Hello Slau, Where can we find these two documents you are referencing? I have a mac and I am thinking about switching to protools. I would like to get ahead and do some reading ahead of time though. Thanks, Brian On Mar 30, 2012, at 5:25 PM, Slau Halatyn wrote:
>> Hi Chris, > > That "Intro to Pro Tools" pdf we talked about earlier contains all kinds of > helpful information for people new to Pro Tools. Doing a search for keywords > like "instrument," for example, yields lots of useful instances throughout > the manual. Of course, the "Intro to Pro Tools" guide is pretty basic. I'm > sure you'll get through it in no time. when you're ready for some serious > reading, the "Pro Tools Reference guide" is about as detailed as you can get, > something to really sink your teeth into. Shame on me, dangling prepositions > like that… Something into which you could sink your teeth—now there's some > grammar for ya. > :) > Slau > > > On Mar 30, 2012, at 5:09 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote: > >> First of all, what's the difference in a Midi track, vs. an instrument track? >> >> Second of all, let's say I have a track in 4/4 time, that keeps a constant >> 120BPM from beginning to end, no retards, nothing of sort. No tempo >> changes, etc. It's just a constant 4 4 120. >> >> How now do I quantize a instrument or midi track to a quartern note value? >> >> Finally, if I insert the Xpand!2 plugin on an instrument track, then select >> say acoustic pianos, and go to like, a warm piano, or what not, I find when >> I record enable the track, the volume is exceedingly low. So much so, I'm >> literally having to ajust the track fader Hi almost all the way up just to >> get even the slightest volume. Now, mind you, I'm using the built in midi >> sounds on the macbook, not the samples from my actual keyboard which are >> being triggered through my keyboard's midi out. Would that be a better way >> a doing it? If so, that's no issue. I certainly do have my interface >> hooked up where that could be done very easily with the push of one button. >> I'd have to figure out how to re-route that to the midi out of my interface, >> but that shouldn't be too hard. > >> >> Chris. >
