Hey Gordon, There are others on the list who have experimented with dragging tracks within the track list. Chuck will have a particularly entertaining approach that involves standing on one leg and waving something or other above one's head. I'll leave that dance to others to describe. For now, let me just mention that Pro Tools creates new tracks immediately next to any selected track. In other words, if you select a track within a series of tracks and create a new track, it'll appear to the right of the currently selected track.
HTH, Slau On Aug 21, 2011, at 4:54 PM, Gordon Kent wrote: > Sometimes when I insert a new track it doesn't go where I expect it to go. I > know we can sort tracks by type, but I have a situation where I want an > instrument track to be placed with some audio tracks and it is now the last > track in the session, after my aux and master tracks. Is there a way to do > this or do I have to assign the track to a group with other tracks? > Thanks > Gord > > -----Original Message----- From: Slau Halatyn > Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2011 8:26 PM > To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Confused about busses/ PT 9 Link about busses. > > Hey Gord, > > I'm not sure where you're seeing that. When assigning sends or track outputs > to a bus, since any number of tracks can be assigned to any bus, there's no > such thing as "available" or "unavailable." The only thing I can think of is > if an Aux track hasn't been assigned to an output but then it usually just > says, "No Output" or something like that. If you come across that message > again, let us know so we can figure out where and why you're seeing it. It > used to be that LE systems had way fewer busses than HD systems and if you > were to open such an HD session on an LE system, the higher busses were > inactive but that should no longer really be the case. Anyway, keep an eye > out. > > Best, > > Slau > > On Aug 9, 2011, at 4:54 PM, Gordon Kent wrote: > >> Thanks. I've been wondering why sometimes you see the message "busses 32 >> thru 96 active" or whatever. Does that mean that those are the ones that >> are still left unused? >> Gord >> >> -----Original Message----- From: Slau Halatyn >> Sent: Monday, August 08, 2011 11:15 PM >> To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com >> Subject: Re: Confused about busses/ PT 9 Link about busses. >> >> Hey Gordon, >> >> Just to clarify, every Pro Tools session has 128 stereo or 256 mono channels >> of busses which may or may not be used but are available for assignment. >> Further, an auxiliary track is technically known as an "auxiliary input" so >> it's source doesn't necessarily have to be a bus. You can have an aux input >> that gets its feed from your interface as well. Plus, of course, busses can >> feed busses. For example, you can have a bus for several soprano, alto, >> tenor and bass tracks and have all of those 4 aux tracks output to yet >> another bus for, say, an entire choir and put that on one fader. Of course, >> you probably already figured that from prior experience ;) >> >> Best, >> >> Slau >> >> On Aug 8, 2011, at 8:21 PM, Gordon Kent wrote: >> >>> Thanks. There's a lot of good stuff up there. I guess the main concept I >>> need to get used to is that the aux tracks you create are actually assigned >>> to the available busses and act as a gateway to those busses, rather than >>> interacting with them directly. In Sonar, you actuaslly create the output >>> busses themselves as needed. I certainly am familiar with working with >>> busses, sends, inserts, etc. Back in the day I had patch bays with over >>> 200 patch points, I sure don't miss that. >>> Gord >>> >>> -----Original Message----- From: Chuck Reichel >>> Sent: Monday, August 08, 2011 6:21 PM >>> To: Pro Tools Accessibility >>> Subject: Re: Confused about busses/ PT 9 Link about busses. >>> >>> Hi List, >>> Heres a great little article on PT 9 busses. >>> Enjoy >>> http://protoolstraining.com/ProMedia-Blog/Tip-and-Trick/lets-all-get-on-the-bus.html?utm_content=chuck2sticks%40gmail.com&utm_source=VerticalResponse&utm_medium=Email&utm_term=&utm_campaign=Pro%20Tools%20Training%3A%20Bus%20Routing%20in%20Pro%20Tools%20%26%20New%20Mixing%20Classes%20Announcedcontent >>> >>> On Aug 5, 2011, at 4:26 PM, Gordon Kent wrote: >>> >>>> Hi chuck: >>>> >>>> Thanks for getting back to me. I had had him check for that since we >>>> have it in the lt version, but it didn't seem to be there, at least it >>>> wasn't in the output tab of the i/o setup window. I'll have him give it >>>> another look, maybe it is in a different place. >>>> Gord >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- From: Chuck Reichel >>>> Sent: Friday, August 05, 2011 10:49 AM >>>> To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com >>>> Subject: Re: Confused about busses >>>> >>>> Hi Gordon, >>>> Here is the solution to your friends I/O set up getting messed up. >>>> Tell your friend with the "full tdm system" before he opens your >>>> session to go and make sure to uncheck "Sessions overwrite current I/ >>>> O Setup" >>>> >>>> Have Him Follow this path find the set up menu; next find the I/o; >>>> open the I/O window, then find option for "Sessions overwrite current >>>> I/O Setup" >>>> which is located near the bottom of the PT I/O set up window. >>>> MAKE SURE that " Sessions overwrite current I/O Setup when opened; >>>> is unchecked " to prevent your session that your sending to Him >>>> changing his I/O. >>>> Call me for further details if you want. >>>> YMMV >>>> >>>> GOD Bless >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Chuck Reichel >>>> 954-742-0019 >>>> www.SoundPictureRecording.com >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Aug 4, 2011, at 11:38 PM, Gordon Kent wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi: >>>>> Usually when I set up a track in PT, I just assign the output to a >>>>> physical hardware output. How can I use all those busses they give you >>>>> and where do you go to route their outputs to the appropriate hardware? >>>>> When I send a PT session I've done to someone I do a lot of work with >>>>> who has a full tdm system, it messes up all his i/o routing. I figured >>>>> that if I just route all my tracks to a master bus instead of hardware, >>>>> it might help the situation. Any ideas about this would be welcome. >>>>> Gord >>>>> >>>>> -----Original Message----- From: Slau Halatyn >>>>> Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 8:06 AM >>>>> To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com >>>>> Subject: Re: From joy to frustration! >>>>> >>>>> Hi Gazza, >>>>> >>>>> Use Command-Option-1 to use Commands focus mode. There are two other >>>>> modes which are, if I remember correctly, Audio Regions and Groups focus >>>>> mode and they are Command-Option-2 and Command- Option-3 respectively. >>>>> There's also a keyboard focus button right in the window but, if the >>>>> tracks list isn't displayed, you can't access that button. what Kevin >>>>> mentioned about the Mix window display buttons should help you get it >>>>> to be visible. I think there's also a menu item to display the tracks >>>>> list. >>>>> >>>>> HTH, >>>>> >>>>> Slau >>>>> >>>>> On Jul 12, 2011, at 3:49 AM, Gary Readfern-Gray wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi Listers, >>>>>> >>>>>> Well, I bought a mac about a year ago because I wanted to start using >>>>>> Pro Tools, but when the accessible version finally arrived, I found >>>>>> getting around a session so clunky and horrible to use, I bought Logic >>>>>> and have been using that, I have a little sight so I was stumbling >>>>>> along with it. >>>>>> >>>>>> Then, after months and months of using Logic, I come across Keven's >>>>>> tutorial and discover that, once you've got more than one track in the >>>>>> session, the track list is usable by VO and that's what I wanted to do >>>>>> initally, quickly find a track, mute, solo and arm. >>>>>> >>>>>> However, whilst I can select the tracks in the track list, Shift m r >>>>>> and s are not working for me regardless of what I seem to try. >>>>>> >>>>>> So I googled around and found that this seems to have something to do >>>>>> with keyboard focus mode? I'm using PT 8.4 by the way, and these keys >>>>>> apparently are available in 8.4? >>>>>> >>>>>> So, How, in the name of sanity, do I get that functionality to work >>>>>> where I can sit in the track list and mute, solo and arm and unarm? >>>>>> >>>>>> My other question is, How do I get the track list to be displayed in >>>>>> the mix window? PT is only letting me cursor over there if I'm in the >>>>>> edit window but Kevin seemed to be able to get there whilst in the mix >>>>>> window? >>>>>> >>>>>> Finally, for now, what's the quickest way to get to the track list? I'm >>>>>> often using vo i to bring up the items list and typing table to filter >>>>>> the list and selecting track list table, however if you've got a >>>>>> gazillion tracks in your session, it takes a while for the itme list to >>>>>> pop up. Any thoughts on that one? >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks >>>>>> >>>>>> Gazza >>>>> >>>> >>>> Chuck Reichel >>>> 954-742-0019 >>>> www.SoundPictureRecording.com >>>> >>>> >>> >>> Chuck Reichel >>> 954-742-0019 >>> www.SoundPictureRecording.com
