when to raise the delay compensation buffer. On 2/15/13, Poppa Bear heavens4r...@gmail.com wrote: I notice if I use the Waves L series on some vocal tracks that the vocals seem to have a slite noticeable delay. Is this something that could be corrected with the delay conpensation? - Original Message - From: Stephen Martin monkeypushe...@gmail.com To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, February 15, 2013 3:02 AM Subject: Re: Anyone using an Imac For the buffer size 64 or 32 is great for tracking, but feel free to krank that up as high as it would go for mixing and see how performance improoves. If things do, then you can start bringing it down little by little over time and find the cut off point. If i am not mistaken delay compensation only will really make a difference if the project starts to play out of sync wit itself. if this isn't happening then you probably aren running into delay compensation issues. On Feb 14, 2013, at 9:18 PM, Poppa Bear wrote: I have mest with the playback and recording buffer, but typicly I try to leave them at 64, I am used to 64 and 32 on the buffer unless I am mixing. With the delay compensation I didn't even think of it, where do you find the setting and what is a good rule of thumb for a protools rig that only has 2GB ram? Thanks for all the tips on this stuff. - Original Message - From: Monkey Pusher monkeypushe...@gmail.com To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2013 9:59 AM Subject: Re: Anyone using an Imac Speaking of which, have you adjusted the buffer size in pro tools and the automatic delay compensation buffers as well? On 2/14/13, Poppa Bear heavens4r...@gmail.com wrote: Ok, thanks a bunch. I have some homework to do now. As far as Sonar, I can have more plugs then the law should allow and with a little adjusting of the buffer for mixing, all is fine. This is only on a quad core with only 2 GB ram as well. I can run multiple waves plugs, Antari and Sonar Native plugs without a hick up and have 5 sessions open at once. - Original Message - From: Monkey Pusher monkeypushe...@gmail.com To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2013 6:13 AM Subject: Re: Anyone using an Imac If I am not mistaken, the 2011 iMac's max out at 16GB of ram. Though the 21.5 may be 8GB or so. Yes things like auto tune are resource hogs and are best saved for mixing. Even then set it up how you want it, print it to another track and then archive the track which its an insert on which removes it from being used in the session. Should you need to make a change, unarchive it make your change, print to a new track and re archive it. Archive may be the word sonar used for this functionality, so not sure if its called the same in Pro Tools. Also if its in the budget, consider grabbing the expansion bay from somewhere with a decent return policy and return it if it not accessible. Just a thought. On 2/14/13, Poppa Bear heavens4r...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks, and your right, it is 21.5 and it is 2011. I think it maxes at 4 or 6 GB ram if I remember correctly. I do not have the UA card/shuttle, I was looking into it, but I couldn't find out how accessible it was with VO. I think that I just need to max out the ram and see what that does for me. My Mac is like a woman, I got to treat her just right, massage her a little and give her rest when she gets too tired, got to love it. I am finding out that Antari stuff can be a CPU hog from what I can tell and I am just avoiding it in real time recording for now. Thanks for your thoughts - Original Message - From: Monkey Pusher monkeypushe...@gmail.com To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2013 10:27 AM Subject: Re: Anyone using an Imac I am assuming you have a 21.5 iMac and not an 11.5. The problem here is ram 2GB isn't enough really. All modern iMacs have a ram hatch on the back you can get to by removing two screws on the back. I'd suggest figureing out which model you have (can be found in about this mac) and using a site like OWC or Crucial to figure out how much ram that model maxes out at and do just that. If you aren't using DSP cards for plug ins, the most amount of RAM you can throw at the system the better off you will be. I myself am running a 2011 27 iMac with lion and i can tell you that its definately desktop calibier parts in there. In fact as teh iMacs has become increasingly more powerful its teh reason the mac pros haven't gotten such radical updates in a while. If memory serves correct you have some DSP cards from UA i believe. I'd suggest looking into one of those expansion chasis that hold desktop cards and connect via thunderbold or firewire, then you could offload some of that processing as well. On 2/13/13, Poppa Bear heavens4r...@gmail.com wrote: I have an 11.5
Re: Anyone using an Imac
If I am not mistaken, the 2011 iMac's max out at 16GB of ram. Though the 21.5 may be 8GB or so. Yes things like auto tune are resource hogs and are best saved for mixing. Even then set it up how you want it, print it to another track and then archive the track which its an insert on which removes it from being used in the session. Should you need to make a change, unarchive it make your change, print to a new track and re archive it. Archive may be the word sonar used for this functionality, so not sure if its called the same in Pro Tools. Also if its in the budget, consider grabbing the expansion bay from somewhere with a decent return policy and return it if it not accessible. Just a thought. On 2/14/13, Poppa Bear heavens4r...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks, and your right, it is 21.5 and it is 2011. I think it maxes at 4 or 6 GB ram if I remember correctly. I do not have the UA card/shuttle, I was looking into it, but I couldn't find out how accessible it was with VO. I think that I just need to max out the ram and see what that does for me. My Mac is like a woman, I got to treat her just right, massage her a little and give her rest when she gets too tired, got to love it. I am finding out that Antari stuff can be a CPU hog from what I can tell and I am just avoiding it in real time recording for now. Thanks for your thoughts - Original Message - From: Monkey Pusher monkeypushe...@gmail.com To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2013 10:27 AM Subject: Re: Anyone using an Imac I am assuming you have a 21.5 iMac and not an 11.5. The problem here is ram 2GB isn't enough really. All modern iMacs have a ram hatch on the back you can get to by removing two screws on the back. I'd suggest figureing out which model you have (can be found in about this mac) and using a site like OWC or Crucial to figure out how much ram that model maxes out at and do just that. If you aren't using DSP cards for plug ins, the most amount of RAM you can throw at the system the better off you will be. I myself am running a 2011 27 iMac with lion and i can tell you that its definately desktop calibier parts in there. In fact as teh iMacs has become increasingly more powerful its teh reason the mac pros haven't gotten such radical updates in a while. If memory serves correct you have some DSP cards from UA i believe. I'd suggest looking into one of those expansion chasis that hold desktop cards and connect via thunderbold or firewire, then you could offload some of that processing as well. On 2/13/13, Poppa Bear heavens4r...@gmail.com wrote: I have an 11.5 Imac, quad core, 2GB ram running lion and PT 8.4. Now that I am activly using waves with some other plugins I am experiencing buffer bugs and CPU issues. Is anyone else using an Imac and if so, are there any tips to help stream line the way PT functions in it? Also I was talking to a friend yesterday and he was telling me that an Imac was more or less a highbread laptop and further away from the desktop family, does anyone have thoughts on that statement? I am asking because I feel like I should be able to put a heavier load on it. The load I can put on my desktop PC is hurckilian compared to my Imac at this point. Nate Kile, Cross Road Recording Studios, specializing in Mixing, Mastering and all your audio needs. www.crossroadrecording.com -- 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/groups/opt_out. -- 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/groups/opt_out. -- 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/groups/opt_out. -- 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/groups/opt_out.
Re: Anyone using an Imac
Speaking of which, have you adjusted the buffer size in pro tools and the automatic delay compensation buffers as well? On 2/14/13, Poppa Bear heavens4r...@gmail.com wrote: Ok, thanks a bunch. I have some homework to do now. As far as Sonar, I can have more plugs then the law should allow and with a little adjusting of the buffer for mixing, all is fine. This is only on a quad core with only 2 GB ram as well. I can run multiple waves plugs, Antari and Sonar Native plugs without a hick up and have 5 sessions open at once. - Original Message - From: Monkey Pusher monkeypushe...@gmail.com To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2013 6:13 AM Subject: Re: Anyone using an Imac If I am not mistaken, the 2011 iMac's max out at 16GB of ram. Though the 21.5 may be 8GB or so. Yes things like auto tune are resource hogs and are best saved for mixing. Even then set it up how you want it, print it to another track and then archive the track which its an insert on which removes it from being used in the session. Should you need to make a change, unarchive it make your change, print to a new track and re archive it. Archive may be the word sonar used for this functionality, so not sure if its called the same in Pro Tools. Also if its in the budget, consider grabbing the expansion bay from somewhere with a decent return policy and return it if it not accessible. Just a thought. On 2/14/13, Poppa Bear heavens4r...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks, and your right, it is 21.5 and it is 2011. I think it maxes at 4 or 6 GB ram if I remember correctly. I do not have the UA card/shuttle, I was looking into it, but I couldn't find out how accessible it was with VO. I think that I just need to max out the ram and see what that does for me. My Mac is like a woman, I got to treat her just right, massage her a little and give her rest when she gets too tired, got to love it. I am finding out that Antari stuff can be a CPU hog from what I can tell and I am just avoiding it in real time recording for now. Thanks for your thoughts - Original Message - From: Monkey Pusher monkeypushe...@gmail.com To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2013 10:27 AM Subject: Re: Anyone using an Imac I am assuming you have a 21.5 iMac and not an 11.5. The problem here is ram 2GB isn't enough really. All modern iMacs have a ram hatch on the back you can get to by removing two screws on the back. I'd suggest figureing out which model you have (can be found in about this mac) and using a site like OWC or Crucial to figure out how much ram that model maxes out at and do just that. If you aren't using DSP cards for plug ins, the most amount of RAM you can throw at the system the better off you will be. I myself am running a 2011 27 iMac with lion and i can tell you that its definately desktop calibier parts in there. In fact as teh iMacs has become increasingly more powerful its teh reason the mac pros haven't gotten such radical updates in a while. If memory serves correct you have some DSP cards from UA i believe. I'd suggest looking into one of those expansion chasis that hold desktop cards and connect via thunderbold or firewire, then you could offload some of that processing as well. On 2/13/13, Poppa Bear heavens4r...@gmail.com wrote: I have an 11.5 Imac, quad core, 2GB ram running lion and PT 8.4. Now that I am activly using waves with some other plugins I am experiencing buffer bugs and CPU issues. Is anyone else using an Imac and if so, are there any tips to help stream line the way PT functions in it? Also I was talking to a friend yesterday and he was telling me that an Imac was more or less a highbread laptop and further away from the desktop family, does anyone have thoughts on that statement? I am asking because I feel like I should be able to put a heavier load on it. The load I can put on my desktop PC is hurckilian compared to my Imac at this point. Nate Kile, Cross Road Recording Studios, specializing in Mixing, Mastering and all your audio needs. www.crossroadrecording.com -- 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/groups/opt_out. -- 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/groups/opt_out. -- 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
Re: Two questions, automation with non-touch sensitive faders and the MBox control panel
Only things needed in that control pannel is to enable the high pass filters on the inputs, (which you can do relatively easily enough by putting an eq on the insert as a work around) and changing sync if you wanted to use things like S/PDIF and etc. Otherwise i think you can set up cue mixes in there but thats once again easy enough to do in PT itself if you ever needed to. In all honesty in the whole time i owned mine, i think someone from Avid remoted into my system and turned on the high pass filters for me and that was it never went back in there or needed to. THe only catch to using a non motorized control surface is the faders doesn't snap to their proper location when you load a project. There for you have to move the fader till it crosses the point where the volume or which ever parameter you are trying to control is crossed. at that point it will kick in and start to adjust the parameter. Can it be used for automation? Yes? But before enabling the automation to write make sure the fader is already crossed that point and controlling the parameter. Once it is, enable write and you can start your automation. On 2/14/13, Krister Ekstrom kris...@kristersplace.com wrote: Hi good people. I have two somewhat different questions, that's why i told a bit about them in the subject line, because if someone can't answer one, they might be able to answer the other. I've got the MBox interface bundled with Pro tools and i was trying to get into the system preference for it under Lions system settings, but it seems the control panel is inaccessible, i can't see anything more than a blank window, or rather i see the title of the window and the minimize, zoom and close buttons. Is this control panel needed for anything or can i just ignore it altogether? My next question is this: i'm still trying to figure out what control surface i am going to use. The ones i want, such as the Avid Artist mix or the M-Audio Projectmix are a bit on the expensive side but i heard not so good things about the Beringer BCF2000 so i really don't know what to think. Can one do automation even if faders aren't touch sensitive or is that something one can forget? When does the touch sensitivity come into play and is there a workaround if the faders aren't touch sensitive? Thanks for any help. /Krister -- 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/groups/opt_out. -- 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/groups/opt_out.
Re: Anyone using an Imac
I am assuming you have a 21.5 iMac and not an 11.5. The problem here is ram 2GB isn't enough really. All modern iMacs have a ram hatch on the back you can get to by removing two screws on the back. I'd suggest figureing out which model you have (can be found in about this mac) and using a site like OWC or Crucial to figure out how much ram that model maxes out at and do just that. If you aren't using DSP cards for plug ins, the most amount of RAM you can throw at the system the better off you will be. I myself am running a 2011 27 iMac with lion and i can tell you that its definately desktop calibier parts in there. In fact as teh iMacs has become increasingly more powerful its teh reason the mac pros haven't gotten such radical updates in a while. If memory serves correct you have some DSP cards from UA i believe. I'd suggest looking into one of those expansion chasis that hold desktop cards and connect via thunderbold or firewire, then you could offload some of that processing as well. On 2/13/13, Poppa Bear heavens4r...@gmail.com wrote: I have an 11.5 Imac, quad core, 2GB ram running lion and PT 8.4. Now that I am activly using waves with some other plugins I am experiencing buffer bugs and CPU issues. Is anyone else using an Imac and if so, are there any tips to help stream line the way PT functions in it? Also I was talking to a friend yesterday and he was telling me that an Imac was more or less a highbread laptop and further away from the desktop family, does anyone have thoughts on that statement? I am asking because I feel like I should be able to put a heavier load on it. The load I can put on my desktop PC is hurckilian compared to my Imac at this point. Nate Kile, Cross Road Recording Studios, specializing in Mixing, Mastering and all your audio needs. www.crossroadrecording.com -- 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/groups/opt_out. -- 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/groups/opt_out.
Re: Fw: News from Avid
On 2/11/13, Christopher-Mark Gilland clgillan...@gmail.com wrote: AvidThis may be a very positive thing. Slau, you'd know better than any of us. I assume this is a good sign? - Original Message - From: Louis Hernandez, Jr., Avid To: cgilla...@carolina.rr.com Sent: Monday, February 11, 2013 2:29 PM Subject: News from Avid Trouble viewing email? View as a web page. Dear Avid Community, You may have seen an announcement earlier today about an executive leadership change at Avid. As Avid’s new President and CEO, I am writing to briefly introduce myself, and to provide some early thoughts on why I am so excited to be leading Avid at such an important time in the company’s history. Having led many previous technology companies in a variety of complex vertical markets, I join the entire Avid team in our commitment to helping you win in the rapidly changing technology environment we all face. As a member of Avid’s Board for the past five years, I’ve had the good fortune to become familiar with many of you directly, and I am well aware that you all are the reason for our success as a company. I am also confident that the transition of leadership and customer relationships will be smooth, as Gary Greenfield will remain on the Avid Board of Directors through the end of his current term, to help ensure there will be no disruption in our current ability to meet our product delivery, service, or account commitments to all of you. From my perspective, Avid has never been better positioned to deliver products and solutions that help meet your current and future business challenges. Over the past 25 years, Avid has built a strong heritage of industry leadership with the customers who create the most listened to, most watched, and most loved entertainment in the world. In the last several years, under the leadership of Chris Gahagan, our SVP of Products and Services, we have continued to innovate around our entire product suite. The recent addition of other senior executives such as Jeff Rosica as our SVP Worldwide Field Operations, and W. Sean Ford as our CMO and VP of Worldwide Marketing has only continued to build energy and momentum within our broad community of supporters, partners and customers. I am genuinely excited to be leading this management team, and expect even greater success in the future. Going forward, you can expect Avid to work more closely with you than ever before, whether it’s through our support and services teams, customer advisory board participation, partner advisory boards, or direct contact with your key Avid representatives. In addition, I will be dedicating significant time to meeting with as many of you as possible over the next few weeks and months, hearing your feedback, and understanding your strategic priorities. I know from my time with Avid’s Board of Directors, that there is broad support and excitement in our community about the future opportunities in our industry generally and for Avid specifically. Thank you again, and I look forward to celebrating many more achievements together in the future. In the meantime, do not hesitate to reach out to me or your Avid contacts directly. Best regards, Louis Hernandez, Jr. President and CEO, Avid We're Avid. Learn More © 2013 Avid Technology, Inc. All rights reserved. Product features, specifications, system requirements and availability are subject to change without notice. Avid, the Avid logo, and other Avid trademarks are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Avid Technology Inc. or its subsidiaries in the United States and/or other countries. All other trademarks contained herein are the property of their respective owners. All prices are USMSRP for the U.S. and Canada only and are subject to change without notice. Contact your local Avid office or reseller for prices outside the U.S. and Canada. This message you have received is an advertisement or solicitation from: Avid Technology, Inc., 75 Network Drive, Burlington, MA, 01803. This email has been sent to cgilla...@carolina.rr.com. Click here to update your email preferences or unsubscribe from Avid emails. -- 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/groups/opt_out. -- 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
Reverb
Hello, Working on a project and approaching the final mixing stage ona song, but not likeing what i am getting from any of the reverbs in PT on this one especially on the Heavy guitar tracks. So any reverb recommendations? Paid or free, so long as it's accessible and doesn't require a control surface to get it up and going. Thanks. -T.O.M
Re: Could someone test a plug-in for me quickly
Haven't tried that one but grabbed a demo of their reverb plug in vhalaroom and it shows all the parameters but vo wouldn't interact with/adjust them. I meant to write the developer about this but the capture on the contact form has some of the most inaudible captures i have ever heard. Just haven't gotten around to installing firefox so i could use webvisum yet to do it. actually now that i think of it.. i did install the entire line of their plug ins and they all showed up the same. On 10/24/12, Brian Casey brian_w_ca...@hotmail.com wrote: Hi all, Perhaps someone has come across Valhalla dsp in the past if so please let me know how the rtas plugs show up for you in PT. If not you can get a free cool filter delay plug-in here and i'd appreciate any feedback about its accessibility: http://www.valhalladsp.com/valhallafreqecho I've exchanged an e-mail or two with the developer and he seems at least a bit interested to get feedback on the generic interface/automatable parameters usefulness. I've tested vst on windows in sonar etc and things look good, and have purchased the Valhalla Room reverb which is fantastic for 50 dollars. I suspect it might be useful for people here, I don't have access to PT anymore but let me know if you get a chance to look at the free one someone if you can. Personally I had been looking for a better reverb than those on offer from Waves etc and I think the Valhalla one is a step up. Brian. p.s. i've passed on the Voice Over developer guidelines to the developer also for what its worth.
Re: New ProTools user, need help getting off the ground
Unfortunately mountain lion stil has some accessibility issues as it relates to Pro Tools, If you are running it on your own personal machine, I'd suggest creating a another partition on your hard drive and installing lion there, as PT works fine in lion still. I am not a huge fan or reverting your entire system back to lion as there are some great improovements in ML as related to accessibility, its really just pro tools not playing nice with it. As for tutorials Kevin Reeves did produce some helpful audio tutorials that you can search the list archives for or hopefully someone else can post a link to it, as i am not home at the moment i don't have access to my bookmarks. Also read the reference guide and fire away with any specific questions you may have on here. On 10/12/12, John Abreu jabreu1...@gmail.com wrote: Hey people, I've just obtained a copy of ProTools. I'm running on Mac OS X Mountain Lion, as is my college. What I'd like to know is, are there some resources wherein a blind person can learn how to get started quickly? Any help would be greatly appreciated, John.
PT 10.3
Anyone on mountain lion tried PT 10.3 yet. it's the first officially qualified version for ML. On 9/21/12, Slau Halatyn slauhala...@gmail.com wrote: Welcome to the list :) On Sep 21, 2012, at 12:55 PM, Vanderlei Pereira wrote: Hello all. I'm a new protools 10 user and pretty soon I'll be posting some basic questions, hope you will be very patient with me. Thanks, Vanderlei
Re: Please help… I'm a little bit stuck.
Since you are already using buss 1/2 for the submix of the backing tracks, Create another aux and use bus 3/4. output the vocal track to this aux track as well as out put the backing vox aux track to the new aux track that has them all. On 9/20/12, Chris Gilland clgillan...@gmail.com wrote: Hello guys. I have a question that I could really use some help on, because I am quite perplexed as to how to do this. I have imported an MP3 file of the karaoke track into a ProTools session. I then proceeded by recording the lead vocal, and two backing tracks. I then proceeded by routing The output of those two backing tracks through an auxiliary input track. The reason that I did this is so I could turn the Level up and down on the tracks without having to do so independently. Basically, I Selected bus 1/2 For the output of those two tracks. Here is where the problem is coming in. I then recorded on a separate track the lead vocal. Now, what I am trying to do is use another auxiliary input track through all of the vocals including the lead vocal through. The problem is, if I use bus one As I did for my backing vocals, On my lead vocal track, Then the lead vocal track is going to bleed over into the backing vocal auxiliary track, which is exactly not what I won't happening! I won't the backing auxiliary input track to stay as is but then have this separate auxiliary input track that has the backing vocals and also has the lead vocals. This way I can use the track with all of the vocals and turn it up to adjust all of the vocals over all including the lead vocal. Or, if I only went to move the level of the backing vocals with out moving that of the lead vocals as well I can simply use the volume control located on just the backing vocal auxiliary track. I hope this makes sense. It probably doesn't. So in other words, we have the karaoke track, the lead vocal track, two tracks which are in use for the backing vocals, one backing vocals auxiliary track, and finally one auxiliary track that has all of the vocals backing Andalee. My friend said this is a hell of a sloppy way of doing it, but I'm wondering if there is any other way. I hope so. Please let me know if there is any easier way, as this does seem pretty sloppy the way I am approaching this. Thanks, Chris. Sent from my iPhone
Re: devices not showing up in pt10
Are you running Pro tools or Pro tools HD? See if anything is showing up in your i/o set up. On 9/18/12, chad baker baker3...@gmail.com wrote: hi i went to the playback engine selected what i wanted and went to the in and outs nothing was listed its listed in audio midi setup also when i installed pt there was two buttons the first one was selected it said hd non native hardware then there was another button i'm running 10.3 thanks
Re: meeting scheduled with Avid
On 8/27/12, Slau Halatyn slauhala...@gmail.com wrote: Just wanted to let everybody here know that I've scheduled a meeting with a few people at Avid for late October while I'm at the AES show. Naturally, I'll keep the list apprised of the outcome and bullet points. Slau
Re: Pro Tools 10 and Mountain Lion
IMO i wouldn't completely wipe out mountain lion, I'd strongly suggest creating a lion partition and installing lion and pt on that partition, and keep mountain lion around. There are alot of accessibility improovements that i don't think should be given up on just to have lion installed. On 8/23/12, Naama Samantha Shang na...@clfb.org.il wrote: Thanks Slau, We made a Lion DVD, and as soon as this machine arrives, down it goes. Now, we wait. Cheers, Naama -- Naama Samantha Shang Audio Technician Talking Book Library Natanya, Israel +972-9-861-7110 na...@clfb.org.il -- From: Slau Halatyn slauhala...@gmail.com Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2012 3:59 PM To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Pro Tools 10 and Mountain Lion Hi Naama, Absolutely, you'll need either Snow Leopard or Lion for now. Also, Pro Tools 9 would be recommended. Anything higher than 8.0.4 is fine but, if at all possible, try to stay away from version 10. If it has to be 10, then that's workable too. slau On Aug 22, 2012, at 12:38 AM, Naama Samantha Shang wrote: Hi Slau, So I just want to make sure I'm clear - as soon as my work machine arrives, do I downgrade to Lion before anything else, to avoid problems? Thanks, Naama -- Naama Samantha Shang Audio Technician Talking Book Library Natanya, Israel +972-9-861-7110 na...@clfb.org.il -- From: Slau Halatyn slauhala...@gmail.com Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 6:51 PM To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Pro Tools 10 and Mountain Lion No sarcasm at all. I just didn't want to misunderstand anything since I currently don't use Mountain Lion. The vagaries of communication lead to misunderstandings and I just needed to absolutely sure that at least one person was categorically unable to read the start field with PT 10 under Mountain Lion. Cheers, Slau On Aug 21, 2012, at 11:11 AM, Chris Norman wrote: Haha, not sure if that was sarcasm or not, but no worries anyways. On 21/08/2012, Slau Halatyn slauhala...@gmail.com wrote: OK, thanks for confirming that in no uncertain terms. Cheers On Aug 20, 2012, at 10:44 PM, Chris Norman wrote: OK, lemme try and lay this out as clearly and fully as I know it. I can't try pt 9 on Mountain Lion, or I would, but with PT10: In the edit window, when you interact with the counter display, none of the values there will read. That is to say, the start, current, and end selection boxes. They just say text or something like that. As people have said, the same is true of the edit boxes in the tempo settings, and I'd bet it's the same in the time signature configuration thingy too. I'd be willing to put money on it being the text fields that Avid use, that require you to use the numberpad to enter data. Other than that, everything else is working healthily, hardware, etc, etc, etc. Cheers, and hope that clears it up a bit Slau. If you need to know anything else, please let me know. Cheers, On 20/08/2012, The Oreo Monster monkeypushe...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, You can also try going to the events menu and tempo and constant tempo, you see it does the same thing there. Infact you will notice it does the same in all edit fields in all of the different event dialog boxes. The Oreo Monster monkeypushe...@gmail.com On Aug 20, 2012, at 4:01 PM, J. R. Westmoreland j...@jrw.org wrote: Interact with the counters area and there are several there. -Original Message- From: ptaccess@googlegroups.com [mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Nick Gawronski Sent: Monday, August 20, 2012 1:59 PM To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Pro Tools 10 and Mountain Lion Hi, Where should I go in pro tools to see if these fields work as I am still in the process of learning pro tools? I should be able to let you know if the proper fields read if I am told where to go and I will also try it on my lion installation to see the difference. Nick Gawronski On 8/19/2012 6:41 PM, Slau Halatyn wrote: Nick, Can you read the Start field in the edit window under Mountain Lion in Pro Tools 10? Slau On Aug 19, 2012, at 6:57 PM, Nick Gawronski wrote: Hi, Some edit fields read fine like the file names to save projects as and when you bounce tracks to files. I am using mountain lion but do have lion still around should I need it. I think it is possible to down grade to lion if you need to but don't know if the newer mac books will support the down grade. My digi 003 works fine under mountain lion and I did not need to reinstall anything. The only thing I had to reinstall was the drivers for my express card for my sata drive and that was not even an upgrade I just opened the folder where I had the pkg file and ran it and things now work great again. Nick Gawronski On 8/18/2012 10:15 PM, Slau Halatyn
Re: Pro Tools 10 and Mountain Lion
The only issue i Found with ProTools 10 really is that the values of edit fields aren't red out. This was also during one of the dev previews a few months back. I will try it with the latest version of PT10 and the actual release version of ML and let you know. On 8/14/12, Geoff Shang ge...@quitelikely.com wrote: Hi, I'm aware that Avid have not certified any version of Pro Tools as ready for Mountain Lion. My wife has just started a job and a mac has been ordered. This means it'll probably come with Mountain Lion. We can probably downgrade it, but I thought I'd first ask if anyone had tried Pro Tools 10 under Mountain Lion and found any differences. I saw someone post the other day that upgrading had broken Pro Tools 9 and I wondered if 10 was also affected. Thanks, Geoff.
Re: wireless headset microphone
Hello, You may want to check out the XV series from line 6. They do have a head set, a handheld and alavelare version. It should give u some distance and connections u need to make the setup you described work as well. On 8/9/12, Nick Gawronski n...@nickgawronski.com wrote: Hi, I think I need to explain what I am talking about by a wireless microphone as I don't totally think they were totally understanding what I am looking for. After doing some reading on line this microphone and headset has it's own usb transmitter which would mean that I could not connect it to also work with my digi 003 or are there ways to have both interfaces working at the same time in pro tools? I am looking for something that would be able to connect to both the headphone output of my digi 003 and the microphone input of it this way I could have someone else where the wireless microphone and headphones in another room when I would have the wired microphone with the digi 003 and be able to do the controlling so both of our voices would not be on the same track and would not blend together. Does anyone on this list know any method for doing this wirelessly? Nick Gawronski On 8/8/2012 1:52 PM, Chris Gilland wrote: Keep in mind, if you're wanting to use this with ProTools, the microphone quality might not be the best being that it's designed more for voice chatting hince it's name, however the head phones are amazing. It's really easy. you get an AC charger, which plugs into the bottom of one of the ear pieces, then you also get a little USB dongle which is your transmitter. Once you plug that in to your system, it will show up as another sound device. then the other earpiece has a volume up and down button, and a mute button in the center, then on the back side of the same ear piece is the power on/off switch. A friend of mine gave me one and let me tell you, the range is out of this world! When I was in a 1300 square foot house, I took the thing all the way on the other end of the home, behind walls, and, for that mind, down stairs, and that sucker hardly lost range at all! I couldn't believe it! And, you can't beat the price! it's only around $120! This is somewhat OT for the list, so if you have any further questions, get with me off list at: clgillan...@gmail.com I know we are on each other's msn contact lists, so feel free to IM me as well if you have any questions. Chris. On Aug 8, 2012, at 2:38 PM, Nick Gawronski n...@nickgawronski.com wrote: Hi, That might work how far away can you go from the transmitter and how easy is it to setup and most importantly how much does this model cost? Nick Gawronski On 8/8/2012 4:50 AM, Christopher-Mark gilland wrote: What about the Logitech Clear Chat headsets which are both headphone and microphone based. Chris. - Original Message - From: Nick Gawronski n...@nickgawronski.com To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2012 8:56 PM Subject: wireless headset microphone Hi, Does anyone know if they make a wireless remote microphone that is a headset like instead of wireless headphones it is a headset microphone that can go a pritty long way away from the transmitter and has good battery life? By long way I mean like from one room to another room and still be able to transmit to the receiver. Headphone support is not required but would not hurt. Nick Gawronski
Re: Where to go next?
I'll like to second the home recording show, probably my favorite of the consistant home recording podcast currently. Also add to your RSS Reader Home Studio Corners and the recording Revolution, as both blogs tend to cater a bit more to making and getting the best results in home studio situations. Yes at times they do get a little pushy with their paid products, but still tons of useful free info on both sites. (btw not saying their products arent worth the money however) On 7/30/12, Brian Casey brian_w_ca...@hotmail.com wrote: Chris, if you want to seriously pursue audio engineering and production, or even if you want to record yourself as best as possible the following are very important in my opinion. Reading as much content on mix magazine, sound on sound magazine for free online will also go a long way for a complete audio education. Learn what are the main types of microphone, learn what they do, learn ways to set them up for stereo mid side etc techniques, learn miking techniques for particular instruments, learn about gain staging for mixing and recording, read interviews with people involved with making your favourite records, look up online forum threads discussing albums you like, then look up everything about albums you don't like. Learn what truly pro equipment is, you may never be able to afford it like most of us, but its important to know the history of why recording is the way it is, and to understand what the greats use etc. You don't need any of the vintage equipment or hundred thousand dollar mixing consoles etc of yester year and which some people still use, but its good to know about them. Learn about studio speakers, and again learn what is truly pro, $800.00 for a pair of speaker studios is barely pro standard, these kinds of facts were a shock to me at first but its important to understand what makes up a truly professional set up. Again you may not afford the top stuff, few of us can, but you can learn the principals behind these kinds of systems and why people want such an accurate listening environment. And remember, ProTools is only what the name suggests, the real skills are the ears of the engineer and what lies between them. But most importantly, if your interested in recording, read, read and re-read anything interesting or educational you can find and soke in all you can. For a resource of free podcasts that discusses home recording check out www.homerecordingshow.com Listen to every single one those guys have made. As you listen from the first episode through, you'll realize that those guys improved so much in the time they did the show, not all of their information is always entirely correct, but it will give you things to be thinking about. Listen to two of those archived episodes a week and you will get plenty of stuff to explore further. there are also similar resources out there, but I think that's a good one as the guys are prolific and the standard in their own skills and knowledge progress throughout the body of work they've produced so far so you can grow with them. HTH Brian. -- From: The Oreo Monster monkeypushe...@gmail.com Sent: Monday, July 30, 2012 12:34 PM To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Where to go next? Mic placement is probably a good one to start with. Figuring out where to position th emic so it sounds best on the source, or rejects the most amount of room/background noise. Also if i am not mistaken Books like the audio egineers handbook should be available in PDF or ebook formats as well if you are willing to pay for them.Recording Stratergies and Mixing Stratergies are anoter set of books that seem to be geared at the beginner and getting the best out what you have. I haven't read these myself so can't verify but thats what the descriptions and sample chapters i have read, has led me to believe. The Oreo Monster monkeypushe...@gmail.com On Jul 30, 2012, at 1:45 AM, Christopher-Mark gilland clgillan...@gmail.com wrote: Unfortunately, Kevin, no, I do not have Bookshare. Chris. - Original Message - From: Kevin Reeves reeves...@gmail.com To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, July 30, 2012 1:24 AM Subject: Re: Where to go next? If you have a bookshare account, it has been suggested to me to read the audio engineers handbook. From what I've been told, it has a ton of info from beginner all the wy up to expert. Check that out. Kevin=
Re: Exporting Regions or clips.
Well i selected everything on the track i wanted did command+h for heal, which appearantly did something since before i did it the option to heal clips is available on the edit menu, and after i do it the option to heal clips is grayed out. Capture region is grayed out the entire time. I do hit space to make sure waht i want is still selected but no i have not scrubbed as I am doing the edits on my macbook air with a usb keyboard and not hooked up to the iMac that has the control surface plugged in. Is there a keyboard shortcut for scrubbing? Is this required to get the export region to work? On 5/11/12, Slau Halatyn slauhala...@gmail.com wrote: It does bring up a dialog for format but not for naming. The export command uses the name of the region as the basis for the exported file's name. Have you scrubbed within the track? Sounds like the regions are actually selected. Slau On May 10, 2012, at 10:08 PM, The Oreo Monster wrote: I assume it brings up a dialogue asking what you want to name it or where to save it? Command+shift+k didn't seem to do anything. I selected a track, Healed all the separations, and then tried to the export region command, but nothing happened. I also tried the capture region but that option was grayed out. Am I Missing something? On May 9, 2012, at 8:09 PM, Slau Halatyn slauhala...@gmail.com wrote: Command-Shift-k will export a region. If the section is not a region in and of itself, use the Capture Region command (I forget the shortcut) and then use Command-Shift-k for the export. HTH, Slau On May 9, 2012, at 7:49 PM, The Oreo Monster wrote: Earlier someone mentioned there was a way to export selected clips or regions from a project with out doing a bounce. Could someone mention how to do that again, it seems to have been accidentally deleted from my mail archives.
Re: any users of the saffire pro interfaces on this list?
I don't currently own a saffire interface, but I did previously own the original saffire 26/26 IO, which i believe uses a similiar software interface. If you have a few ideas of routings you would like to do, you could email their tech support staff and ask them to make presets for you that you can load when you need a particular routing set up. They accomadated me in this fashion when i owned the product, however I only needed one or two. Other option is if you still have a PC with Jaws kicking around, there are some hotspot clicker sets for those soundcards. Do all yor routing on th ePC and then load the presets as you need them on the mac. Honestly this is why as of late I tend to try to go for interfaces that gives you a button for any option i think i will need or allows me to do the routing within my daw. That being said, if you have a fast enough system and can set your Buffer size low enough so there isn't much latency, you can do the Routing with AUX Tracks in ProTools. Create a send to and AUX track, then change the output of that track to the physical output you would like it routed to that you would of done in the software mixer. On 5/2/12, Brian Howerton bshowert...@gmail.com wrote: Hello all, I was wondering if there were any users of the saffire pro interfaces such as the saffire pro 24, 40, or liquid 56. If there are, you may know that the interface has a software mixer interface where you can do routing and make custom headphone mixes. Unfortunatly, this virtual mixer is totally inaccessible to voiceover and I really want to contact the developer of the software about making their software accessible with voiceover but I have never done something like this before and I don't really know how to start. Any suggestions? Brian
Re: Solo Safe
And this is the magic mouse, an not the magic track pad? On 2/28/12, Sean A. Cummins seanacumm...@gmail.com wrote: Chuck, I found that if you swipe your finger lightly from right, to left across the magic mouse, it moves the view over and put the items in their proper places. Don't move the mouse, just swipe across the clicker from right, to left. Sean - Original Message - From: CHUCK REICHEL To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 2:40 PM Subject: Re: Solo Safe Hi I'm not sure about solo safeing any other way! But there might be? any body else? VO space bar ONLY works for me after you resize the Track List Table in the mix window. I must say again you should move the Track List Table 30% over to the right so the track names are more visually exposed for all the PT commands to work in the Track List Table. You need sighted assistance to grab the gray bar located at the top right of the Track List Table! Thats why i use pt templates with this already done! YMMV Chuck On Feb 28, 2012, at 3:29 PM, John Boral wrote: Hi Chuck, is there any way of solo safe toggle without the mouse? Also, you posted that you were able to select tracks without interaction by VO space on the actual track. Is that still working for you, not working with PT HD9.
Re: mac question
Oh and you will need a full sized keyboard, as most of the pro tools keyboard shortcut relies on the number pad. whether u use a bluetooth full sized keyboard or just plug in a wired full sized keyboard to one of your usb ports is up to you. On 1/18/12, Brian Howerton bshowert...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks JR. Is this something I can actually buy off the shelf? Also would I need a bluetooth keyboard? Also, what's the difference in the mac book pro and the mac book pro air? Also, just as a side question, I saw you were possibly converting the protools 101 textbook in to braille, and I was wondering how that was coming along... Thanks, Brian - Original Message - From: J. R. Westmoreland To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2012 8:17 AM Subject: RE: mac question Mac Book Pro is great. I have one. Mine os a bit older but is still very sericable. The new Mac Book Pro Air with quad-core processor is very nice. If you can get the 7200 RPM drive the performance of the drive would help. Get at least 8GB of memory as well. Just my 2c worth. J. R. From: ptaccess@googlegroups.com [mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Brian Howerton Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2012 2:06 AM To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Subject: mac question Hello folks, I am really considering jumping in to the world of mac for recording now. My question is this... I am thinking about buying a laptop for recording. What would you guys recommend as the best laptop to buy? I was thinking about purchasing the macbook pro but I was wondering what people's thoughts were and is this something that I could purchase off the shelf in an apple store or something or would I have to buy this from somewhere that just sells stuff for audio production? Also, what would people recommend as the best version of protools to get? Thanks, Brian
Re: Ardour Accessibility
from what i read elsewhere, victor who did JSonar, took alook at it and says everything is there to do that, its just a matter of someone taking the time to do it. And after JSonar, he isn't interested in taking on another such project at this time which is quite understandable. On 1/12/12, Kevin Reeves reeves...@gmail.com wrote: Actually, I think someone could. The deal about reaper, is that it's completely open source. Therefore, someone could develop a plugin for it that actually completely changed the look and feel of the program. Wonder if someone could write a skin that passed a bunch of UX stuff to voiceover, such as putting things in propper containers such as tables, drawers, button groups, etc.
Re: Ideal mac for recording/editing/mixing
So long as you don't get the apple branded optical drive and optical drive would be less than and external Hard drive. Also the mini's are quite portable as i briefly owned one of the server models mentioned here. Only downside is no option for battery power, that being said there is a 3rd party battery prick you can purchase for portable juice. To answer your initial questions. In all honesty i think even the 13 MBP would be sufficient for the work you do. Yeah you may hit a wall at some point with number of plug ins or something like that. but you should be find on the track count side and so long as you don't plan on maxing out the number of plug ins and sends on every channel. I would probably go for the 8GB of ram in either the Mini or the MBP since those machines aren't as easy to open up and add ram to later on.I started out using pro tools on a MBP with a core II Duo and it handled around 10 tracks and some plug ins with no issues here. On 10/21/11, Nickus de Vos bigboy...@gmail.com wrote: Hi I looked at the mini server but the only problem I have with the new one is it has no obtical drive. Sure you get a extra hard drive but I would still prefer 1 hard drive and a obtical drive. If you run out of space you can always get a external hard drive but as it is now, you basically have to get a external obtical drive, yes I know there's that thing of slaving another mac or pc's drive but that's just a shlep.
Re: Ideal mac for recording/editing/mixing
Karen, why does your name sound so fimiliar, like we crossed path's before. Anyways, i think any of the current macbook pros will be fine for your needs. But if you have a sales guy over at sweetwater i'd check with them as well. Though a new MBP probably means upgrading to PT 10 for lion support. On 10/21/11, Karen Lewellen klewel...@shellworld.net wrote: Actually, a variation on this question? While avid still provides a recommended gear list for the pre 9 ish edition of pro tools, it is a bit dated. In fact I can get an update from my source over there, if I get no answer here. Still some of the macbooks they recommended have been discontinued anyway. So if you are 1, using a digi unit for mixing a 002 for example, and 2, want to use one of the vo friendly editions of pt, what is the best macbook to buy? I would really rather have a portable one than another desktop so I can use it for more than just pro tools. i always get an external hard drive for my work, and understand I may need some sort of firewire adapter, but sweetwater sells those, so I am not worried. Ideas? Karen On Fri, 21 Oct 2011, Monkey Pusher wrote: So long as you don't get the apple branded optical drive and optical drive would be less than and external Hard drive. Also the mini's are quite portable as i briefly owned one of the server models mentioned here. Only downside is no option for battery power, that being said there is a 3rd party battery prick you can purchase for portable juice. To answer your initial questions. In all honesty i think even the 13 MBP would be sufficient for the work you do. Yeah you may hit a wall at some point with number of plug ins or something like that. but you should be find on the track count side and so long as you don't plan on maxing out the number of plug ins and sends on every channel. I would probably go for the 8GB of ram in either the Mini or the MBP since those machines aren't as easy to open up and add ram to later on.I started out using pro tools on a MBP with a core II Duo and it handled around 10 tracks and some plug ins with no issues here. On 10/21/11, Nickus de Vos bigboy...@gmail.com wrote: Hi I looked at the mini server but the only problem I have with the new one is it has no obtical drive. Sure you get a extra hard drive but I would still prefer 1 hard drive and a obtical drive. If you run out of space you can always get a external hard drive but as it is now, you basically have to get a external obtical drive, yes I know there's that thing of slaving another mac or pc's drive but that's just a shlep.
Re: Ideal mac for recording/editing/mixing
I think you just confirmed my suspicions lol. If memory serves correct, the 002 is a firewire 400 device and the newer macs all have firewire 800 ports only. Yes a simple adapter or 800 to 400 cable is all thats needed to resolve this as my MBox Pro is the same way. Personally i am loving all the VO improovements in lion that you would have to drag me kicking and screaming back to snow leopard. That being said, if there is a particular application that you need and you know it doesn't work with lion yet, then avoid it. The only issue i really have with PT 9.05 in lion now is space not always triggering playback, but i do wonder if their is some optimization i still need to make that i havent figured out yet. On 10/21/11, Karen Lewellen klewel...@shellworld.net wrote: because we have crossed paths in an totally different context then this one grin. I was given to understand one might not be able to use a digi 002 without an adapter on the newer machines, with some question about Lion? I am not particularly wanting to go with it unless I absolutely have too, complaints from other vo users regarding different programs. Karen On Fri, 21 Oct 2011, Monkey Pusher wrote: Karen, why does your name sound so fimiliar, like we crossed path's before. Anyways, i think any of the current macbook pros will be fine for your needs. But if you have a sales guy over at sweetwater i'd check with them as well. Though a new MBP probably means upgrading to PT 10 for lion support. On 10/21/11, Karen Lewellen klewel...@shellworld.net wrote: Actually, a variation on this question? While avid still provides a recommended gear list for the pre 9 ish edition of pro tools, it is a bit dated. In fact I can get an update from my source over there, if I get no answer here. Still some of the macbooks they recommended have been discontinued anyway. So if you are 1, using a digi unit for mixing a 002 for example, and 2, want to use one of the vo friendly editions of pt, what is the best macbook to buy? I would really rather have a portable one than another desktop so I can use it for more than just pro tools. i always get an external hard drive for my work, and understand I may need some sort of firewire adapter, but sweetwater sells those, so I am not worried. Ideas? Karen On Fri, 21 Oct 2011, Monkey Pusher wrote: So long as you don't get the apple branded optical drive and optical drive would be less than and external Hard drive. Also the mini's are quite portable as i briefly owned one of the server models mentioned here. Only downside is no option for battery power, that being said there is a 3rd party battery prick you can purchase for portable juice. To answer your initial questions. In all honesty i think even the 13 MBP would be sufficient for the work you do. Yeah you may hit a wall at some point with number of plug ins or something like that. but you should be find on the track count side and so long as you don't plan on maxing out the number of plug ins and sends on every channel. I would probably go for the 8GB of ram in either the Mini or the MBP since those machines aren't as easy to open up and add ram to later on.I started out using pro tools on a MBP with a core II Duo and it handled around 10 tracks and some plug ins with no issues here. On 10/21/11, Nickus de Vos bigboy...@gmail.com wrote: Hi I looked at the mini server but the only problem I have with the new one is it has no obtical drive. Sure you get a extra hard drive but I would still prefer 1 hard drive and a obtical drive. If you run out of space you can always get a external hard drive but as it is now, you basically have to get a external obtical drive, yes I know there's that thing of slaving another mac or pc's drive but that's just a shlep.
Re: recommendation for a good rtas channel strip
The waves stuff does have some RTAS plugs as well, however they aren't very accessible atleast with out mapping the control to a control surface from what i have read on here. However From what i understand the Izotope stuff should be VO friendly and Izotope said that do do some basic VO testing with all their Plugs now and welcome feedback. Nectar is their vocal channel strip, alloy is there general purpose channel strip, and ozone is their mastering oriented channel strip. I believe there should be free demos on the www.izotope.com site to check out. Been meaning to check these out and post my experiences myself, but working on mastering editing with PT before i get back into mixing again so haven't gotten around to it yet. Post your experiences please if you try them before i do. On 10/16/11, Gordon Kent dbmu...@cybernex.net wrote: Are there any good channel strip plugs that will work with VO and PT. It seems that most of the waves stuff is for native setups, but maybe I have that wrong. I would just like to get something better than the stock eq's and compressor. The factory plug-ins have been around since pt6 and maybe earlier than that. The bomb factory compressor is a bit better, but it would be nice to have a strip with comp/eq/tube distortion etc. Gord -Original Message- From: Slau Halatyn Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2011 11:20 AM To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Master Tracks? No worries, I didn't take it that way at all. It's definitely an aspect of using the master track that one should consider. At this point, I think the issue of pre versus post fader compression is beyond the question when someone is just trying to get their head around Pro Tools in general, that'sl all. Cheers, Slau On Oct 16, 2011, at 11:03 AM, Stephen Martin wrote: I do agree with you, and i do apologize if i came off as trying to correct you or saying you shouldn't put a compressor on the master track. It was intended more as a suggestion or tip that i came across in my own journey in learning more about PT, and figured i'd would share another way of doing it with the list. On Oct 16, 2011, at 10:49 AM, Slau Halatyn wrote: As with most things, there's more than one way to accomplish a task and this is one of them. Some people put compressors on the master track, some don't. I'm simply illustrating one of its uses. Slau On Oct 16, 2011, at 10:02 AM, Stephen Martin wrote: I have read in a few places where they don't always recommend putting a master compressor on the master track, since the master track unlike all the other tracks in pro tools has the fader before the inserts and sends, which means if u put a compressor on the master track, set it up how u like, then later adjust the master fader, it will pretty much cause you to have to go redo the compressor settings. A work around is to create a sub mimix aux track and send all your tracks to that, add all your master effects on that track and output that to the master track. On Oct 16, 2011, at 9:54 AM, Slau Halatyn wrote: Christopher, Master tracks control the output level being fed to an output bus. Most often, a master track will control the main left and right outputs for a stereo mix. It's not necessary to necessarily use a master track for a regular mix but it certainly does help to create a master track to see the combined level of all of the individual tracks on the master track's level meter. Further, when putting bus compression over an entire mix, it would normally be done with a compressor plug-in on a master track. Finally, master tracks are used when creating stems for surround mixes, alternate mixes, instrumental versions, etc. Again, most people just use a single master track for overall mix purposes. HTH, Slau
Re: Bad quality: I just don't get it!
Yeah, i have dealt with Michael Soper myself as well in the past, nice guy. And yes its just www.sweetwater.com. I see someone posted the number for you as well. On 10/7/11, Brian Casey brian_w_ca...@hotmail.com wrote: Regardless, I think you need to stop asking every question that comes to mind on this list, and save the PT and Voice Over specific ones ffor here, because you are a beginner like many on this list, and there are plenty of other sources online where you can ask those questions, research that material etc rather than wasting the time of the experts on thie list, who are often far too hepful for their own good. Perhaps you should join an online home recording oriented forum or something of the sort to give you another source of knowledge. This list is an invaluable resource for experienced engineers making the switch over to ProTools, so please try to keep the non protools related questions to a minimum, so that when searching back through the archives the list is not clogged with irrelevant information. -- Of course, we will all from time to time ask questions and make mistakes which we think is a software problem and is in fact a lack of basic technical knowledge or a slip up. For example, as Kevin said, your understanding of recording something flat. Your mixers EQ can boost or cut frequencies, when at twelve o'clock it is flat or neutral, meaning it is ideally not effecting the signal at all. This is the norm for approaches to digital recording as you record the cleanest and best signal possible and later in the software you can make all the changes you want. So you see, it sounds like you had a basic lack of understanding about your mixer and what a basic EQ does rather than anything to do with proTools, which is fine, but these are things we all have to learn on triall and error. If you keep asking basic recording questions, then people might start ignoring your contributions on this list as many see it as a mis-use of the list, so you'll hamper your own efforts in that way. Its not easy having to learn these things differently to the average engineer, but you can learn so much theory online and most of all, with patience you can figure most of this stuff on your own the good old fassioned way through triall and error. Nobody can learn t his for you and you shouldn't need other people to be part of your triall and error process 90% of the time. I'll leave it at that as I'm not even a regular on this list and am simply observing to learn for a future move over to ProTools. Best of luck and I hope the learning goes well for you, Be patient, Regards, Brian. From: Christopher-Mark Gilland clgillan...@gmail.com Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2011 8:50 PM To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Bad quality: I just don't get it! Brian, I have to completely disagree with you. I think this has all and everything to do with PT. When I record in say, Sonar, my recordings are not mainstream quality, no, but they're way cleaner. Maybe part of it is I don't exactly know how to mix, but I think all of it plays hand in hand. Fine, if you think, and I know you meant this in, and I quote: good spirit... that this has not much to do with PT accessibility, then let's dial it back home. As I said initially, what in PT could I do and what with VO is the best way to do so, to fix this clipping issue/mud issue? I'm sorry that you and others are so... good... and no everything. I can't help I'm starting out. For me reading a manual, just doesn't work! With my learning challengement, it makes things very difficult. I don't very easily comprehend what I read. This is why I need someone like you all who can make a few suggestions, let me try 'em, and see if they make things better or worse, then plan accordingly for the next step of action. I'm sorry I'm so stupid at all this stuff, but if I didn't wanna learn I wouldn't be here. Your suggestion to google was an excellent one, and believe me I have, but I'm getting absolutely nowhere, either the articles are completely irrellavant, or are thigns I already have tried taking into consideration, or they're the obvious things more for a basic person who just wants to say... voice chat with a 5 dollar pc mike and wonders why they're getting clipping. Gee, $5! Hmm, I wonder! Point is, telling peole to go google, or to RTFM, etc. though that might be a good idea eventually, maybe not right at first when you're starting and need to learn the fundimentals. If you still disagree, then I'll respectfully leave you alone, and agree to disagree, but maybe perhaps, someone should then make a list that strictly doesn't cover software, but more hardware, and more the concepts of audio production. Then everyone could join and post there, causing more e-mail conjestion, rather than consolidating to one list, and people like you
Re: Bad quality: I just don't get it!
I gotta agree with kevin here, Sonar and Pro tools are both capable of makeing commercials releases and come with great stock plug ins. Yeah they aren't the greatest in the world, but i have heard pro quality stuff done with just the built in plug ins in both. The trick is like its already been said learn the hell ou out of them, put the time in and get better at everything from how u record the source material to what u do with it once its in PT and recorded. Start by getting the best possible sound u can into pro tools, don't think you can fix it later as that will only lead to way more work, and chances are dissappointment. As they say, garbage in, garbage out, and you can't polish a turd. Oh and i was considering the Allen heath board you got at one point as well. Here are the reasons i didn't go with it. A) the USB out on that board only records the main s stereo outs, you can not send all 10 or however channels on that board to individual channels in Pro Tools. B) it does not work as a control surface. I highly recommend you return that board and get one of the simpler interfaces we recommended. It's simple and will help you learn the basics of getting a source from a mic into protools and sounding good. If sam ash wont sell you w one take your business elsewhere, I know for a fact that sam ash is both a m-audio and tascam dealer. Like i suggested, give www.sweetwater.com a call and they can help u select the right piece of gear, and help uyou if you have any issues setting it up after. On 10/6/11, Gary Readfern-Gray readfern.g...@googlemail.com wrote: Hey Chris, It's difficult to advise you not having your gear and I'm somewhere along the same journey as you but +30db of gain on your mike?? that sounds like it would clip a whole bunch to me, so turn that down and try again. Just a thought. G On 10/6/11, Chris Norman chris.norm...@googlemail.com wrote: If you want a project to play round with for a while, try this. It's one I recorded on my gear at home, using a DI'd faith guitar, a Sure (however you spell it) SM58, all going through a M-Audio Mobile Pree, which cost me £150, into my Macbook Pro 13, using a Euphonix MC2 mixing desk to mix with, and a pair of M-Audio something or others monitors. I got it all from DV247.com, not sure if they apply to America as well, but I'm in England, so hey! :P Anyways, here's th link, and I'm afraid it falls under the catigory of almost dog crap, and my voice is quite heavily autotuned, because I had a bitch of a sore throat the day I did the vocals. That said, we had fun recording it, and it's the first thing I did in PT, so it's quite close to my heart! LOL. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4219494/Early%20Morning%20Rain.zip Give it some time to upload, then it'll be there. On 06/10/2011, Christopher-Mark Gilland clgillan...@gmail.com wrote: If possible, can you at least have a listen to my version of You Don't count the Cost I did with my multi-mix? If you know how to get the vocals for a definite! at least slightly more less clippy, that's my main goal right now for starters. The weird thing is, it doesn't sound all that clipity until I mix the track down to either an mp3 or wave. The clipping's there before, but not quite as bad. Chris. - Original Message - From: Kevin Reeves reeves...@gmail.com To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2011 8:49 PM Subject: Re: Bad quality: I just don't get it! Hey man. It doesn't matter what you use. That record you heard was done on a cheap $600 001 interface with a $200 mic. When I cut drums, I hired guys who were great engineers. They weren't big names, just some guys from a small town in Illinois. However, they knew how to dial the drums in. Then, I had it mixed by our own Slau. He knows how to dial it in. Would he have preferred that my stuff be tracked on better gear so he didn't have to doctor it up as much or do tons of subtractive EQ? Probably. But he took what he had and knew how to make it sound like a million bucks. What makes it sound clear is how you use it. Tons of folks are doing industry standard stuff in Sonar, logic, garageband, etc. It's all 0's and 1's. Obviously a Pro Tools HD rig running at 192 K will sound better than a $200 interface at 44.1 16, but that's minor. It's literally how you employ the tools you have. I've spent over 13 years messing with this stuff to get the sounds I want. When I first started out, everything I did sounded like dog crap. The trick, get something that's easy for you to use, learn the hell out of it, and record record record. You'll throw away about 90 percent of what you record. THen 80, 70, etc. As you get better acquainted with your stuff, the more you'll like what you record. After 13 years, I know how to dial it in. It's that simple, and hard, all at the same time. Sorry to be such a downer, but I feel bad that someone put it in your head that getting
Re: Gonna play with high end Surfaces this morning.
Only thing i can think of in that price range tht remotely does any of that stuff is the Zoom R16. That being said while its a a 16 channel standalone recorder to an SD card, It only has 8 physical inputs and 8 faders and doubles as an 8 channel interface and a control surface in banks of 8. Don't know how accessible the reverbs and other effects are easey enough to get to on the board though. Other stuff in the under $1k range, Cakewalk makes something similiar to the R16 w whose name eludes me at the moment, VS20 i want to say its called. And i think there are a few Yamaha/Steingburg interfaces in that price range as well. The Presounus Studio live would meet your needs except its upwards of a grand for the cheapest, and it doesn't act as a control surface.The only thing i can think of thats 16 channels of mixer/interface/control surface all in one is the Yamaha OV1 or something like that and its $2300. You may want to consider looking at www.zzounds.com or www.sweetwater.com they will let u split your payments over 4 or 3 monthly installments respectively using your regular debit card On 10/3/11, Christopher-Mark Gilland clgillan...@gmail.com wrote: OK guies, so here is the deal. I'm gonna go to Sam Ash, not with Whalen, don't fret, I'm gonna talk to chris, the new guy there. he seems to know his stuff way better than Whalen. Anyway, aside the opint that is... Point is, I want to get a control surface but I want something a little higher end than what you all've already suggested. Basically I want something around $300. Now, let me say this, I want around $300 provided that i have to pay outright. If they'll let me finance, and I'm approved, I'm willing to go as high as a thousand. What do you all suggest? I'm leaving in about an hour or so, so hopefully I'll get something in the ming time. I do have mail set up on my IPhone, and if you all saw my e-mail from the other day when I really was frustrated, then you'll have my cell number, and I also can text there. So either mail or text, preferably e-mail me back on list. Basically, here is some of the things I require. 1. Though pro tools can do it, I want built in dinamic compression on the board itself. 2. Would like the board to have fairly easy to very easy access to reverb, not delay, but reverb effects. Again I know PT has that already but the board also having it would be a major! plus. 3. If in my price range, would like at least 16 if not 24 channels. I know 24 is getting more up to the $1K range, but again, if they'll let me, I'm willing to try financing. if not, give me the best we could work with on $300. I'm not quite done. 4. NO requirement, but as an added bonus, i have a very! very very heavy finger on my nobs/faders. I almost clip constantly not varyingly but constantly! with my mike. So, I need something with maybe a detecter that would automatically eliminate clipping to some extent. 5. Finally, again no requirement, but if it had a USB port on it, not just to go to my mac, but also one to let me plug into the board, a flash drive or something and mix down to the flash drive... Again, I know some of this then would defeat needing PT, but, again, it's not I wanna ditch PT, I jsut want extra options. Being the blindness is a factor obviously, I'd need something that is well known to work by blind people. i know it may be a learning curve, but I want something that at least once learned would be doable. Obviously, no! Touchscreen! Chris.
Re: Again about MBox-Pro.
there is a remote footswitch jack on the back. that u can connect a standard latching pedal (think similar to whats used to switch channels on a2 channel guitar amp) or a momentary pedal) think like a sustain pedal for a keyboard.) U can decide in pro tools what that remote is used for. I believe by default its set to punch in and our for recording, but there are a few other options you can assign it to. I don't remember what they are since i never used this feature. On 9/29/11, Chiapello Diego ildieg...@googlemail.com wrote: Hi Stephen, you answered me exactly. Now I ask you another thing: if I read well there is also a Remote connector. What does it refer to? Who or what can do this remote control? Thank you again. Have a nice day. Diego. 2011/9/28, Stephen Martin monkeypushe...@gmail.com: The only really inaccessible part is if you want to turn on or off the hi pass filter on each of the 4 inputs with XLR/Line inputs, and to configure the monitor outputs as either 3 separate pairs of monitors or as a 5.1 sorround mix you will need to do this in the driver software and that is inaccessible with VO. Atleast it was on SL, havent tried it on Lion but have no reason to believe its now accesssible. If i didn't answer your question, please let me know more specifically what you have questions about. On Sep 28, 2011, at 11:16 AM, Chiapello Diego wrote: Sorry guys, I read your post about MBox-Pro but I didn't understand well about the initial inaccessibility to cinfigure it. Someone can explain me better, please? Thank you and have a nice evening. Diego.
Re: A desperet cry for ProTools Help. LOL!
First off kevin your typing is better than mine onf a full keyboard. Secondly I have to agree, ditch the mixer, sell it, return it if you ar still in the stores return policy, or trade it in if the store takes trade ins. Now where I will have to disagree with kevin is on the choice of inexpensive interface he recommended. I would suggest the tascam US122 mkII. Its around $100 and while in the same price point, but i just find the tascam stuff or even the E-Mu stuff to have better mic pres and build quality than the M-Audio stuff. In the end though the point remains. Ditch the mixer you don't need it. Get either a M-Audio Fas track or the Tascam US-122 or similar USB interface and your problems will be solved. Oh and to choose your soundcard in ProTools look under t the set up menu in the Playback engine option. That one stumped me for a while when i first got PT as well. On 9/29/11, Kevin Reeves reeves...@gmail.com wrote: Hey Chris. Unfortunately, you won't really be able to do this the way you want in a mannor that will get you the results you need. My suggestion is a drastic one, but I'm sure that it will be echoed by the folks on this list. Sell your yamaha and get an M Audio Fasttrack Pro or Ultra. The money you get from your yamaha will be enough to get a used one. The most important part of recording is the interface. I'm not sure why your music store sold you a studio grade mic, but did not insist on you getting an interface rather than a mixer. Or at least recommended a mixer that has USB connectivity on it. They should all be fired. You're trying to use less than consumer grade hardware for a task that it just can't perform. The macbook soundcard is really only for monitoring, and in little bits. You can get an interface with several inputs on it for about $150, which would be set up in minutes. You could research how to use the Pro Tools aggregate device, and try to get it to work, but the latency will be horrible between 2 soundcards and it won't be worth the trouble. Ditch the yamaha and go with an interface designed for this. I hate to give you the bad news, but it really can't be done the way you're trying to do it. Sorry man. Sorry for all the misspellings. I'm writing this on a greyhound bus with a bluetooth keyboard on an iPhone. I don't know how to spell check it. Anyway, good luck. Kevin
Re: Mbox pro
Firewire devices usually have two firewire ports. Use one to connect the unit to the computer, the other is so u can connect another firewire device the computer that passes through the MBOX. That way if you computer only has one firewire port like most moderm macs, you can still use more than one firewire devices. It doesn't matter which is used for which, just connect any of the two to the computer and any other firewire devices to the other port, and so on and so on down the line. On 9/27/11, Chris Norman chris.norm...@googlemail.com wrote: Awesome, cheers. And sorry, but I can't find anything on the net about this, why are there two firewire ports on the unit? Cheers, and sorry for all the stupid questions. Take care, Chris Norman Email and MSN: chris.norm...@googlemail.com Skype [and iChat]: chris.norman7[@mac.com] Facebook: www.facebook.com/chrisnorman7 Twitter: www.twitter.com/chrisnorman7 Follow my music on Facebook: www.facebook.com/thechrisnormanproject Or on Twitter: www.twitter.com/cnproject The Chris Norman Project's Youtube channel can be found at: www.youtube.com/user/thechrisnorman2 On 27 Sep 2011, at 12:40, Stephen Martin wrote: 2 headphones outs each with their own level control on the front. also the phantom power, DIM/mute button for all the speakers, mono/stereo button so u can quickly listen to your mixes in mono, and the A/B/C button so u can quickly cycle through and audition all your different monitors are all in the same area. There is another button in that area on the right side of the front panel and it eludes me at the moment what its for. When i installed it on SL the control panel wasn't accessible, if you don't have a sighted friend or family who can help u set it up, call avid tech support and have one of their techs remote into your system and set it up to your liking. All the analog inputs have a 75 hz hi pass filter that can only be turned on in there, and thats where u set it to 3 pairs of monitors or a 5.1 surround speaker set up. let me know if u have any other questions. On Sep 27, 2011, at 7:15 AM, Chris Norman wrote: The Mbox pro has no headphone output? Take care, Chris Norman. Email and msn: chris.norm...@googlemail.com Skype [and iChat]: chris.norman7[@mac.com]
Re: Audio interface
If you want we can skype or something at some point if you want to go into further details. But the basic gist of it is you hook up the pod to the computer via USB, and load the line 6 gear box software. Set jaws to echo all by using insert+S. and thats it leave Gear box open and in focus. The rest relies on using the pod as anyone else would so ememorizing the knob layout and etc helps. As you turn through presets and start to edit the presets Jaws will announce the changes as they take place on screen. It will for example if u are editing a preset. announce the amp model, or the effects in question. What it doesn't seem to announce is the type of p parameter being changed, just its value as you change it. Personally i had someone go through the entire unit with me and made a list of the parameter for each effect, a bitch and time consuming, but comes in handy. Then once u have all the changes you want follow the steps in the manual to save the preset to the location u want. I will say before attempting to save though, save it on the computer, that way if the save attempt doesn't work. just load the preset on the computer and then attempt to save it on the unit again. The sync screen in gear box doesn't appear to be accessible so you can just organize it from the computer and them push them to th e POD with out sighted assistance. There is mac version of all the l6 software, but it appears to be about as accessible on the mac as it on windows, except i haven't discovered a screen echo mode in VO yet so its not as useful. I keep my POD hooked a little netbook for that purpose. On 9/27/11, Scott Chesworth scottcheswo...@gmail.com wrote: Hey Steve, Really curious to know more about your POD setup! I picked up a Bass POD XT on a whim because it was going stupidly cheap second hand, but haven't really had time to sit down with it yet beyond some initial scrolling and twiddling. To what extent do the changes get announced with the JAWS method you described? Are we talking just announcing which presets are selected, or can we actually read menues and parameters to edit effects this way? I guess there must be a port of the Line 6 software for Mac, ever tried it with VO? Cheers Scott PS. Not sure what image you cultivate, but Converse footware got me started on the road to feeling like it was worth investing time into practicing my foot work for playing live... really thin soles. I've made a few decisions about the layout of my pedal board that help, but I'm pretty sure the practice paid off.I've used other boards wearing boots on ocasion and managed to keep it together just about, definitely wouldnt have been able to do that a year ago. On 9/26/11, Monkey Pusher monkeypushe...@gmail.com wrote: it's not fully accessible, but if u leave the program open on your computer and set jaws to echo all changes on the screen when u make changes on the pod unit and they are reflected on screen, jaws will say them for u. On 9/26/11, Chris Norman chris.norm...@googlemail.com wrote: The pod software is accessible??? That's one worth knowing. Cheers, Take care, Chris Norman Email and MSN: chris.norm...@googlemail.com Skype [and iChat]: chris.norman7[@mac.com] Facebook: www.facebook.com/chrisnorman7 Twitter: www.twitter.com/chrisnorman7 Follow my music on Facebook: www.facebook.com/thechrisnormanproject Or on Twitter: www.twitter.com/cnproject The Chris Norman Project's Youtube channel can be found at: www.youtube.com/user/thechrisnorman2 On 26 Sep 2011, at 13:50, Monkey Pusher wrote: Sounds nice, I may have to invistigate one of these boxes. it's not cheating, you gotta do what works for you man lol. I use a POD guitar amp modeller and i use it connected to a netbook via usb with Jaws set to announce all changes on the screen so i can no what amp/effects i am scrolling though. Oh I can't find those little stomp buttons as well with shoes on, thats why i always play with out shoes, even live. Thanks for the info i'll have to check one out. On 9/26/11, Chris Norman chris.norm...@googlemail.com wrote: Firstly, let me say, it is brilliant. I'm using the VoiceLive 2, rather than just the VoiceLive. I tell you that, because there are some pretty startling differences. The Voivelive 2 can accept a guitar, or an MP3 (or whatever) as input, and it models the harmonies off that. You can also give it a midi input, which will either base the harmonies on what the keyboard player is playing, or it'll make the harmonies exactly what the keyboard is playing. What I did, was probably cheating, but it worked, I got a sighted friend to help me setup a couple of presets, which I then use. I also got an expression pedal to go with it, so instead of trying to hit all the little stomp boxes, I can just trigger the harmony when I'm playing live. The way I in visage it working with the Mbox (which I just brought by the way), is send a guitar
Re: Mbox pro
Firewire 800 should be backwards compatible. The macs all now have firewire 800 ports and a firewire 800 to 400 cable does the trick. or a fire wire 400 cable with a 400 to 800 adapter works as well.The MBox has 2 firewire 400 ports. Your model of mac will determine how many and which port it has. On 9/27/11, J. R. Westmoreland j...@jrw.org wrote: Also be aware of the fact that you may have a firewire 400 and a firewire 800 prot. -Original Message- From: ptaccess@googlegroups.com [mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Monkey Pusher Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2011 9:55 AM To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Mbox pro Firewire devices usually have two firewire ports. Use one to connect the unit to the computer, the other is so u can connect another firewire device the computer that passes through the MBOX. That way if you computer only has one firewire port like most moderm macs, you can still use more than one firewire devices. It doesn't matter which is used for which, just connect any of the two to the computer and any other firewire devices to the other port, and so on and so on down the line. On 9/27/11, Chris Norman chris.norm...@googlemail.com wrote: Awesome, cheers. And sorry, but I can't find anything on the net about this, why are there two firewire ports on the unit? Cheers, and sorry for all the stupid questions. Take care, Chris Norman Email and MSN: chris.norm...@googlemail.com Skype [and iChat]: chris.norman7[@mac.com] Facebook: www.facebook.com/chrisnorman7 Twitter: www.twitter.com/chrisnorman7 Follow my music on Facebook: www.facebook.com/thechrisnormanproject Or on Twitter: www.twitter.com/cnproject The Chris Norman Project's Youtube channel can be found at: www.youtube.com/user/thechrisnorman2 On 27 Sep 2011, at 12:40, Stephen Martin wrote: 2 headphones outs each with their own level control on the front. also the phantom power, DIM/mute button for all the speakers, mono/stereo button so u can quickly listen to your mixes in mono, and the A/B/C button so u can quickly cycle through and audition all your different monitors are all in the same area. There is another button in that area on the right side of the front panel and it eludes me at the moment what its for. When i installed it on SL the control panel wasn't accessible, if you don't have a sighted friend or family who can help u set it up, call avid tech support and have one of their techs remote into your system and set it up to your liking. All the analog inputs have a 75 hz hi pass filter that can only be turned on in there, and thats where u set it to 3 pairs of monitors or a 5.1 surround speaker set up. let me know if u have any other questions. On Sep 27, 2011, at 7:15 AM, Chris Norman wrote: The Mbox pro has no headphone output? Take care, Chris Norman. Email and msn: chris.norm...@googlemail.com Skype [and iChat]: chris.norman7[@mac.com]
Re: Audio interface
Sounds nice, I may have to invistigate one of these boxes. it's not cheating, you gotta do what works for you man lol. I use a POD guitar amp modeller and i use it connected to a netbook via usb with Jaws set to announce all changes on the screen so i can no what amp/effects i am scrolling though. Oh I can't find those little stomp buttons as well with shoes on, thats why i always play with out shoes, even live. Thanks for the info i'll have to check one out. On 9/26/11, Chris Norman chris.norm...@googlemail.com wrote: Firstly, let me say, it is brilliant. I'm using the VoiceLive 2, rather than just the VoiceLive. I tell you that, because there are some pretty startling differences. The Voivelive 2 can accept a guitar, or an MP3 (or whatever) as input, and it models the harmonies off that. You can also give it a midi input, which will either base the harmonies on what the keyboard player is playing, or it'll make the harmonies exactly what the keyboard is playing. What I did, was probably cheating, but it worked, I got a sighted friend to help me setup a couple of presets, which I then use. I also got an expression pedal to go with it, so instead of trying to hit all the little stomp boxes, I can just trigger the harmony when I'm playing live. The way I in visage it working with the Mbox (which I just brought by the way), is send a guitar signal to it, and record just the vocals coming back in. On the unit, there's a couple of nobs, 1 of which is the guitar send, so if you turn that one right down, there's no guitar. You have a bunch of stomp box thingies on it, which you can hit, from memory, I think they are delay, doubler, harmony (on off), delay, uMod, and an assignable function. You can use the doubler to obviously thicken up your voice, then, if you add uMod, it puts things like choruses etc in, really thickens up your voice. If you want to hear what it sounds like, I use it on one of my songs (Blue gold and black), which is on my Youtube page (at the bottom of this email). I did it using my live setup, the guitar and vocals coming out of a stereo feed, which I just chuck into the auxilaries on my PA's desk, and that quite honestly gets me the best live sound I've ever had. I use the expression pedal to turn the harmonies on and off, and the box is completely out of the way. If you wanted to use it live, I would really recommend doing what I'm going to do, and get someone sighted to trigger the bits on the box for you, unless obviously, if you're dead good at finding the small stomp boxes, which I'm not, not with shoes on anyways! LOL. Anyways, hope that rambling helped somewhat, oh yeah, the controls don't wrap, so you can rest assured that if you turned a nob all the way in one direction it'd stay at the extremity of that direction. I honestly think, if you're not as thick as me, that you could memorise the whole interface, and use the VoiceLive on your own, but I haven't done that yet. Perhaps, as I get to use it's fine edit stuffs more often, I'll try and document the interface, but that won't be for a while. All in all, a better box than it's weight would emily, and a pretty awesome piece of kit for all that. HTH, Take care, Chris Norman Email and MSN: chris.norm...@googlemail.com Skype [and iChat]: chris.norman7[@mac.com] Facebook: www.facebook.com/chrisnorman7 Twitter: www.twitter.com/chrisnorman7 Follow my music on Facebook: www.facebook.com/thechrisnormanproject Or on Twitter: www.twitter.com/cnproject The Chris Norman Project's Youtube channel can be found at: www.youtube.com/user/thechrisnorman2 On 26 Sep 2011, at 12:19, Stephen Martin wrote: HEY, IF IT'S NOT TOO MUCH TO ASK, CAN YOU TELL ME MORE ABOUT THE VOICE LIVE, AND HOW EASY OR NOT SO EASY IT IS TO USE AS A BLIND MUSICIAN. I ASSUME IT DOES SOME PITCH CORRECTION, DOES IT DO OTHER EFFECTS AS WELL? THANKS. On Sep 25, 2011, at 8:57 PM, Chris Norman wrote: Brilliant, cheers, I'll be buying one of them then, when I have the cash, get me VoiceLive 2 used as an external fx unit, that'd be awesome. Now just have to figure out either this automation for plug-ins thing, or else tweak the pitch of the audio in Goldwave or something, and I'm set! Man, I love Pro Tools! :P Have fun, Take care, Chris Norman Email and MSN: chris.norm...@googlemail.com Skype [and iChat]: chris.norman7[@mac.com] Facebook: www.facebook.com/chrisnorman7 Twitter: www.twitter.com/chrisnorman7 Follow my music on Facebook: www.facebook.com/thechrisnormanproject Or on Twitter: www.twitter.com/cnproject The Chris Norman Project's Youtube channel can be found at: www.youtube.com/user/thechrisnorman2 On 26 Sep 2011, at 01:52, Stephen Martin wrote: Ok, lets see how good the old memory is. Since i got mine, i kind of set it up and havent really touch it since, All my Usaula things are plugged in and ready to go. So the m-Box Pro is an 8 in and 8 out unit. the 8 ins
Re: Audio interface
it's not fully accessible, but if u leave the program open on your computer and set jaws to echo all changes on the screen when u make changes on the pod unit and they are reflected on screen, jaws will say them for u. On 9/26/11, Chris Norman chris.norm...@googlemail.com wrote: The pod software is accessible??? That's one worth knowing. Cheers, Take care, Chris Norman Email and MSN: chris.norm...@googlemail.com Skype [and iChat]: chris.norman7[@mac.com] Facebook: www.facebook.com/chrisnorman7 Twitter: www.twitter.com/chrisnorman7 Follow my music on Facebook: www.facebook.com/thechrisnormanproject Or on Twitter: www.twitter.com/cnproject The Chris Norman Project's Youtube channel can be found at: www.youtube.com/user/thechrisnorman2 On 26 Sep 2011, at 13:50, Monkey Pusher wrote: Sounds nice, I may have to invistigate one of these boxes. it's not cheating, you gotta do what works for you man lol. I use a POD guitar amp modeller and i use it connected to a netbook via usb with Jaws set to announce all changes on the screen so i can no what amp/effects i am scrolling though. Oh I can't find those little stomp buttons as well with shoes on, thats why i always play with out shoes, even live. Thanks for the info i'll have to check one out. On 9/26/11, Chris Norman chris.norm...@googlemail.com wrote: Firstly, let me say, it is brilliant. I'm using the VoiceLive 2, rather than just the VoiceLive. I tell you that, because there are some pretty startling differences. The Voivelive 2 can accept a guitar, or an MP3 (or whatever) as input, and it models the harmonies off that. You can also give it a midi input, which will either base the harmonies on what the keyboard player is playing, or it'll make the harmonies exactly what the keyboard is playing. What I did, was probably cheating, but it worked, I got a sighted friend to help me setup a couple of presets, which I then use. I also got an expression pedal to go with it, so instead of trying to hit all the little stomp boxes, I can just trigger the harmony when I'm playing live. The way I in visage it working with the Mbox (which I just brought by the way), is send a guitar signal to it, and record just the vocals coming back in. On the unit, there's a couple of nobs, 1 of which is the guitar send, so if you turn that one right down, there's no guitar. You have a bunch of stomp box thingies on it, which you can hit, from memory, I think they are delay, doubler, harmony (on off), delay, uMod, and an assignable function. You can use the doubler to obviously thicken up your voice, then, if you add uMod, it puts things like choruses etc in, really thickens up your voice. If you want to hear what it sounds like, I use it on one of my songs (Blue gold and black), which is on my Youtube page (at the bottom of this email). I did it using my live setup, the guitar and vocals coming out of a stereo feed, which I just chuck into the auxilaries on my PA's desk, and that quite honestly gets me the best live sound I've ever had. I use the expression pedal to turn the harmonies on and off, and the box is completely out of the way. If you wanted to use it live, I would really recommend doing what I'm going to do, and get someone sighted to trigger the bits on the box for you, unless obviously, if you're dead good at finding the small stomp boxes, which I'm not, not with shoes on anyways! LOL. Anyways, hope that rambling helped somewhat, oh yeah, the controls don't wrap, so you can rest assured that if you turned a nob all the way in one direction it'd stay at the extremity of that direction. I honestly think, if you're not as thick as me, that you could memorise the whole interface, and use the VoiceLive on your own, but I haven't done that yet. Perhaps, as I get to use it's fine edit stuffs more often, I'll try and document the interface, but that won't be for a while. All in all, a better box than it's weight would emily, and a pretty awesome piece of kit for all that. HTH, Take care, Chris Norman Email and MSN: chris.norm...@googlemail.com Skype [and iChat]: chris.norman7[@mac.com] Facebook: www.facebook.com/chrisnorman7 Twitter: www.twitter.com/chrisnorman7 Follow my music on Facebook: www.facebook.com/thechrisnormanproject Or on Twitter: www.twitter.com/cnproject The Chris Norman Project's Youtube channel can be found at: www.youtube.com/user/thechrisnorman2 On 26 Sep 2011, at 12:19, Stephen Martin wrote: HEY, IF IT'S NOT TOO MUCH TO ASK, CAN YOU TELL ME MORE ABOUT THE VOICE LIVE, AND HOW EASY OR NOT SO EASY IT IS TO USE AS A BLIND MUSICIAN. I ASSUME IT DOES SOME PITCH CORRECTION, DOES IT DO OTHER EFFECTS AS WELL? THANKS. On Sep 25, 2011, at 8:57 PM, Chris Norman wrote: Brilliant, cheers, I'll be buying one of them then, when I have the cash, get me VoiceLive 2 used as an external fx unit, that'd be awesome. Now just have to figure out
Re: Reverbs EQ, Compressors and etc.
yeah i just aquired a control surface and am in the process of setting that up. So are teh waves stuff fully ? On 9/19/11, Chuck Reichel soundpicturerecord...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Stephen, I use Waves exclusively! I'VE Heard most of the rest and Waves is the best! You definitely need a control surface though at this point. YMMV Talk soon On Sep 19, 2011, at 7:07 AM, Stephen Martin wrote: Hello All, So I am starting to work on more mixing and editing in ProTools now and was wondering if you guys had any favorite plug ins outside of the degi or avid plugin ins that ship with pro tools tat u would like to share, especially the 3 i mentioned in the subject line. Haven't really found a built in reverb i like yet, and the eq's seem great for cutting and are transperent and all but what else is out there. I have gathered a ton of favorite 3rd party plug ins I used from time to time on the pc, but needless to say most don't have a mac version. Thanks. Chuck Reichel 954-742-0019 www.SoundPictureRecording.com
Re: Common Task via the keyboard.
I assume that if i have the mouse and VO curser routed to each other by default in VO settings i can skip that step in your guide? I suppose thats my cue to go order a magic trackpad for the iMac. Thanksagain. On 9/8/11, Slau Halatyn slauhala...@gmail.com wrote: crap, now I forgot the second question: Select the tracks whose assignments you wish to change. Navigate to the output assignment, send assignment, etc. (whatever you wish to assign) on any one of the selected tracks. Route the mouse to the voiceOver cursor with Control-Option-shift-f5. While holding down Option and Shift, press a track pad button or mouse button. Navigate to the desired output or bus and press Return. All selected tracks will change to the selection you just made. HTH, Slau
Re: A couple of problems
I too am running Pro Tools on lion, and have some inexplicable crashes. On my Air everytime i changed a track output to a bus or AUX track, it crashed. This problem seems to go away on the iMac but on there the spacebar doesn't always start playback, but it will always stop playback. Tried this with both an apple bluetooth keyboard that it came with and a wired generic usb keyboard i had. I ordered an apple usb keyboard so lets see if that solves the issue, or if its just the lion beta actiong up. I don't believe the buffer size affects audio quality, just how the computer processes audio. If memory serves correct, the lower the buffer size the lower the latency the higher the load on your CPU. So either find a happy medium you can live with or lower buffer size when recording and u need low latency and then raise it when mixing and you need more processing power for those plug ins. On 9/8/11, Kevin Reeves reeves...@gmail.com wrote: Hey Chris. Firstly, Pro TOols 9 has not yet been officially certified for lion. It's just in Beta. In result, you may experience crashes, lockups, etc. Secondly, Is the problem with the sends that you can't hear the effected signal? If so, you need to turn up the send level. To do that, click on the send to open the Pan Send window. There, you will see a fader that is currently set to infinite. CLick on the fader to set it to 0. As far as buffer size, I'll leave that to someone who really knows how that all works. Hope that helps. Kevin
Common Task via the keyboard.
Ok once again not sure if this is PT acting up due to me using version 9.05 with lion or if i am doing something wrong. First question, Is there a way to A) select multiple files and add them to a project at once each on their own track using the import audio dialogue? and B) select multiple tracks at once and change their output to the same bus or Aux track using a keyboard only with VO? Also is the shortcut for muting and soloing tracks different with VO on t than whats printed in the short cut key list?
Control Surface
So been looking at control surfaces and it seems majority of the standalone ones comes with 8 faders. However most of my projects tend to have at least 10 tracks. So when working will i always have to bank to work on the last couple tracks? or would i be able to say, select tracks 1,5,8 10, and have faders 1 through 4 on the surface pop up and allow me to control those, and then go back to the default assignment once i am done working with that group? On 8/26/11, Ramy Moustafa moshtaqlealga...@gmail.com wrote: Ok, but please, what is coreaudio and is it sure that my card will work then? Sorry for my miss understanding Cheers: Ramy Moustafa If music be the food of love... play on. Mobile: 0020102221750 Personal email: ramy.moustaf...@gmail.com Msn and aim messengers: flutelo...@link.net Studio email: harmonystudio2...@gmail.com facebook profile: http://www.facebook.com/ Twitter: moustafa.r...@gmail.com youtube chanael: www.youtube.com/ramymoustafasaber -Original Message- From: ptaccess@googlegroups.com [mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Frank Carmickle Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2011 9:42 AM To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Pro tools and m-audio cards Hello Pro tools 9 supports any device that has coreaudio drivers. If you can use it on a mac you can use it with pro tools. HTH --FC On Aug 26, 2011, at 9:19 PM, Ramy Moustafa wrote: Hi all: I will try to enter the pro tools world on a mac machine, but am asking, I have the m-audio card 1814, will the pro tools will work on it? Or I will use the pro tools m-powered? And will the voice over will work with the m-powered? What r the difference please? Cheers: Ramy Moustafa If music be the food of love... play on. Mobile: 0020102221750 Personal email: ramy.moustaf...@gmail.com Msn and aim messengers: flutelo...@link.net Studio email: harmonystudio2...@gmail.com facebook profile: http://www.facebook.com/ Twitter: moustafa.r...@gmail.com youtube chanael: www.youtube.com/ramymoustafasaber winmail.dat
Re: Pro Tools officially supports OS x 10.6.8
On 8/7/11, Slau Halatyn slauhala...@gmail.com wrote: Avid has announced that Pro Tools versions 8.0.5 and 9.0.3 officially support Snow Leopard version 10.6.8. Slau
Re: Macbook air.
That depends on waht you plan on doing with the install of PT. First off the MacBook Air's have no firewire inpus as you are probably aware, so you will be limited to a USB interface, or the built in one. Secondly I believe with 4GB or SO of ram the AIR should be fast enough for basic tracking and or editing/mixing or etc. However just looking at the specs on paper I don't know how much you would be able to push it in tersm of high track counts and a ton of plug ins on each track. Personally i myself currently run PT on an older MacBook Pro with a2.6GHZ core II Duo and 4GB of DDR2 667 Mhz Ramm with no issues. That being said I haven't attempted a 32 Track Project with tons of plug ins loaded yet. Woulsn't it be nice though if we could a get a quad core processor in something that small and portable for those of us that don't rely on screen real estate? On 8/4/11, Juan Pablo jpcula...@gmail.com wrote: Hi guys, is a good idea install pt in a MBA mid 2011? Best, Juan. www.ronjaleader.net
Re: the workspace
I was told it wasn't accessible yet on here. As someone who works with loops it was disapointing that you couldn't just import them from the usual import audio dialogue and have them automatically snap to the project tempo like when you use the workspace. On 7/31/11, HF hermanfer...@gmail.com wrote: Has anyone had any luck with the workspace? I can't seem to find the browser in order to find loops to audition. HF
Re: what about lion?
While i haven't tried PT with it yet, my MBox Pro 3rd gen doesn't seem to work well and needs a driver update. Loving the VO improvements though i must say. On 7/20/11, Jean-Philippe Rykiel jpryk...@gmail.com wrote: hey! Watch out! It's coming! raoh! It brings significant improvements on voice-over, but does anyone know if ProTools nine will be compatible with it? Should I upgrade or wait? Best, JPR http://www.facebook.com/jprykiel http://myspace.com/jeanphilipperykiel
Re: Pro Tools 9. Windows 7. Ain't got Digi cards. How to make it work with other hardware? Possible?
ASIO drivers should work as well, and i do believe is the prefered standard for pro audio on windows. WDM drivers are the generic windows drivers for sound cards on windows so if you can use them as your default system card, then chances are that wdm drivers has already been installed. On 7/15/11, Ivan Saveliev ivansau...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, First of all I must apologize in case my question's been answered but Safari is being busier than I am for some reason and I've got hours of audio to scrub through today. Anyways, read on the list sometime ago about Pro Tools 9 on Windows. Using JAWS cursor to access parameters that are currently inaccessible on Mac. There are quite a few preset libraries I'd like to convert using this workaround. My problem is that Pro Tools on Windows refuses to see any of my audio cards. Just says that no Avid/Digidesign hardware has been found and only lets me quit. I've got a MOTU 828 MKII and an Edirol UA-25 EX. Grapevine tells me I should be able to use these interfaces but it involves using WDM drivers. I'm a mac guy and hardly ever use Widows so I'm totally lost here. How does one go about getting Pro Tools to see 3rd party cards on Windows? I'm only able to find ASIO drivers for the MOTU and Edirol. Will put more time into it today but help/advice certainly appreciated. Have both Win 7 and XP installs. I'm not virtualizing Windows. Its running natively on my Dell XPS 9000 desktop.
Re: audio interface
So no one out there has a interface with accessible control pannel then eh? On 6/14/11, Tim Burgess tim...@raisedbar.net wrote: Yuk, messy. Best wishes. Tim Burgess Raised Bar Ltd Phone: +44 (0)1827 719822 Don't forget to vote for improved access to music and music technology at http://www.raisedbar.net/petition.htm -Original Message- From: ptaccess@googlegroups.com [mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Bryan Smart Sent: 14 June 2011 02:23 To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: audio interface Won't work. Windows control panel uses a custom non-readable format, and the Mac control panel uses a plist file. Not on the computer with the ProjectMix now, but the file is in ~/Library/Preferences. Is something like com.m-audio.projectmix blah blah. You can edit the values with the Properties Editor in xCode. A plist file is XML, so you can edit it with any text editor, but you'll need to be careful that way. Either way, some of the settings have names that don't make sense, so you won't know what you're adjusting, and some of the settings with clear names use values that aren't clear. For example, if you see clock source, and the value is C23A41B8, who knows if that is internal, external, external with digital mute, etc. You could always have someone sighted change settings in the control panel and look at the values in the plist file. Maybe M-Audio would send you the format spec, but I doubt it. The other trick is to get the driver to reload settings from the file. When you change a setting in a preference pane, two things happen. The preference pane changes the value in the preferences file that matches the user interface control that you just adjusted, and the preference pane sends a message to the app/service/driver instructing it to reload its settings from the preferences file. If you edit the file by hand, not sure what you'll have to do to get the projectMix to reload the settings. Maybe opening/closing the preferences pane would be enough. Maybe you'll have to power cycle it. Bryan On Jun 13, 2011, at 6:44 AM, Kevin Reeves wrote: Hey. Anyone know if that would work on the M Audio Panel? That would work awesome if I could set the prefs in windows and force the mac to recognize it as the default. What a great idea. Kevin On Jun 13, 2011, at 5:56 AM, Tim Burgess wrote: Well, don't go for a Focusrite Saffire - we've got great accessibility on the Windows panel, but there's nothing except the menu bar that's workable on the Mac. I cheat and create my configurations under windows, save them as preset files then use Command+O to load them on the Mac, but this is a pain, even if you're lucky enough to have a couple of machines. Best wishes. Tim Burgess Raised Bar Ltd Phone: +44 (0)1827 719822 Don't forget to vote for improved access to music and music technology at http://www.raisedbar.net/petition.htm -Original Message- From: ptaccess@googlegroups.com [mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Monkey Pusher Sent: 12 June 2011 18:10 To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Subject: audio interface Hey Everyone, Was just curious what audio interface are you guys using on the mac that has an accessible control pannel? just curious since my MBox Pro's control pannel is completely inaccessible and there are a few changes i would have to make in there.So i am considering replaceing it if there is something thats also accessible but meets my needs I/O wise. Thanks.
Re: audio interface
Nope the only one i can acces from with in that window in pro tools is what the multi function preset button does, and what the foot switch jack controls. other wise it gives you a shortcut to the system preferences MBox Pro Pane. I also asked avid support about it and they also said i had to change it in system preferences. On 6/12/11, Slau Halatyn slauhala...@gmail.com wrote: And you can't access those parameters from the Hardware Setup window within Pro Tools? On Jun 12, 2011, at 3:30 PM, Monkey Pusher wrote: For example the MBox Pro has settings that aren't accessible from the front pannel and or with in Pro tools. In addition to setting up queue mixes you could also enable the 75hz high pass filter for all the mic/line imputs and decide whether the 6 outputs are used as a 5.1 sorround setup or for 3 different pairs of monitors which u can use the monitor switch on the front of the unit to cycle between. When i go into system preferences and launch the MBox Pro preference Pane nothing at all in here seems readable to VoiceOver. I took advantage of the free 60 days of support i got with registering my ProTools software and had an avid tech remotely access my system and made a few changes for me, but if i need to make a change after the 60 days is up it could be bit more difficult to do. On 6/12/11, Slau Halatyn slauhala...@gmail.com wrote: Steve, What control panel are you referring to? What parameters can't you change? Slau On Jun 12, 2011, at 1:10 PM, Monkey Pusher wrote: Hey Everyone, Was just curious what audio interface are you guys using on the mac that has an accessible control pannel? just curious since my MBox Pro's control pannel is completely inaccessible and there are a few changes i would have to make in there.So i am considering replaceing it if there is something thats also accessible but meets my needs I/O wise. Thanks.
Re: auto trim
If you are working in a project set to beats and measures does those nudge values still work in actual time of 1 ms 10 ms etc etc, or does it then give u fractions of a beat? On 6/8/11, Slau Halatyn slauhala...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Chris, The only thing I can think of right now is that, if the regions are trimmed automatically, you can make adjustments to the beginnings and endings by 1. Control-Tabbing to each region. This will automatically select the region. 2. Use Option-plus or minus (on the num pad) to adjust the beginning of the region and Command-plus or minus to adjust the end of the region. The nudge value determines the amount by which the region boundaries are adjusted. Use Command-Option-plus and minus to jump between the preset values which, in minutes and seconds, are 1 millisecond, 10 milliseconds, 100 milliseconds, 500 milliseconds and 1 second. These values don't wrap around, FYI. Hopefully, that makes sense. Let me know if you need more clarification on that particular approach. Best, Slau On Jun 8, 2011, at 9:19 PM, Chris Snyder wrote: Hi all, While editing a voiceover track, I came across a function I hadn't seen before. If you press command-U while a region is selected, it will trim out the breaths and such for you with reasonably good results. There is, however, a control for threshold and level that Voiceover can see and interact with, but when you try to change the slider, nothing happens. You can't enter a DB level either. Is there a work around for this feature? The other question is, how do you select the entire track for the auto trim rather than just one region at a time. Command-a doesn't do it. Thanks for any help. Friendly, Chris
Re: Workspace windo RE: Importing REX files
And likewise i assume there is no accessible way to click n drag/copy paste files on to a track either then? Which basically means using REX loops with ProTools is out of the question for me then On 6/8/11, Slau Halatyn slauhala...@gmail.com wrote: Workspace window isn't accessible yet. On Jun 8, 2011, at 10:11 PM, Monkey Pusher wrote: Hello, Anyone knows if the workspace window is usuable with VoiceOver? i Have had much luck with it yet. Also is there a way to copy and paste a file from finder onto a track using VoiceOver? i ask because appearantly according to avid support, you cannot have REX files conform to project tempos when adding them from th e audio import window.
Re: Workspace windo RE: Importing REX files
I believe its the same issue for using any loop format whether it be rex or acidized WAV When using the import audio dialoge box it doesn't allow you t the option of having that audio conform to the project tempo. Does Avid have a way for us to request/suggest new features? Also attempted to use command c to copy in finder and command v to try to paste it into pro tools, problem is i think it wants you to drop it in the waveform view in order for this to work and it doesn't seem like we have access to that. I will play around with copying and pasting some more and see if i can find a place thats accessible to us where i can paste files. My fear is that even though lion may give us better drag and drop, but unless we can figure out a way to drop it in the precise spot it may not resolve this issue. On 6/9/11, Slau Halatyn slauhala...@gmail.com wrote: I don't use REX loops so I can't say either way. Drag drop functionality in Lion has been improved and 'I'm not familiar with the process of importing REX files specifically so it's difficult to say. Slau On Jun 9, 2011, at 7:30 AM, Monkey Pusher wrote: And likewise i assume there is no accessible way to click n drag/copy paste files on to a track either then? Which basically means using REX loops with ProTools is out of the question for me then On 6/8/11, Slau Halatyn slauhala...@gmail.com wrote: Workspace window isn't accessible yet. On Jun 8, 2011, at 10:11 PM, Monkey Pusher wrote: Hello, Anyone knows if the workspace window is usuable with VoiceOver? i Have had much luck with it yet. Also is there a way to copy and paste a file from finder onto a track using VoiceOver? i ask because appearantly according to avid support, you cannot have REX files conform to project tempos when adding them from th e audio import window.
importing rex/acid loops
Hello ALL, Any one has any experience importing rex or acid loop files and having them conform to the sessions tempo from the import audio dialogue. Under the processing preferences i only see option for that when its dragged into a session from the desktop but not if brought in from the import audio dialog box. Also while in th import audio dialog box i didn't see an option i could check for this behaviour. Is there something i am missing?
Re: Software instruments and precise editing
Does this mean tools like Beat Detective are accessible? On 6/8/11, Tim Elder t...@timeldermusic.com wrote: Hi Brian, You say others have had luck with the accessibility of Avid virtual instruments. Can you further describe the relative accessibility of the Avid instruments? I was considering an investment in the PT virtual instrument collection. As of now I still do most synth programming in Sonar because of the quality of the access to the virtual instruments and then export to Pro Tools for mixing and editing. I would prefer to do more sound generation in PT if the virtual instruments are accessible. Stefan Albertshauser wrote: Hello, I'm about to purcase pro tools. I didn't find two questions on the list: 1. I wonder, if it is possible for us to navigate to zero-crossings, like in sonar. 2. How do you use software instruments like Contact, where the buttons to load files, I think, aren't automatable? Thanks for reply Stefan
Re: Control Surface
Cool let me know how that works out. The BCF2000 is on my radar,simply due to the price point. Steve On 6/7/11, Tim Burgess tim...@raisedbar.net wrote: Hi, I'm intending to add HUI and Logic Control protocol support, so I'm setting up a test rig with a Behringer BCF2000 right now with Baby HUI and PT9. Best wishes. Tim Burgess Raised Bar Ltd Phone: +44 (0)1827 719822 Don't forget to vote for improved access to music and music technology at http://www.raisedbar.net/petition.htm -Original Message- From: ptaccess@googlegroups.com [mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Nickus de Vos Sent: 03 June 2011 12:29 To: Pro Tools Accessibility Subject: Re: Control Surface Tim this sounds great and would be even better if you can create a mac version to work with pro tools. Monkey Pusher wrote: So this will allow any control surface that uses the mackie protocol to talk? or only the mackie ones? Does that mean it will speak the changs as you make them on the control surface? Like it will say the pan value as you make adjustments? On 5/31/11, Tim Burgess tim...@raisedbar.net wrote: Hi, Just to add that I'm currently developing an application to make Mackie-compliant surfaces talk. We currently have a proof of concept version working with Sonar on the PC, but we'll have a cross-platform build going in the next few months. Best wishes. Tim Burgess Raised Bar Ltd Phone: +44 (0)1827 719822 Don't forget to vote for improved access to music and music technology at http://www.raisedbar.net/petition.htm -Original Message- From: ptaccess@googlegroups.com [mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Nickus de Vos Sent: 31 May 2011 16:27 To: Pro Tools Accessibility Subject: Re: Control Surface Hi this question depends on your budget. If you can aford it go for the digi 003, just don't fall over if you here what the price is remember it's much more than a control serfice. The next level to look at would be the euphonix control, mix and transport however as far as I'd seen on forums the euphonix stuff has increased in price and decreased in build quality since avid baught the company. I would personally go for a mackie control universal pro, I have worked on these a lot. It's solid and has a great feel. think the main unit retails for round $1000. J. R. Westmoreland wrote: I'm using a command-8. I like it so far. The only thing it doesn't have that would be nice is a scrub wheel. -Original Message- From: ptaccess@googlegroups.com [mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Monkey Pusher Sent: Monday, May 30, 2011 10:06 AM To: ptaccess Subject: Control Surface Hello Again, So as i said earlier new to this world. So after checking out some audio workshops/tutorials by Slau and Kevin Reeves, it became appearant that a control surface makes certain things alot easier. SO what are you guys out there using? Any reccomendations? Currently using PT 9 with an MBox Pro if that matters. Thanks.
Re: Importing Audio
Thanks I'll look around in that dialogue again, I only remember seeing new track and region list as options, i'll look if i see a session option. So if i wanted to jump to measure 5 beat 2 would i then type *5.2* since *5* would jump me to measure 5? On 6/4/11, Slau Halatyn slauhala...@gmail.com wrote: Steve, Command-Shift-i will bring up the import audio dialog. Once you've located the file9s) you wish to import, click the done button. The next dialog asks which folder to use. Just use the default which is the Audio Files folder for the session. Click the Open button. The next dialog asks you whether you wish to import to the session or to a new track. Select the second radio button and it will remain your default choice until you change it. Give Pro Tools a moment because it'll convert the file format and create a new copy in the Audio Files folder. A new track will pop up. On Jun 4, 2011, at 3:06 PM, Monkey Pusher wrote: In the Preferences dialog you can choose to latch the Fast Forward and Rewind buttons. Make sure you also select audio During Fast Forward Rewind. This should help. Otherwise, enter the bars/beats using the numeric keypad. HTH, Slau Hello All, Was wondeering if there was a way to import audio onto an existing track. the import audio dialogue box only gives you an import to new track option as i can tell. But if i am for example building a drum track from a bunch of acid or rex loops i would like to put them all on the same track while arranging them. Also if i am not mistaken tapping the number 1 will move you back a measure and tapping the number 2 wil move you forward a measure. Is there a way to move by beats or other musical time? Thanks Steve
Re: Importing Audio
Got it, thanks, and yes next time someone ask on here i'll jump in and answer lol . On 6/5/11, Slau Halatyn slauhala...@gmail.com wrote: OK, I've typed this answer on this list several times and I'll make a deal with you. Next time somebody asks this question, you'll be like the first person to answer the question. Deal? :) To enter a value in the Main counter, press the asterisk key on the num pad. This highlights the first field in the Main Counter display. So, if you're in bars|beats, the bars field is highlighted. If you want to get to bar 5, type 5 and then press Enter or Return. Pressing the decimal key on the num pad advances to the next field. So if you want to get to bar 5 beat 2, you'd press the asterisk, type 5, then decimal, then 2 and press Enter or Return. The same procedure applies to minutes and seconds. To get to 1:23, you'd press Asterisk, then 1, then decimal, then 23 and enter or Return. Pressing the decimal a second time takes you to the third field like ticks or milliseconds. Pressing the slash key on the num pad highlights the first field of the Start time. The same exact commands apply as with entering into the Main Counter only you press the slash key instead of the asterisk key. The slash key shortcut has an additional function which is to cycle between start, End and Length fields. Pressing the slash key once highlights the first field of the Start counter, pressing it again highlights the first field of the End counter and pressing it a third time highlights the first field in the Length counter. So, if you wanted to select a range between bars 5 and 9, you'd press the slash key, press 5 to enter the Start counter value, then press the slash key to highlight the first field in the End counter, type 9 and hit Enter or Return. If you look at the Length counter, it'll read 4 bars. An alternative method is to just type the number of bars in the Length counter. Let's say you were at bar 37 and you needed to select 16 bars and you didn't want to do the math, you could simply press the slash key three times (this would select the first field in the Length counter) and type 16 and hit return. Sixteen bars would now be selected. anyone else reading this can now also answer this kind of question easily. If anything isn't crystal clear, I'd be happy to explain further. Cheers, Slau On Jun 5, 2011, at 6:23 AM, Monkey Pusher wrote: Thanks I'll look around in that dialogue again, I only remember seeing new track and region list as options, i'll look if i see a session option. So if i wanted to jump to measure 5 beat 2 would i then type *5.2* since *5* would jump me to measure 5? On 6/4/11, Slau Halatyn slauhala...@gmail.com wrote: Steve, Command-Shift-i will bring up the import audio dialog. Once you've located the file9s) you wish to import, click the done button. The next dialog asks which folder to use. Just use the default which is the Audio Files folder for the session. Click the Open button. The next dialog asks you whether you wish to import to the session or to a new track. Select the second radio button and it will remain your default choice until you change it. Give Pro Tools a moment because it'll convert the file format and create a new copy in the Audio Files folder. A new track will pop up. On Jun 4, 2011, at 3:06 PM, Monkey Pusher wrote: In the Preferences dialog you can choose to latch the Fast Forward and Rewind buttons. Make sure you also select audio During Fast Forward Rewind. This should help. Otherwise, enter the bars/beats using the numeric keypad. HTH, Slau Hello All, Was wondeering if there was a way to import audio onto an existing track. the import audio dialogue box only gives you an import to new track option as i can tell. But if i am for example building a drum track from a bunch of acid or rex loops i would like to put them all on the same track while arranging them. Also if i am not mistaken tapping the number 1 will move you back a measure and tapping the number 2 wil move you forward a measure. Is there a way to move by beats or other musical time? Thanks Steve
Importing Audio
Hello All, Was wondeering if there was a way to import audio onto an existing track. the import audio dialogue box only gives you an import to new track option as i can tell. But if i am for example building a drum track from a bunch of acid or rex loops i would like to put them all on the same track while arranging them. Also if i am not mistaken tapping the number 1 will move you back a measure and tapping the number 2 wil move you forward a measure. Is there a way to move by beats or other musical time? Thanks Steve
Re: Introduction and a few questions.
It seems he may haver not armed, or record enabled the mono track he wants to record on. He only mention pressing the arm button in the transport cluster, but not the one on the track. You have have to record enable the track as well so Protools knows which track you want the recorded audio placed on. Hope this helps. Steve On 6/2/11, Slau Halatyn slauhala...@gmail.com wrote: Hey Abdul, OK, one thing I forgot to mention is the issue of input monitoring. Now, I'm not sure what the case is with LE systems but, with HD systems, one can switch between monitoring the input or the playback of a given record-enabled track. Option-k toggles between these two modes. It's under the Tracks menu. Again, I'm not sure what the case is with LE so you'll have to check. Now, if I remember correctly, with MBoxes, there was a particular knob that, when turned to the left, sent the input to the stereo out and when turned to the right, sent the recorded signal to the output. So, essentially, if it's somewhere in the middle, you'd get both. I would make sure that the knob is at least in the middle so you can hear playback. During recording, it would be perhaps better to use only the input signal as there would otherwise be a slight delay between the live signal and the playback signal. Using a small playback buffer or using low latency monitoring would help this situation considerably. HTH, slau On Jun 2, 2011, at 2:22 PM, Abdul D Kamara wrote: Hey Slau, So the idea is that some of these clips, which include sections of music and/or voice recording, would be at times overlapping the voice from the primary audio track. I will be following a pretty tight script, doing it live most of the way, so I think I might want to give the instrument track with the launchpad a go. Of course, I understand some of these explanations can be quite involved, so in advance, you have my gratitude. I have been able to set up the baby grand piano to work with my controller. I think I get how a fraction of this works. Expanding my library to accommodate my clips is the trick. On to the audio: 1. By signal feeding you mean that I am able to hear my voice via the microphone? If so, yes. 2. Link Timeline Edit Selection is checked. I don't think that I have manipulated any other defaults. So thus far, no luck. On 2 Jun 2011, at 19:13, Slau Halatyn wrote: Hey Abdul, OK, I have some time now to address your questions. First, let me say that you might only possibly need a trigger for specific audio clips if you're planning to do it in real time. I would bet that you're not planning to do the whole of each podcast episode live, without any edits. So, triggering sounds, per se, is probably completely unnecessary. If it's a live radio-style show then, yes, that would be appropriate. The overwhelming majority of podcasts are put together in pieces with segments recorded, edited and then output as a single mixed file. Normally, any kind of music or sound effects would be copied and pasted into a dedicated track and mixed along with the other material or sometimes even put into the same track as a stand-alone audio region in the midst of other audio regions—essentially as a link in a chain of various pieces of audio. So, I wouldn't worry about the virtual instrument track at this time. To address the audio questions, you seem to have followed the right steps in general. Let me ask a few other questions: 1. When you created the mono track and checked the routing, were you able to hear the signal feeding the microphone? 2. Make sure that link Timeline Edit Selection is checked under the Options menu. Did you change any other defaults? 3. When you stopped the transport, did you press Return to get back to the beginning of the session? BTW, there are two types of playback behavior as it pertains to the insertion point. With the insertion following the playback cursor, if you stop the playback by pressing the space bar, the insertion will stay at the stopped playback position. If insertion is not following playback, the insertion point will stay at the initial position and remain there while the playback cursor continues on playing the material. If you press the space bar in this mode, the transport main counter will instantly reset back to it's original position where you started playback. This is a matter of personal preference and is coincidentally found in the Preferences dialog under the Setups menu. Let's start with that for now. Let me know. Slau On Jun 2, 2011, at 6:46 AM, Abdul D Kamara wrote: Hey All, I'm new to the list. ...thought it would be good to introduce myself, as I already have a kabillion questions for you all. I'm trying to set up a Podcast. I'm running Pro Tools 8.0.5 with an MBox 2 as my interface. The basic template I need has a audio and instrument track, the former will be for voice recording via mic and the latter will be for
Re: Introduction and a few questions.
Sorry for my mistake earlier, not sure how i missed that he did mentione that he armed the track. If i may throw another suggestion out there, OWC i believe or is it nu tech or some other company, makes an internal drive caddy for mac books. U can take out your cd rom drive and slide an a second internal HD in the slot with this caddy. Great so you can have a second drive for Pro Tools, and all you will have to bring is your laptop and iLock and some headphones, if mixing or editing. Just another thought. However you may want to keep your power adapter handy as running two intanal HD's will shorten battery life noticeably. On 6/2/11, Slau Halatyn slauhala...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Abdul, The first thing you'll probably want to read is your Introduction to MBox or Getting Started with MBox—whatever they call it these days. That'll explain the exact steps you need to take in terms of setting up your system correctly. Regarding drives, in short, that's just how it is. All serious workstations, be it audio or video, most often require the use of a dedicated drive that is separate from the boot drive. You can probably get away with recording one or two tracks for short periods of time but it's absolutely highly recommended to use a dedicated external FireWire drive. bTW, OWC makes a nice bus-powered fireWire drive that is 7200 rpm and costs around $159. Come to think of it, I recall you're overseas but, still, it might be nice to find something bus powered but, more importantly, 7200 rpm for sure. Cheers, Slau On Jun 2, 2011, at 7:22 PM, Abdul D Kamara wrote: Yeah, I think you are right about the play button. I'm going to bed now, and I will be taking with me the 36 page document on Pro Tools short cuts. Oh, and if you happen to remember the other shortcuts that need to be disabled, please let me know, I have already disabled the one for spotlight... I am not using an external drive right now, though I will. I get the sense that this is critical, Beyond the issue of space, why is it so? Thanks again, Abdul On 3 Jun 2011, at 01:09, Slau Halatyn wrote: Hey Abdul, Glad it worked. I'm thinking that you probably armed the Record button in the transport but never actually engaged the transport by pressing the Play button. Well, the Command-space bar shortcut will solve that. There's also another couple of options for engaging the transport. One is with a particular f-key (I don't recall which one because I never use it) and num pad 3 and then space bar. Again, I never use that but it's just another option. Glad you're rolling, so to speak ;) Slau On Jun 2, 2011, at 7:00 PM, Abdul D Kamara wrote: Hey Folks, thanks to Slau, the recording problem is fixed. It appears that using the key commands work better than trying to directly manipulate controls in the transport cluster. On 3 Jun 2011, at 00:26, Slau Halatyn wrote: I don't think so. In step 4 Abdul says he armed the track and then in the Transport cluster he engaged the record function. I take that as he took the right steps. bTW, Abdul, you needn't use the transport window or cluster for engaging the transport. Command-space bar is the keyboard shortcut for putting the transport into record. HTH, slau On Jun 2, 2011, at 6:21 PM, Monkey Pusher wrote: It seems he may haver not armed, or record enabled the mono track he wants to record on. He only mention pressing the arm button in the transport cluster, but not the one on the track. You have have to record enable the track as well so Protools knows which track you want the recorded audio placed on. Hope this helps. Steve On 6/2/11, Slau Halatyn slauhala...@gmail.com wrote: Hey Abdul, OK, one thing I forgot to mention is the issue of input monitoring. Now, I'm not sure what the case is with LE systems but, with HD systems, one can switch between monitoring the input or the playback of a given record-enabled track. Option-k toggles between these two modes. It's under the Tracks menu. Again, I'm not sure what the case is with LE so you'll have to check. Now, if I remember correctly, with MBoxes, there was a particular knob that, when turned to the left, sent the input to the stereo out and when turned to the right, sent the recorded signal to the output. So, essentially, if it's somewhere in the middle, you'd get both. I would make sure that the knob is at least in the middle so you can hear playback. During recording, it would be perhaps better to use only the input signal as there would otherwise be a slight delay between the live signal and the playback signal. Using a small playback buffer or using low latency monitoring would help this situation considerably. HTH, slau On Jun 2, 2011, at 2:22 PM, Abdul D Kamara wrote: Hey Slau, So the idea is that some of these clips, which include sections of music and/or voice recording, would be at times overlapping the voice from the primary audio track
Re: Control Surface
Well i already have the MBox Pro, so the 003 would be over kill for me as i don't needanother interface at the moment. Will check out the Mackie control and the Euphonix units. On 5/31/11, Nickus de Vos bigboy...@gmail.com wrote: Hi this question depends on your budget. If you can aford it go for the digi 003, just don't fall over if you here what the price is remember it's much more than a control serfice. The next level to look at would be the euphonix control, mix and transport however as far as I'd seen on forums the euphonix stuff has increased in price and decreased in build quality since avid baught the company. I would personally go for a mackie control universal pro, I have worked on these a lot. It's solid and has a great feel. think the main unit retails for round $1000. J. R. Westmoreland wrote: I'm using a command-8. I like it so far. The only thing it doesn't have that would be nice is a scrub wheel. -Original Message- From: ptaccess@googlegroups.com [mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Monkey Pusher Sent: Monday, May 30, 2011 10:06 AM To: ptaccess Subject: Control Surface Hello Again, So as i said earlier new to this world. So after checking out some audio workshops/tutorials by Slau and Kevin Reeves, it became appearant that a control surface makes certain things alot easier. SO what are you guys out there using? Any reccomendations? Currently using PT 9 with an MBox Pro if that matters. Thanks.
Re: Control Surface
So this will allow any control surface that uses the mackie protocol to talk? or only the mackie ones? Does that mean it will speak the changs as you make them on the control surface? Like it will say the pan value as you make adjustments? On 5/31/11, Tim Burgess tim...@raisedbar.net wrote: Hi, Just to add that I'm currently developing an application to make Mackie-compliant surfaces talk. We currently have a proof of concept version working with Sonar on the PC, but we'll have a cross-platform build going in the next few months. Best wishes. Tim Burgess Raised Bar Ltd Phone: +44 (0)1827 719822 Don't forget to vote for improved access to music and music technology at http://www.raisedbar.net/petition.htm -Original Message- From: ptaccess@googlegroups.com [mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Nickus de Vos Sent: 31 May 2011 16:27 To: Pro Tools Accessibility Subject: Re: Control Surface Hi this question depends on your budget. If you can aford it go for the digi 003, just don't fall over if you here what the price is remember it's much more than a control serfice. The next level to look at would be the euphonix control, mix and transport however as far as I'd seen on forums the euphonix stuff has increased in price and decreased in build quality since avid baught the company. I would personally go for a mackie control universal pro, I have worked on these a lot. It's solid and has a great feel. think the main unit retails for round $1000. J. R. Westmoreland wrote: I'm using a command-8. I like it so far. The only thing it doesn't have that would be nice is a scrub wheel. -Original Message- From: ptaccess@googlegroups.com [mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Monkey Pusher Sent: Monday, May 30, 2011 10:06 AM To: ptaccess Subject: Control Surface Hello Again, So as i said earlier new to this world. So after checking out some audio workshops/tutorials by Slau and Kevin Reeves, it became appearant that a control surface makes certain things alot easier. SO what are you guys out there using? Any reccomendations? Currently using PT 9 with an MBox Pro if that matters. Thanks.
Changing Tempos in Project.
Hey Everyone, New to the mac and pro tools. I assume like probably a number of people on here i come from a SONAR/Reaper background, so i have been able to figure out a bunch of stuff so far. However one thing i haven't figured out yet is how to change tempos for a project in PT. Nothing i have tried has worked so far, and was reminded of this group when i asked about it on twitter. Hope you guys can help Thanks.
Control Surface
Hello Again, So as i said earlier new to this world. So after checking out some audio workshops/tutorials by Slau and Kevin Reeves, it became appearant that a control surface makes certain things alot easier. SO what are you guys out there using? Any reccomendations? Currently using PT 9 with an MBox Pro if that matters. Thanks.
