Re: Amplitube 5 in PT

[Shawn Brock]

Hi Steve,

Man I sure appreciate the info. IK has some good stuff, so it sucks hard that 
we can’t access it. Their loss I guess… I was also looking at amp hub, so 
thanks for letting me know that it is useable. I’m guessing guitar rig is also 
not accessible for VO users? 

Thanks again Steve,
Shawn 

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> On Mar 13, 2023, at 9:20 PM, Steve Martin  wrote:
> 
> IK Multimedia’s software is generally not very accessible. For something 
> similar, STL Tone’s AmpHub should be accessible. I also use a lot of the plug 
> in Alliance amp sims, but a lot of those are individual amps and not a suite 
> with the exception of RockRack. I think plug in alliance is running some kind 
> of buy 2 get one free sale at the moment with plug ins costing $29.
> If you are into the heavier side of things Otto Audio’s II II II II or eleven 
> eleven as its called is worth a look and there is always a 50% off code that 
> will work for it it seems. 
> 
> 
>> On Mar 11, 2023, at 10:02 AM, Shawn Brock  wrote:
>> 
>> All, 
>> 
>> I recently downloaded Amplitube 5 with hopes of using it in PT, however, 
>> even though it will show up, I cannot access a single parameter or preset. I 
>> wanted to ask, is it this inaccessible,  or perhaps, I am doing something 
>> wrong? Everything shows up as authorized, and when I have my wife look at it 
>> as a standalone, she is able to page through the parameters and amplifiers. 
>> They have some good products, but if this is the way they work with VO, I 
>> guess they’re useless. 
>> Thanks,
>> Shawn 
>> 
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Amplitube 5 in PT

[Shawn Brock]

All, 

I recently downloaded Amplitube 5 with hopes of using it in PT, however, even 
though it will show up, I cannot access a single parameter or preset. I wanted 
to ask, is it this inaccessible,  or perhaps, I am doing something wrong? 
Everything shows up as authorized, and when I have my wife look at it as a 
standalone, she is able to page through the parameters and amplifiers. They 
have some good products, but if this is the way they work with VO, I guess 
they’re useless. 
Thanks,
Shawn 

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Re: new protools system, some questions

[Shawn Brock]

Hi Jed, 
I would think you would be fine with either option, being that you will be 
storing your recordings on an X ternal Drive. Heck, I just bought another USB 
flash drive the other day, and it was 32 gig for only 13 bucks, so I guess I’m 
one of those folks who is past feeling the need for a large hard drive or SSD. 
Having said that though, I do have a 1 TB thunderbolt Drive that I use for 
ProTools sessions. 
Best, 
Shawn 

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> On Aug 15, 2018, at 3:59 PM, Jed Barton  wrote:
> 
> Hey guys,
> 
> OK, so i'm getting my 1st protools system.  I am going to mainly be
> doing radio production with it.
> So i have 2 options.  macbook pro with 256 of harddrive space and 8
> gigs of ram, or the 512 harddrive and 8 gigs of ram.  I was planning
> on storing all of my audio on external harddrives.  Any thoughts?  Is
> the i5 and 8 gigs of ram enough?
> 
> Cheers,
> Jed
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Re: How would you all as full fledged professionals handle this?

[Shawn Brock]

My dad was a simple man, but one thing he always said, stuck with me, and I've 
found it to be true. "Son, some people just don't know that they just don't 
know. And you can't do anything about that." 

> On Jul 25, 2017, at 7:48 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland  
> wrote:
> 
> Oh, believe me, Karen, I have toldem, but he just keeps insisting that he's 
> actually better than anyone's giving him credit. I'm not the first person to 
> tell him areas to improve.
>  
> I think you guys are right. This guy's just probably not worth my effort any 
> further. I'm sorry to say.
>  
> Anyway, I appreciate you all's advice, really, I do!
> ---
> Christopher Gilland
> Co-founder of Genuine Safe Haven Ministries
>  
> http://www.gshministry.org
> (980) 500-9575
> - Original Message -
> From: Karen Lewellen
> To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com
> Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2017 12:42 PM
> Subject: Re: How would you all as full fledged professionals handle this?
> 
> I see, My hope was to give you an opening like...would you want  this 
> artist to hear  what you just recorded?
> Clearly he has no grasp of marketing either smiles.
> Kevin makes a valid point.
> Is there any reason why, if he is not paying you, that you must answer at 
> all?
> Better still, if he is a real friend, why you cannot say,
> Look You are my friend and I want to help you as a friend.  I like you 
> personally, but this stuff is not of quality, here is why.
> He honestly might not be able to hear what you can, if he has trouble with 
> pitch.
> Still, if he is serious about his craft, then he  must be prepared to grow.
> Kare
> 
> 
> On Mon, 24 Jul 2017, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote:
> 
> > I actually asked him that, and he said he doesn't want to be like anyone. 
> > He says there are too many impersonators. He said I don't want to sound 
> > like them, and frankly, anyone trying to do music like someone else is a 
> > cheating ripoff. His words word per word, not mine.
> > ---
> > Christopher Gilland
> > Co-founder of Genuine Safe Haven Ministries
> >
> > http://www.gshministry.org
> > (980) 500-9575
> >  - Original Message -
> >  From: Karen Lewellen
> >  To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com
> >  Sent: Monday, July 24, 2017 9:10 PM
> >  Subject: Re: How would you all as full fledged professionals handle this?
> >
> >
> >  Hi Chris,
> >  You are an honorable friend being considerate of his feelings.
> >  I have a question.  who does this person admire professionally?  What
> >  singer  does he want to  become, who influences his work, if you understand
> >  me?
> >  I ask because you may be able to give direction, or frankness, without
> >  insulting  him as a person.  focus on his art, not  him, does that make
> >  sense?
> >  Will share more after you answer.
> >  Karen
> >
> >
> >  On Mon, 24 Jul 2017, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote:
> >
> >  > OK, so I have a friend who sent me a track he had recorded. Granted, he 
> > did it in Reaper not PT, but that's kind of not exactly the point.
> >  >
> >  > He wanted my opinion on his mix, etc.
> >  >
> >  > First off, the guy is almost 2 whole steps off key. I know, as I know 
> > very well the song that he recorded. This isn't him using improvization. 
> > It's more truely him being off the correct note or anything there close.
> >  >
> >  > Secondly, his vocals clipped horribly. With no processing or anything, 
> > the meters are showing him at positive 9.3DB.
> >  >
> >  > On his reverb, he ran both the wet, and the dry mix at 100%, so he 
> > sounds like he's in the grand cannyon. Plus, he's got major major headphone 
> > bleedover, so bad, I almost can make out each note individually from the 
> > karaoke track he used.
> >  >
> >  > When he hits the higher notes, he's singing from his throat, I can tell, 
> > as he's straining badly, and literally almost shouting.
> >  >
> >  > On the compressor, he used a 8/1 with the attack as fast as the 
> > compressor plug would let him, and the attack as slow as it would. Then, he 
> > set the threshold at negative 14DB, which obviously means he's squashing 
> > the living shit out of things! Worse is, he not only did this on his vocal, 
> > but he then reduplicated it on the master fader as well. Aaa, my aching! 
> > ears!
> >  >
> >  > Finally, he turned up all frequencies around 60HZ by about 5 DB.
> >  >
> >  > When I told him this needed a lot of work, being he wanted my honest 
> > opinion, he says he cannot hear the things I'm talking about nor how it 
> > negatively effected the mix.
> >  >
> >  > This guy's been through a lot of emotional psychological trauma, which 
> > so've I, so I know how it feels. I don't wanna tell him this sounds like 
> > utter F***ing shit, but, that said, this is about the 5th song he's sent me 
> > like this. I just don't think he's cut out for a vocalist let alone a 
> > producer. OK, who 'em I to judge! I know, I know, I'm not the greatest 
> > myself, but at least I listen and try taking 

Re: Adjusting levels of sends

[Shawn Brock]

Hi Peter, 

After setting up an auxiliary track and putting the desired effect on it, go to 
the track which you want to use the effect on, example a vocal. Navigate to The 
sends kollom and interact with it. Choose the slot by pressing Vito space on 
the button, example, send selector b. Navigate through the menu until you hear 
track sub menu. Right arrow to open the sub menu. There you will see the 
auxiliary track you have created. Press enter on that. This will open up a view 
with the various controls to do what you are wanting, A few of them are, pre-or 
post fader, Front pan, as well as send level. 

HTH 
Shawn 

> On Jan 19, 2017, at 9:57 AM, Peter Bosher  wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> 
> If, for example,  I need to send several tracks to a bus for a reverb effect 
> on an auxilliary track, how do I adjust the send level for each track 
> separately, and select whether the sends are pre- or post-fader?
> 
> Best,
> 
> Peter
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Re: Importing midi files to EZ Drummer 1

[Shawn Brock]

Slau, 

I understand the routing of outputs and so on is accessible, but how about the 
libraries? I am more than happy to upgrade to superior drummer, my only worry 
is that I won't be able to access the library of patterns it comes with. 

Regards, 
Shawn 

> On Jan 15, 2017, at 8:36 PM, Slau Halatyn <slauhala...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> OK, so that question would be better suited to the Logic list. Superior 
> Drummer is now accessible in Pro Tools via Flo Tools' Plug-In Views feature.
> Slau
> 
>> On Jan 15, 2017, at 1:05 PM, Ricky Prevatte <rickypreva...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> So has anybody done anything with superior drummer and logic? A little off 
>> topic but hey inquiring mind wants to know!
>> 
>> Ricky Prevatte LMBT1154
>> 
>>> On Jan 15, 2017, at 12:12 PM, Phil Muir <i...@accessibilitytraining.co.uk> 
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Not going to happen as the groove browser in any Toontrack product is
>>> completely inaccessible both on Windows and Mac so don't waste your money on
>>> EZ Drummer 2.  Still if you want to use the EZX's and set them up with
>>> multiple outputs either on Windows or Mac or use the .s20 files that I
>>> set-up in Superior Drummer 2 with multiple outputs or any of the ones that
>>> use X Drums then you know what I am going to say.  Wait for it,
>>> dubdadubdadubba, get Superior Drummer 2 and use it in Pro Tools with Flow
>>> Tools or with HotSpotClicker in Windows 7 or 10 in Sonar 8.5.3, Samplitude
>>> Pro X3 Suite or Samplitude Pro X3.
>>> 
>>> -Original Message-
>>> From: ptaccess@googlegroups.com [mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
>>> Of Shawn Brock
>>> Sent: 15 January 2017 03:16
>>> To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com
>>> Subject: Importing midi files to EZ Drummer 1
>>> 
>>> So how do you do this? The workspace window is shite as us Irish would
>>> say... only way I have gotten the provided files to work is to import midi,
>>> and set a send up to EZ...  I know I know... Get virsion two. And I may,
>>> but it would be nice to use the midi files the thing comes with... Help!
>>> 
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Re: Importing midi files to EZ Drummer 1

[Shawn Brock]

Man it would sure be a shame to be back in the sonar environment because of 
something like this. I just wish ProTools made it easy to import midi to a 
track with EZ Drummer, as sonar did. 

In regards to what you asked about garage band Ricky, it seems as though I 
remember someone saying you could use superior drummer or EZ Drummer with some 
success. As I recall from that person's post in July, you can select the drum 
pattern you want from the provided library, and copy and paste it into the 
timeline on garage band. Please take these comments with a grain of salt 
though, as obviously I have not tried this before. However the person who 
posted sounded as though they had experience doing this in garage band and 
logic. I have no skills in garage band, but may consider building some.

> On Jan 15, 2017, at 12:12 PM, Phil Muir <i...@accessibilitytraining.co.uk> 
> wrote:
> 
> Not going to happen as the groove browser in any Toontrack product is
> completely inaccessible both on Windows and Mac so don't waste your money on
> EZ Drummer 2.  Still if you want to use the EZX's and set them up with
> multiple outputs either on Windows or Mac or use the .s20 files that I
> set-up in Superior Drummer 2 with multiple outputs or any of the ones that
> use X Drums then you know what I am going to say.  Wait for it,
> dubdadubdadubba, get Superior Drummer 2 and use it in Pro Tools with Flow
> Tools or with HotSpotClicker in Windows 7 or 10 in Sonar 8.5.3, Samplitude
> Pro X3 Suite or Samplitude Pro X3.
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: ptaccess@googlegroups.com [mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
> Of Shawn Brock
> Sent: 15 January 2017 03:16
> To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Importing midi files to EZ Drummer 1
> 
> So how do you do this? The workspace window is shite as us Irish would
> say... only way I have gotten the provided files to work is to import midi,
> and set a send up to EZ...  I know I know... Get virsion two. And I may,
> but it would be nice to use the midi files the thing comes with... Help!
> 
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Importing midi files to EZ Drummer 1

[Shawn Brock]

So how do you do this? The workspace window is shite as us Irish would say... 
only way I have gotten the provided files to work is to import midi, and set a 
send up to EZ...  I know I know... Get virsion two. And I may, but it would 
be nice to use the midi files the thing comes with... Help! 

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OT band in a box

[Shawn Brock]

I'm teaching a class where band in a box could come in useful. Only thing is I 
am not sure about the accessibility of it? It seems to me that I recall someone 
on here sending out a track they made with band in a box, but my memory isn't 
what it used to be. Anyone know if it is accessible with voiceover? Or in worst 
case, accessible on windows?

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Vocal stutter

[Shawn Brock]

Probably a stupid question for you guys, and I have not tried anything yet, but 
I have someone who needs the vocal stutter effect on a song. Obviously I 
watched a few YouTube videos where people were switching into grid mode and 
doing this quicker than I can write this email. However, I found little 
information which was of a help to me. Anyone have any surgical advice here? 
And before you ask, I am not using a control surface, only the computer 
keyboard. 

Thanks, 
Shawn 

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My poor attempt at showing how to use elastic audio

[Shawn Brock]

Folks, sometime back someone came on looking for advice on using elastic audio. 
I remember struggling with this myself when I first started using ProTools. 
After I figured a few things out, I recorded a short tutorial on working with 
elastic audio. I did this about a year ago, and for some reason, forgot to post 
it. It is a little long winded and I'm sorry about that. Anyhow, here's the 
link in case it may help someone out. 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/9t1mz44f58drbz5/Shawn%20Brock-%20elastic%20audio%20demonstration.m4a?dl=0
 

Happy tempo changing, 
Shawn 

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Working with loops in PT

[Shawn Brock]

Anyone have any tips, tricks or tutorials on using loops and ProTools? Maybe 
I'm an idiot, or maybe it is because I am lazy and have not upgraded lately,  
but I have had no luck using the workspace window. It seems like importing 
loops and then copying and pasting to a single track is a lot more work than it 
should be. However, that is the alternative I most recently used. I guess I 
have been fortunate in my one year journey in ProTools to only be working with 
audio wich I or someone has recorded, but I am now finding myself in need of 
further wisdom on handling loops. Seems this is the one area where sonar kind 
of still shines. I would just hate to go over to the PC to do this... I'm sure 
it is my ignorance and someone will have something to offer. 

Thanks, 
Shawn 

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Re: my control surface dilemma, a real drag

[Shawn Brock]

Putting in a 2nd Drive is no big deal, and fairly inexpensive. Lots of people 
perform the task themselves, but even if you use a third-party such as simply 
Mac, it will still only cost you a few hundred dollars. This is assuming you 
want to go for something like a 256 SSD. Eventually I will do this with my 
MacBook pro, but for the time being I use a highly rated thunderbolt Drive. I 
was able to get a good deal on eBay on one which was brand-new, one terabyte 
for about $200. Still I am going to add an additional SSD, but I don't consider 
my money to be lost on the thunderbolt Drive anyhow as at that point I will use 
it simply for storage and backup. Seems like we have a different opinion of the 
MacBook Pro. For me, having the mobility and power have been great, though I 
would not want to go with one of the newer ones which are more of a headache to 
upgrade or change anything out on.
By the way, the battery problem you had is pretty common. Folks argue that if 
you leave it plugged in it don't make a difference and all of that, but 
definitely not the case. Our I T guy here at the University had the same thing 
happened to him, and the battery swelled up and started pushing the case apart.

As for the control surface I have nothing to offer, I have hung on Yosemite and 
ProTools 12.5.   

> On Apr 26, 2016, at 3:55 PM, Gordon Kent  wrote:
> 
> I have a 512 ssd drive in there.  But it would be nice to 
> have a separate drive for audio in there anyway. 
> Gord
>  
> From: Phil Muir
> Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2016 6:15 AM
> To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com
> Subject: RE: my control surface dilemma, a real drag
>  
> Gord.  You don’t need to remove the DVD drive.  You may need to fit a larger 
> hard drive and build a Mac installer.  That’s easy enough to do using command 
> line tools.  Just use the bootcamp manager to partition the disk for you.  
> Doing that here with my Samsung EVO 500GB drive in this mid 2012 15 inch 
> MacBook Pro.
>  
> From: ptaccess@googlegroups.com [mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.com] On Behalf 
> Of Gordon Kent
> Sent: 26 April 2016 02:54
> To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: my control surface dilemma, a real drag
>  
> I might give this serious fault.  My 
> macbook pro is 4 years old now.  If I ever get a newer mac, it will be a 
> tower system, not a laptop.  I could care less about the new features in el 
> capitan.  I would rather have pt working the way it should.  Maverick solved 
> some of the accessibility problems with pro tools not reading certain numeric 
> values and the like.  And apple still hasn’t made the midi studio accessible. 
>  If I removed the Dvd drive, I could put in a second HD and run boot camp to 
> switch between the os’s if I wanted to.
> Gord
>  
> From: Ricky Prevatte
> Sent: Monday, April 25, 2016 9:40 PM
> To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: my control surface dilemma, a real drag
>  
> I am running ProTools 12 and Mavericks. I had problem with Yosemite and had 
> to roll back. All of that stuff works well with the latest version of logic 
> as well on those older operating systems. I am not going to upgrade myself 
> out of house and home I have thisDAW Running well I am going to keep it that 
> way. I have a nice quick hard drive in the old laptop I have my CD drive I 
> have no interest in a newer Apple Computer.
> 
> Ricky Prevatte LMBT1154
> 
>> On Apr 25, 2016, at 9:32 PM, Gordon Kent  wrote:
>> But don’t I need to be running el capitan to 
>> run pro tools 12?  I really liked maverick the best, but I would think 
>> yossemity would be as far back as you could go. 
>> Gord
>>  
>> From: Ricky Prevatte
>> Sent: Monday, April 25, 2016 9:14 PM
>> To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com
>> Subject: Re: my control surface dilemma, a real drag
>>  
>> Hi Gordon I believe if you took your laptop in and have it rolled back to 
>> Mavericks or Yosemite your problem would be solved. If there is an issue 
>> that you need the newer update I understand but it may be cheaper and I know 
>> there is no learning curve there. I use my Presonus studio live for my 
>> console. It will not support El Capitan as well. I just bought a control 
>> surface and mackie MCU pro may not support it as well. I have heard that it 
>> did run with El Capitan.
>> I am not going to take that chance. But all those surface issues you 
>> mentioned could be solved by abandoning El Capitan.
>> Ricky Prevatte LMBT1154
>> 
>>> On Apr 25, 2016, at 8:57 PM, Gordon Kent  wrote:
>>> It’s been quite a while since I’ve used pro tools.  
>>> Back when I was running pt 10 with the older os’s mountain lion etc., I had 
>>> it working great with my alesis master control audio interface/control 
>>> surface.  Now alesis is no longer supporting it with el capitan.  I don’t 
>>> think my m-audio project mix 

Re: Vocal tuning

[Shawn Brock]

Basically when you buy from a seller on the auction site, they send you a code 
which you can enter on the Antares site for downloading your purchase. This is 
the same protocol if you bought the plug-in from musicians friend, guitar 
Center, sweet water and so on. It all comes down to the purchase code, or 
whatever they call it nowadays.

> On Mar 8, 2016, at 4:56 PM, Jesse Kragiel <jessekrag...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Ok, how would it work buying it from somewhere like that? In EFX, I like how 
> you can turn on and off notes in the scale. For instance, the client I have 
> up is singing in F, but there's a D-flat in the song, and I was able to add 
> that note to the scale, and still keep her vocal in a major tuning. Super 
> cool! I didn't have near this much control in Sonar!
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Mar 8, 2016, at 4:26 PM, Shawn Brock <sh...@shawnbrock.com> wrote:
>> 
>> I went with EF ex myself. Another point is they offer a pretty low upgrade 
>> price if you should wish to purchase auto tune eight. You can also buy EF ex 
>> on the popular auction site very very cheap. I think I paid $70 from a 
>> legitimate seller in Pennsylvania.
>> 
>>> On Mar 8, 2016, at 1:01 PM, Jesse Kragiel <jessekrag...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> The way I'm looking at things, EFX3 is basically Autotune 7 without the 
>>> graphical interface, Live is 8 without FlexTune, and the way my demo's 
>>> looking, that's inaccessible to us anyway. I'll probably buy a license for 
>>> Live so I can still have the formant controls if I need them, but it seems 
>>> a bit ridiculous to buy the full-function plug-in if we can't get at the 
>>> features that makes it so advanced. Any thoughts?
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Re: Vocal tuning

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I went with EF ex myself. Another point is they offer a pretty low upgrade 
price if you should wish to purchase auto tune eight. You can also buy EF ex on 
the popular auction site very very cheap. I think I paid $70 from a legitimate 
seller in Pennsylvania.

> On Mar 8, 2016, at 1:01 PM, Jesse Kragiel  wrote:
> 
> The way I'm looking at things, EFX3 is basically Autotune 7 without the 
> graphical interface, Live is 8 without FlexTune, and the way my demo's 
> looking, that's inaccessible to us anyway. I'll probably buy a license for 
> Live so I can still have the formant controls if I need them, but it seems a 
> bit ridiculous to buy the full-function plug-in if we can't get at the 
> features that makes it so advanced. Any thoughts?
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Re: Vocal tuning

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Just in case you did not know, Antares offers a trial of each of the auto tune 
plug-ins. H plug-in is fully fully authorized for a period of two weeks as I 
recall. Just a heads up so you can get the feel of the different options 
offered by each of their plug-ins. 

> On Mar 8, 2016, at 10:36 AM, Jesse Kragiel  wrote:
> 
> Lol that goes without saying! I have been recording since open reels, and we 
> had no pitch correction then! Arguably the best music was made before pitch 
> and time correction ever were invented. I still don't like to quantize much 
> in my sequencing, but for this new bunch of singers we track... I digress! Lol
> '
> 
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>> On Mar 8, 2016, at 9:48 AM, Poppa Bear  wrote:
>> 
>> Yes, it would be nice. I myself think that auto tune is better than waves 
>> tune for us and I believe that you can tweak more parameters in auto tune. 
>> Also, don’t forget that a lot of tuning can be fixed with practicing good 
>> vocal technique.
>>  
>> From: ptaccess@googlegroups.com [mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.com] On Behalf 
>> Of Jesse Kragiel
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2016 5:41 AM
>> To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com
>> Subject: Re: Vocal tuning
>>  
>> Is one better than the other? I wish they'd make Melodyne usable for us. Not 
>> sure how it could be done, but the ability to edit and align group vocals 
>> like that would sure be great!
>> 
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>> On Mar 8, 2016, at 9:34 AM, Poppa Bear  wrote:
>> 
>> Auto Tune and waves tune.
>>  
>> From: ptaccess@googlegroups.com [mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.com] On Behalf 
>> Of Jesse Kragiel
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2016 5:20 AM
>> To: Pro Tools Accessibility
>> Subject: Vocal tuning
>>  
>> I'm sure this has been covered here before, but I need to tune vocals. What 
>> plugins has anyone here successfully used? I'm playing with a free one right 
>> now, and it's ok, but very basic. Thoughts?
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Re: Protools subscription question

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Hello, yes, my MacBook Pro only has two USB ports, that is what makes the 
additional two USB ports only Apple keyboard a blessing. I keep my iLock 
plugged into the keyboard. 


As for the subscription, I had good luck purchasing through Sweetwater. The 
iLock  is included in the subscription price. Or at least it was when I 
purchased from them. 

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> On Dec 26, 2015, at 8:11 PM, Dominique Stansberry <40493raywon...@gmail.com> 
> wrote:
> 
> So, I need to have it plugged in all of the time?
> I was thinking of buying the iLok just incase of this problem.
> I was asking because I’d wonder why would you need a dongle if it’s a monthly 
> payment plan. It wouldn’t make since, at least to me it wouldn’t. But if 
> that’s the case, then I’ll go ahead and get one then. Now I’m also gonna have 
> to get a hub I guess. This mac only has two usb ports.
> :(
> Thank you.
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Audio selection trouble

[Shawn Brock]

Folks, in all projects i can't select audio. This just started, and for the 
life of me i don't know why. Both link timeline and edit and link track to 
selection are checked under options. The funny thing is if i uncheck link 
timeline and edit selection, i can select audio, but not if it is checked. This 
leads to a screwed up mess when trying to paste... Also, i cant copy a 
selection and paste it to another playlist. The audio seems to copy, and if i 
have PT play edit, the selection is correct, but when pasteing, no audio is 
heard. So what gives? I should also say that i have yet to install the 12.2.1 
update, and am still sitting on 12.2. I will try installing the update today 
and see if it helps. Now that i think of it, i cant recall if i had done any 
copying and pasteing after installing 12.2 but i'm pretty sure i have. 

Thanks, 
Shawn 

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Re: Audio selection trouble

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Thanks guys. I should have disclosed in my last email that i had checked to 
make sure wave form was displayed, and the selection tool was selected. I was 
good on all of that. The problem came down to the fact that insert after 
playback was checked. How or why i cant say, but it damn sure was. Maybe it was 
my kids or maybe i hit the wrong keystroke while drunk, but either way that was 
the provlem... I'm not even sure what insert after playback is used for, but it 
sure had me by the nuts there lol. Never the less, thanks for trying to help me 
guys, i'm grateful to you. 

Shawn   

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> On Oct 3, 2015, at 2:06 PM, Slau Halatyn <slauhala...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Shawn,
> 
> In addition to what Jon mentioned, I would make sure you're in the edit 
> window while trying to perform any audio editing and, more importantly, make 
> sure that the timeline is displaying waveforms in the track view pop-up menu. 
> Otherwise, you'll hear audio but won't be editing it within the timeline.
> 
> Keep us posted.
> 
> Slau
> 
>> On Oct 3, 2015, at 9:01 AM, Shawn Brock <sh...@shawnbrock.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Folks, in all projects i can't select audio. This just started, and for the 
>> life of me i don't know why. Both link timeline and edit and link track to 
>> selection are checked under options. The funny thing is if i uncheck link 
>> timeline and edit selection, i can select audio, but not if it is checked. 
>> This leads to a screwed up mess when trying to paste... Also, i cant copy a 
>> selection and paste it to another playlist. The audio seems to copy, and if 
>> i have PT play edit, the selection is correct, but when pasteing, no audio 
>> is heard. So what gives? I should also say that i have yet to install the 
>> 12.2.1 update, and am still sitting on 12.2. I will try installing the 
>> update today and see if it helps. Now that i think of it, i cant recall if i 
>> had done any copying and pasteing after installing 12.2 but i'm pretty sure 
>> i have. 
>> 
>> Thanks, 
>> Shawn 
>> 
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elastic audio questions

[Shawn Brock]

List, 

I'm dumb even though i have RTFM... 

I am overdubbing a few parts for a guy Who suddenly decided he wants his song 
to be faster. No problem I think, I can just use elastic audio and speed up the 
track. Except I can't.  

I am working in Yosemite 10.5, and part 12.2, with three stereo tracks in the 
session. 1- select all the tracks. 2- make sure I am set to sample base, not 
tick base. 3- everything is selected from the top to the bottom of the session. 
4- enable elastic audio on each track, and coincidently need the polyphonic 
voice for each track, so I set that up. 5- in the clip section of the menu bar 
I hit enter on follow tempo, or what ever it says there near the bottom of the 
menu. Basically follow tempo or follow session tempo. 6- then I get a message 
which says one or more tracks does not have a valid tempo map. 

 Funny thing is one of the three tracks will change tempo while the others 
don't.  Being that I have recorded all of these tracks, I know nothing is fishy 
as far as my tracking workflow. 

I have even tried changing to warp and analyze, to no avail. Anyone have any 
ideas? I'm sure it is a problem I am creating by missing a step or something. 
However, I am lost at this point. I watched a few YouTube videos, but you know 
how that can be. They say click on this, or click on that, and never quite say 
what this or that is. Seems like it is a lot easier for those folks than me 
though LOL. 

Thanks, 
Shawn 

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Re: elastic audio questions

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I should have said i changed to tick bass not sample... My mind is mush this 
evening. 

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> On Sep 5, 2015, at 9:31 PM, Shawn Brock <sh...@shawnbrock.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> List, 
> 
> I'm dumb even though i have RTFM... 
> 
> I am overdubbing a few parts for a guy Who suddenly decided he wants his song 
> to be faster. No problem I think, I can just use elastic audio and speed up 
> the track. Except I can't.  
> 
> I am working in Yosemite 10.5, and part 12.2, with three stereo tracks in the 
> session. 1- select all the tracks. 2- make sure I am set to sample base, not 
> tick base. 3- everything is selected from the top to the bottom of the 
> session. 4- enable elastic audio on each track, and coincidently need the 
> polyphonic voice for each track, so I set that up. 5- in the clip section of 
> the menu bar I hit enter on follow tempo, or what ever it says there near the 
> bottom of the menu. Basically follow tempo or follow session tempo. 6- then I 
> get a message which says one or more tracks does not have a valid tempo map. 
> 
> Funny thing is one of the three tracks will change tempo while the others 
> don't.  Being that I have recorded all of these tracks, I know nothing is 
> fishy as far as my tracking workflow. 
> 
> I have even tried changing to warp and analyze, to no avail. Anyone have any 
> ideas? I'm sure it is a problem I am creating by missing a step or something. 
> However, I am lost at this point. I watched a few YouTube videos, but you 
> know how that can be. They say click on this, or click on that, and never 
> quite say what this or that is. Seems like it is a lot easier for those folks 
> than me though LOL. 
> 
> Thanks, 
> Shawn 
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Re: Nudging selections without a numeric keypad

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Very true. I use a Mac book Pro for my daily workflow, and this means I also 
had to invest in an external keyboard. What I have found is generally you can 
pick up a nice Apple keyboard with the number pad pretty cheaply on eBay. Or 
all else, I think they are $40 direct from Apple. A small price to pay for the 
convenience. Of that I am certain.

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 Hi Robin,
 
 As Scott mentioned, you'll definitely want to get the Apple Pro keyboard. The 
 numeric keypad is indispensable and, while there are blue Tooth keypads out 
 there, you won't be able to use modifiers from one Blue Tooth device to 
 modify key clicks from another Blue Tooth device so it doesn't really work as 
 a solution to cobble together 2 separate wireless keyboards. Go for the 
 extended keyboard. It's worth it.
 
 Nudging won't work unless you've selected a clip. Making a selection in the 
 timeline is not the same as selecting a clip. If a clip is selected in its 
 entirety, the nudge command will work. If you've made a selection, you can 
 capture a clip with, if I remember correctly, Command-r (but don't quote 
 me, it's in the Edit menu at any rate. this will create a clip from your 
 selection which you could then nudge but the capture clip command will ask 
 you to name the clip. It's kind of a roundabout way of doing things. 
 Normally, I'd separate the clip at the first point with Command-e, move the 
 insertion point or simply let the audio play until the next point, separate 
 again with Command-e. Now you have two cuts in the waveform. If you're on the 
 second cut, use Option-shift-tab to select back to the previous clip boundary 
 and now you can nudge. While everything I've said thus far will get the job 
 done, of course, there's a whole lot to consider when editing and this is 
 just one aspect. Naturally, there are some tutorials out there that will 
 explain things from the beginning.
 
 Hope that helps,
 
 Slau
 
 On Aug 26, 2015, at 1:24 PM, Robin Kipp mli...@robin-kipp.net wrote:
 
 Oh, bit of confusion here! Looks like the nudge commands on the keypad are - 
 and +, not 1 and 2 like I wrote… Sorry for that! I’ve been reading 
 PT-related stuff for quite a few hours now, seems like I got to the point 
 where I start mixing things up… :-)
 Am 26.08.2015 um 19:18 schrieb Robin Kipp mli...@robin-kipp.net:
 
 Hi everyone,
 OK, so I’ve been able to record some stuff in PT 11, play around with 
 various options and everything seems pretty good so far! Now, I actually 
 wanted to select part of a track I recorded and then cut that out. I can 
 make a selection with the down and up arrow keys just fine, but I’m having 
 trouble nudging the selection for fine tuning. I know this can be done 
 using keys 1 and 2 on a numeric keypad, but unfortunately since I’m using a 
 Bluetooth keyboard there’s no numeric keypad that I can use… I’ve read that 
 the period and comma keys can also be used to nudge forwards and backwards, 
 but that doesn’t seem to work for me… Am I doing something wrong here, or 
 could this be related to the other keyboard problem I’m having where 
 command + spacebar won’t start recording?
 Many thanks to all of you for any hints! :-)
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Re: Attend The Avid QA Session

[Shawn Brock]

Just in case some of you may have thought, I would like to attend this, but did 
not and figured the opportunity was lost,  it was not. They have rescheduled 
for September 2 at 1 PM Pacific daylight Time. Here is the link to register if 
you would like to attend. 

http://connect.avid.com/Pro-Tools-12-Webinar-Registration.html

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 On Jul 23, 2015, at 4:21 PM, Chris Smart csma...@cogeco.ca wrote:
 
 It would be great if some of us attended and got a few accessibility 
 questions in - even if it's to make the wider world a little more aware of 
 our perspective. See:
 http://www.pro-tools-expert.com/home-page/2015/7/23/we-encourage-all-pro-tools-users-to-attend-the-avid-qa-session?utm_content=buffer12babutm_medium=socialutm_source=twitter.comutm_campaign=buffer
  
 
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Re: Auto tune 8 or auto tune efx with BO?

[Shawn Brock]

Hi Slau, 

Thanks very much for the feedback. I think I will download a demo of each, and 
report back to the list my findings. 

Not to hijack my own thread, but another project I have is to download the 
collection of 24 free plugins from Melda Production. They also have a vocal 
tuning plugin as part of that offering. Anyone tried this suite? 

http://www.meldaproduction.com/plugins/product.php?id=MFreeEffectsBundle 

   

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 Hi Shawn,
 
 I'm not sure if the EFX version is accessible. I'd imagine that it is but, 
 then again, that's just an educated guess. AutoTune 8 is certainly accessible 
 and works well.
 
 Slau
 
 On Aug 6, 2015, at 6:49 PM, Shawn Brock sh...@shawnbrock.com wrote:
 
 Hi all, 
 
 I have a gig recording vocals for a client. Being that I just got going in 
 PT two months ago, I haven't built up a plethora of AX plugs, and Auto Tune 
 is a must have for some folks. Just wondering if it is worth shelling out 
 the extra cash on 8, or if  EFX would offer the same access with VO? It 
 seems that EFX just don't have graphical tuning node, which I would guess we 
 can't use anyhow... And yes I know, I could just doqnload the demos and see 
 for myself, but I had some hope that some of you would be willing to share 
 your experiences... I could always fire up my Windows computer for this 
 session, but I would rather just have those days behind me... 
 
 Thanks, 
 Shawn   will   
 
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Re: Auto tune 8 or auto tune efx with BO?

[Shawn Brock]

Hi Chris, 

Thanks for the info. Part of my problem is understanding what extra added 
flexibility is available in 8.1. I have watched several videos to try to get a 
better understanding of what is not offered in EF ex, and of course the videos 
are only made by sided folks, and they put a lot of stress on the lack of 
ability to do graphic tunings in EF ex. So maybe you can be the guy who will 
clue me in. What all are you getting in 8.1 that we can use with VO which is 
not in EFX? I really appreciate the information man. 

Thanks, 
Shawn 

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 Yes.  E F X is accessible.  I used to use it before upgrading to 8.1 Native.  
 It works perfectly.  I upgraded as I needed a bit more flexability, but 
 accessibility alone wasn't an issue at all.
  
 Chris.
  
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 Subject: Re: Auto tune 8 or auto tune efx with BO?
 
 Hi Slau, 
 
 Thanks very much for the feedback. I think I will download a demo of each, 
 and report back to the list my findings. 
 
 Not to hijack my own thread, but another project I have is to download the 
 collection of 24 free plugins from Melda Production. They also have a vocal 
 tuning plugin as part of that offering. Anyone tried this suite? 
 
 http://www.meldaproduction.com/plugins/product.php?id=MFreeEffectsBundle 
 

 
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 On Aug 6, 2015, at 6:59 PM, Slau Halatyn slauhala...@gmail.com wrote:
 
 Hi Shawn,
 
 I'm not sure if the EFX version is accessible. I'd imagine that it is but, 
 then again, that's just an educated guess. AutoTune 8 is certainly 
 accessible and works well.
 
 Slau
 
 On Aug 6, 2015, at 6:49 PM, Shawn Brock sh...@shawnbrock.com wrote:
 
 Hi all,
 I have a gig recording vocals for a client. Being that I just got going in 
 PT two months ago, I haven't built up a plethora of AX plugs, and Auto Tune 
 is a must have for some folks. Just wondering if it is worth shelling out 
 the extra cash on 8, or if  EFX would offer the same access with VO? It 
 seems that EFX just don't have graphical tuning node, which I would guess 
 we can't use anyhow... And yes I know, I could just doqnload the demos and 
 see for myself, but I had some hope that some of you would be willing to 
 share your experiences... I could always fire up my Windows computer for 
 this session, but I would rather just have those days behind me...
 Thanks,
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Re: a reminder about level meter issues

[Shawn Brock]

Lol i had the same thing today but didn't know how to fix it. Thanks for the 
solution! Btw, i'm sure you probably have noticed, in part 12 The meters never 
have a minus sign in front of them. They will read for example, 13, when in 
truth they are at -13. The upside is they will say for example, clipped 6 if 
The meter is being over driven. Probably not a big deal but I have noticed when 
listening to others use part 11 or 10 that the meter correctly reports a minus 
sign in front of the number. Would be nice to have that back, not sure if it is 
Avid related or voiceover related. 

Shawn 

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 While troubleshooting something the other day for testing purposes, I had a 
 situation where level meters weren't responding. This was quite unexpected 
 because it wasn't as if there were a ton of tracks in the session. Now, some 
 of you will recall that, when there are too many tracks within a session to 
 display at once in the Mix window, the tracks that are technically off-screen 
 will not have their level meter values respond. Any tracks that appear to be 
 to the left of the Track List pop-up menu (still referred to as the 
 show/Hide list but that'll change soon), are really off-screen and anything 
 to the right, is actually within the boundaries of the window and will 
 update the level meters correctly. I've written about this before so anyone 
 not familiar with this phenomenon can search the archive or look at their 
 mail archive, etc.
 
 so, in this case, I was dealing with a session with only four tracks and the 
 level meters weren't responding. I had reimported the files into a new 
 session and the meters seemed to suddenly work. It was bizarre to me. Then I 
 realized that, in the original session, somehow, the View menu's settings for 
 the Mix window display were set to display everything. The window, therefore, 
 was displaying mic pres, instruments, inserts and sends for both a through e 
 and f through j, the I/O displays, meters, comments, etc. Of course, this 
 meant that the contents of the Mix window extended beyond the edge of the 
 physical window which happened to be sized relatively small. So, since the 
 level meters were technically off screen (not horizontally but vertically), 
 VoiceOver was seeing a reference to the level meters because, as we know, 
 VoiceOver sees all kinds of things that aren't really visible but, since the 
 meters weren't really visible, there was no activity to report, no actual 
 levels to speak of so no numbers to report. In a case like this, either a 
 page down or a zooming of the window fixes the problem. Creating sessions 
 from templates would probably be useful in avoiding this situation to begin 
 with but I'd sooner shoot myself than use templates. Frankly, if you receive 
 sessions from others, there's no guarantee that the windows are going to be 
 maximized and, chances are more likely than not, the windows are going to be 
 all over the place, depending upon people's preferences. It's a good idea to 
 get used to the possibility that a window's size might simply not be 
 maximized at any given point. Zooming is great but even zooming doesn't 
 necessarily guarantee that the window is going to truly be at its maximum 
 dimensions. For those who use Keyboard Maestro, there's a single workflow 
 item for tasks such as sizing the window. I set up a task to maximize the 
 window to its largest possible dimension and it works flawlessly. Worth 
 checking out if KM is part of your tool set.
 
 Anyway, again, this whole level meter thing caught me off guard. As much as I 
 use Pro Tools, things like this rarely happen so, when they do, it sometimes 
 takes me by surprise and I'm reminded that others might experience head 
 scratchers like this perhaps more often than I might so I figured I'd share 
 this little reminder.
 
 Slau
 
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Auto tune 8 or auto tune efx with BO?

[Shawn Brock]

Hi all, 

I have a gig recording vocals for a client. Being that I just got going in PT 
two months ago, I haven't built up a plethora of AX plugs, and Auto Tune is a 
must have for some folks. Just wondering if it is worth shelling out the extra 
cash on 8, or if  EFX would offer the same access with VO? It seems that EFX 
just don't have graphical tuning node, which I would guess we can't use 
anyhow... And yes I know, I could just doqnload the demos and see for myself, 
but I had some hope that some of you would be willing to share your 
experiences... I could always fire up my Windows computer for this session, but 
I would rather just have those days behind me... 

Thanks, 
Shawn   will   

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Re: Anyone updated to 12.1

[Shawn Brock]

I don't know how much my opinion is worth on the subject, as I am somewhat of a 
new user to ProTools. However, my experience in 12.1 is that the track meters 
are somewhat on reliable. Also I kept running into an issue where command space 
would not record. And yes, I do have the spotlight shortcut disabled... Also 
for some reason the arm status of a track seems to be somewhat shaky when the 
track is viewed in the mix window. 

I could be off on my assessments, as I have only been using 12.1 for about a 
week. However, a studio i frequently work in still has part 12 running and I 
did not notice these problems when I was over there. Don't get me wrong, it is 
not a dealbreaker or the worst thing you will ever have to deal with, but it is 
slightly annoying. 

HTH
Shawn  

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 On Jul 8, 2015, at 6:30 AM, Nickus de Vos bigboy...@gmail.com wrote:
 
 Hi
 Have anyone updated to PT 12.1 yet? I downloaded it but before I install I 
 just want to be sure that nothing broke in terms of accessibility. I'm 
 running the latest Mac OS 
 
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Re: Anyone updated to 12.1

[Shawn Brock]

Hi Nickus, 

Sorry, I left that information out. I am running Yosemite with all current 
updates. 

Shawn 

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 On Jul 8, 2015, at 12:01 PM, Nickus de Vos bigboy...@gmail.com wrote:
 
 Shawn, what OS version are you running? I'm also still very new to PT and 
 fortunately i don't rely on PT to do my work yet, so little issues won't be a 
 train smash. 
 
 Nickus
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 On 08 Jul 2015, at 14:00, Shawn Brock sh...@shawnbrock.com wrote:
 
 I don't know how much my opinion is worth on the subject, as I am somewhat 
 of a new user to ProTools. However, my experience in 12.1 is that the track 
 meters are somewhat on reliable. Also I kept running into an issue where 
 command space would not record. And yes, I do have the spotlight shortcut 
 disabled... Also for some reason the arm status of a track seems to be 
 somewhat shaky when the track is viewed in the mix window. 
 
 I could be off on my assessments, as I have only been using 12.1 for about a 
 week. However, a studio i frequently work in still has part 12 running and I 
 did not notice these problems when I was over there. Don't get me wrong, it 
 is not a dealbreaker or the worst thing you will ever have to deal with, but 
 it is slightly annoying. 
 
 HTH
 Shawn  
 
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 Hi
 Have anyone updated to PT 12.1 yet? I downloaded it but before I install I 
 just want to be sure that nothing broke in terms of accessibility. I'm 
 running the latest Mac OS 
 
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Focusrite on Mac

[Shawn Brock]

Wondering how any of you feel about focusrite, PT and the Mac? I hear sided 
people complain about constantly having to access the mix window for their unit 
each time they start a new session. Also people complain about the companies 
slowness on updating drivers. In short, people always complain about everything 
regardless of how cheap or perfect it is. So having said that, anyone care to 
share experience good or bad before I put my money down? 

Thanks, 
Shawn

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Re: OS version ProTools

[Shawn Brock]

Slau, is 12 kosher with Yosemite? 

Thanks, 
Shawn

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 On Jun 7, 2015, at 2:44 PM, Slau Halatyn slauhala...@gmail.com wrote:
 
 Well, the only current issue that I can think of is that the default behavior 
 of some UI elements doesn't seem to register. In other words, simply pressing 
 space bar on certain items doesn't activate them. The workaround is to route 
 the mouse pointer to the VoiceOver cursor and either click a track pad or use 
 Shift-Control-Option-Space Bar. It's a fairly minor issue. Given the option, 
 I see nothing wrong with starting out on Mavericks but that's just delaying 
 the inevitable migration at some point. If you have Mavericks, stay with it 
 by all means but, if you can go Yosemite just as easily, I'd say go Yosemite.
 
 Slau
 
 On Jun 7, 2015, at 1:56 PM, Nick D Daniels nick@ntlbusiness.com wrote:
 
 Well I have tried to use protools 11 with Yosemite, but the last 2 times 
 I’ve tried to use it, the protools window wasinaccessable to voiceover. And 
 I’m not too sure how to get round this problem.
  
 From: ptaccess@googlegroups.com [mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.com] On Behalf 
 Of Slau Halatyn
 Sent: 07 June 2015 14:57
 To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com
 Subject: Re: OS version  ProTools
 Importance: High
  
 Horses for courses. I'm using 11 with Yosemite with no issues.
  
 Slau
  
 On Jun 7, 2015, at 12:44 AM, Jack Ronnayut blackwizard2...@gmail.com wrote:
 
 
 Thanks a million Ricky LOL!
 How’s about ProTools, 11 or 12 I should go with?
 Best,
 Jack
  
  
 From: ptaccess@googlegroups.com [mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.com] On Behalf 
 Of Ricky Prevatte
 Sent: Sunday, June 07, 2015 11:37 AM
 To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com
 Subject: Re: OS version  ProTools
  
 Mavericks for me my friend. I had to reformat a computer to get away from 
 Yosemite.
 
 Ricky Prevatte LMBT1154
 
 On Jun 6, 2015, at 10:37 PM, Jack Ronnayut blackwizard2...@gmail.com wrote:
 
 Hi all.
 I’m a starter of ProTools. What version of Mac OS should I use?
 I’ve heard that Yosemite has faced some problem. Is it true?
 Thank you.
 Jack
  
  
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Part 11 or 12?

[Shawn Brock]

I have a quick question for you guys. I have searched the list archive and see 
that accessibility has not been improved in part 12, but no one mentions any 
bad experiences in part 12. Is it safe to assume that it is okay to proceed 
with part 12 if one is running Yosemite? 

Also, do any of you have experience with running and educational license of 
ProTools? I would qualify for such pricing because of my position at the 
University, but just wanted to make sure nothing has been hacked off of the 
educational Version. I know, I know, the Internet says it is a full working 
version, but the Internet says a lot of things LOL. 

Thanks as always, 
Shawn 

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Motu and general daw question

[Shawn Brock]

List, 

I'm making the plunge into protools, (another convert from sonar and windows).  

I have available for my use the following Mac book Pro, non-retina display, OS 
Yosemite, 16 gig of RAM, and perhaps somewhat disappointing, a Intel I seven 
quad core 2.2 processor. So now that the machine in question has been 
identified I will move forward with my inquiries of you.  

1- do you have any speculation or experience as to how a motu 828 MKII FireWire 
interface will react with protools 10, voiceover and Yosemite? Yes I already 
know these are elderly interfaces. However, I have always had good experience 
with them and their stability. If it does not or will not work, that is another 
matter entirely... 

2- assuming I need to go another route, what would you recommend as far as a 
FireWire or thunderbolt interface? My parameters are stability, ease of use, 
and portability. I need something which would at least house 2 preamps, as i 
travel and hate packing a lot of gear. 

Thanks, 
Shawn 
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