Re: Lost a track in a paid session yesterday

2013-10-02 Thread Scott Chesworth
Hmmm, I dunno man, when I'm already dealing with sessions that have high enough track counts as to feel cumbersome, adding a new one for each take doesn't seem to improve the workflow all that much here, it just delays the inevitable. I'd probably end up doing even more button bashing comping the

Re: Lost a track in a paid session yesterday

2013-10-02 Thread matt diemert
Absolutely, Working with the play lists allows two things, you can keep focus on the play list in the edit window, and use the track table in the mix window to quickly select tracks. My favorite feature of PT on a mac is being able to keep focus in two different windows! It's extremely easy to

Re: Lost a track in a paid session yesterday

2013-10-02 Thread Scott Chesworth
I take a slightly different approach. If it's a track I know I'll use playlists on, I usually leave the first playlist blank and comp onto that. Main reason being that when PT assigns numbers to playlists, then the playlist numbers PT adds on stay in sync with the number of the take. For some

Re: Lost a track in a paid session yesterday

2013-10-02 Thread Matt Diemert
I can certainly see how that could be helpful to some, but since I'm very specific with my names I don't even pay attention to the number the voiceover reads when going through the playlist manager. I name so specifically that in my notes I can write down exactly which playlist I may have like

Re: Lost a track in a paid session yesterday

2013-10-02 Thread Scott Chesworth
More power to you man, the more organised the better! If you ever fancy putting up a post about the naming conventions you use, I'd be interested. Scott On 10/2/13, Matt Diemert mcdiem...@gmail.com wrote: I can certainly see how that could be helpful to some, but since I'm very specific with