Yes, they do get installed in the DegiDesign or Avid folder in applications. They are in a sub folder called documents. A google search for pro tools 9 reference guide or pro tools 10 reference guide should take you right to it on avids site. Not sure about the gettings started guides availability online though. - T.O.M
On Mar 30, 2012, at 11:04 PM, Slau Halatyn <slauhala...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yep, they're installed with the Pro Tools installation. You won't have them > on your Mac by default, of course. You could also find them somewhere on the > Avid site although I'm sure they're not terribly easy to find. A google > search might yield something. > > Cheers, > > slau > > On Mar 30, 2012, at 8:30 PM, Brian Howerton wrote: > >> 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. >>> >> >
