Yes, you can hold down the shift key while scrubbing to make selections. Best,
Slau On Jun 21, 2011, at 2:49 PM, Jean-Philippe Rykiel wrote: > Slau, > this is perfectly clear. > Thanks a lot, > can you also scrub through audio as with an analog tape machine, then use the > up-and-down keys to select while scrubbing? > Best, > JPR > http://www.facebook.com/jprykiel > http://myspace.com/jeanphilipperykiel > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Slau Halatyn > To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com > Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 7:56 PM > Subject: Re: modifying a selection > > Hi JP, > > Here are a few tips for auditioning files: > > Let's assume that you have Pre/Post Roll turned off but that you have > Pre/Post roll values of 2 seconds set. > > You can audition several things using a combination of the Option and Command > modifiers along with the left or right arrow keys. In this case, it helps to > think of the left arrow key as pertaining to the beginning of the selection > range and the right arrow as pertaining to the end of the selection. Also, if > you think of the Option as what precedes and Command as what follows, it will > probably help a bit. What I'm about to describe might sound a bit confusing > at first but, I assure you, once you do it, it's easy and becomes second > nature. Frankly, I never remember how to describe it but, if I'm in a > session, I can do it instantly. > > Let's say you've selected audio from the 10 second mark to the 20 second > mark. Again, let's assume your Pre/Post roll is off but that you have the > values for Pre/Post roll set to 2 seconds each. > > If you were to simply press the space bar, you'd hear your 10 second > selection and that's all. Now let's say you wanted to hear what precedes the > selection without losing the selection. > > Pressing Option-left arrow will play what leads up to the selection by the > pre-roll value. In this case, Option pertains to the "pre" aspect of the > operation and the left arrow pertains to the beginning of the selection. so > you hear what precedes the beginning. > > If you were to instead use the right arrow along with the Option modifier, > you'd hear what precedes the end of the selection. Again, this would be by > the pre-roll value. If your pre-roll value is set to 8 seconds, then you'd > hear the 8 seconds leading up to the end of the selection. > > If you were to use the Command modifier instead of the Option, you'd hear > what follows the beginning or ending of the selection. So, if you use > Command-left arrow, you'd hear what follows the start point of the selection > by the post-roll value. Of course, you could just press the space bar to hear > this as well. But let's say you wanted to hear what follows the end of your > selection. You would then press Command-right arrow. > > Now, let's say you wanted to hear what precedes as well as what follows the > beginning or ending of the selection start or end. You would then use Option > plus Command together along with the left or right arrow keys. So, for > example, to hear what leads up to the end of the selection plus what follows > it, you'd press Option-Command-right arrow. > > BTW, if you have no selection and just an insertion point, you can also use > these same keys to quickly audition what precedes or follows the insertion > point without having to move the insertion or engage the transport. The > limitation is that it's based on Pre/Post roll values so if you need to hear > something a little earlier than 2 seconds before the insertion, you'll > probably be better off just scrubbing backward or rewinding. > > HTH, > > Slau > > > On Jun 21, 2011, at 12:11 PM, Jean-Philippe Rykiel wrote: > >> Hi all, and mostly Kevin. >> In your last tutorial, thanks again for this one, you demonstrated how to >> select a bit of audio and paste it somewhere else. In your, life, example, >> the selection was rather short. But how about if it's a long selection and >> you want to listen to the ending in order to trim it a little bit. >> For the start, it's okay because you hear it instantly. >> But what about the end, is there a way to play a few seconds before? Or can >> scrubbing be used in this case? Unfortunately, I don't own a ProTools yet so >> forgive me if my question has an obvious answer I'm not aware of. >> Cheers, >> JPR >> http://www.facebook.com/jprykiel >> http://myspace.com/jeanphilipperykiel > >
