Hi: I just wanted to let you all know that I’m really making progress with pt 9. I have it working with the alesis master mix, which does great with scrubbing. I have the tranzport working with it as well. I got Lounge lizzard which works well with it and is accessible. I am getting a grasp of how to select stuff etc. The onlyl problem I’m having right now is getting instrument tracks to replace what I’ve recorded with new material, it seems to always overdub no matter what I do with the record options. But overall it’s really working out. I wish I could get personal orchestra and ivory working with it, but I’m not able to get to the part of the window to drop down the menus for loading instruments into the slots in GPO. I guess I’ll need to set up a hot spot or whatever in VO. When my sighted reader was here today she got the menu to drop down and I could read it with VOice over. And of course, we need a sampler. I’m wondering if dimension pro for the mac might work for us since it does load SFZ files. They do have it for mac, but it may only be a stand alone, I’ll have to check it out. But I’m happy, and I really see potential here. Gord
From: Slau Halatyn Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 1:56 PM To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com 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
