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Hi everyone I am looking to get some other EQs comps and verbs. What are the accessible ones at this time? I've been mixing this little four track demo that I recorded on a zoom h4n a month ago and the drums are really harsh. I just put the h4n in front of the drum kit. I'm looking for a plugin that can help me smooth out some of the 4.5k crunch. If I use the four band that comes with pro tools to pull down that area and thicken the bottom iI find it gets really smiley really quick. I just want to soften the edge on the snare and the cymbals. Any ideas would be really appreciated. Thanks much --Frank
Re: pre/post roll
Hey Herman, What you want is to get into the Transport window itself rather than the Transport cluster in the Edit window. In the Transport window, go to Transport View cluster and then the Transport Display. There, you'll see the Pre-Roll and Post-Roll enable buttons as well as the Pre and Post roll values. There is apparently a shortcut to edit these fields but I don't recall what those shortcuts are. I use a combination of shortcuts on the Control|24 to set these values. With VoiceOver, you can route the mouse to the value field and double-click. The caveat in this case is that I'm not sure which field becomes highlighted first. If I'm not mistaken, it's the middle field like beats in bars|beats or seconds in minutes:seconds. You can type a value and read it to verify which field is currently being edited. Use the arrow keys to move between fields and be aware that the selection cycles around but only within the Pre-Roll or Post-Roll area and not between the two. Once you've set the value, press Return. Also, be aware that editing either value automatically activates the Pre or Post roll, depending upon which one you've edited. HTH, Slau On Nov 22, 2010, at 1:19 PM, Herman Fermin wrote: Somehow my pre rep and post rolls got changed and I need to edit them. The only place I know to edit them is in the transport view. cluster. I've only made this appear once and do not know how to make it appear again. Under view, transport, the expanded transport view is checked. In the transport cluster, I am suppose to have two choices that I can interact with. The normal which is all the normal transport fucntions and the transport display which is where I could edit the pre/post roll. I'm in the edit window since I do not see transport cluster within the mix window. What am I missing here? HF
Re: plugins
All plug-ins which have automate-able parameters are accessible in the sense that the parameters are visible to voiceOver as sliders. The odd exception apparently seems to be Waves at this time but I can't personally confirm the behavior. What will not be accessible are any menu buttons specific to the plug-in. For example, Waves has Load and Save buttons which are not visible because they're not automate-able. Most basic eQs and compressors don't use proprietary buttons. HTH, Slau On Nov 22, 2010, at 1:27 PM, Frank Carmickle wrote: Hi everyone I am looking to get some other EQs comps and verbs. What are the accessible ones at this time? I've been mixing this little four track demo that I recorded on a zoom h4n a month ago and the drums are really harsh. I just put the h4n in front of the drum kit. I'm looking for a plugin that can help me smooth out some of the 4.5k crunch. If I use the four band that comes with pro tools to pull down that area and thicken the bottom iI find it gets really smiley really quick. I just want to soften the edge on the snare and the cymbals. Any ideas would be really appreciated. Thanks much --Frank
waves, was RE: plugins
Hey Slau. On the topic of plug ins, would a waves bundle be a wise investment if one is using a control surface? Or, would you recommend another company? Thanks, Cameron. -Original Message- From: ptaccess@googlegroups.com [mailto:ptacc...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Slau Halatyn Sent: Monday, November 22, 2010 2:28 PM To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: plugins All plug-ins which have automate-able parameters are accessible in the sense that the parameters are visible to voiceOver as sliders. The odd exception apparently seems to be Waves at this time but I can't personally confirm the behavior. What will not be accessible are any menu buttons specific to the plug-in. For example, Waves has Load and Save buttons which are not visible because they're not automate-able. Most basic eQs and compressors don't use proprietary buttons. HTH, Slau On Nov 22, 2010, at 1:27 PM, Frank Carmickle wrote: Hi everyone I am looking to get some other EQs comps and verbs. What are the accessible ones at this time? I've been mixing this little four track demo that I recorded on a zoom h4n a month ago and the drums are really harsh. I just put the h4n in front of the drum kit. I'm looking for a plugin that can help me smooth out some of the 4.5k crunch. If I use the four band that comes with pro tools to pull down that area and thicken the bottom iI find it gets really smiley really quick. I just want to soften the edge on the snare and the cymbals. Any ideas would be really appreciated. Thanks much --Frank
RE: waves, was RE: plugins
Hi. ah, okay, fantastic. I wanted to make sure that the auto mapping would happen with the MCU as well as with the digi/avid surfaces. Thanks, Cameron. -Original Message- From: ptaccess@googlegroups.com [mailto:ptacc...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Slau Halatyn Sent: Monday, November 22, 2010 2:51 PM To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: waves, was RE: plugins Waves stuff is, of course, great and, with a control surface, it's possible to access parameters. Fader flip mode is essential in this case. Something like the Digi 003 works. I've heard that the Mackie Universal supposedly has this feature but I 'm not certain. Apparently the HUI had it and so did the JL Cooper surfaces. At any rate, yeah, their stuff is obviously fabulous but with a commensurate price tag, as you know. Slau On Nov 22, 2010, at 2:37 PM, Cameron wrote: Hey Slau. On the topic of plug ins, would a waves bundle be a wise investment if one is using a control surface? Or, would you recommend another company? Thanks, Cameron. -Original Message- From: ptaccess@googlegroups.com [mailto:ptacc...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Slau Halatyn Sent: Monday, November 22, 2010 2:28 PM To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: plugins All plug-ins which have automate-able parameters are accessible in the sense that the parameters are visible to voiceOver as sliders. The odd exception apparently seems to be Waves at this time but I can't personally confirm the behavior. What will not be accessible are any menu buttons specific to the plug-in. For example, Waves has Load and Save buttons which are not visible because they're not automate-able. Most basic eQs and compressors don't use proprietary buttons. HTH, Slau On Nov 22, 2010, at 1:27 PM, Frank Carmickle wrote: Hi everyone I am looking to get some other EQs comps and verbs. What are the accessible ones at this time? I've been mixing this little four track demo that I recorded on a zoom h4n a month ago and the drums are really harsh. I just put the h4n in front of the drum kit. I'm looking for a plugin that can help me smooth out some of the 4.5k crunch. If I use the four band that comes with pro tools to pull down that area and thicken the bottom iI find it gets really smiley really quick. I just want to soften the edge on the snare and the cymbals. Any ideas would be really appreciated. Thanks much --Frank
Re: waves, was RE: plugins
Hi Cameron, I never do a session with out using my trusty Waves plugs! Talk soon On Nov 22, 2010, at 2:37 PM, Cameron wrote: Hey Slau. On the topic of plug ins, would a waves bundle be a wise investment if one is using a control surface? Or, would you recommend another company? Thanks, Cameron. -Original Message- From: ptaccess@googlegroups.com [mailto:ptacc...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Slau Halatyn Sent: Monday, November 22, 2010 2:28 PM To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: plugins All plug-ins which have automate-able parameters are accessible in the sense that the parameters are visible to voiceOver as sliders. The odd exception apparently seems to be Waves at this time but I can't personally confirm the behavior. What will not be accessible are any menu buttons specific to the plug-in. For example, Waves has Load and Save buttons which are not visible because they're not automate-able. Most basic eQs and compressors don't use proprietary buttons. HTH, Slau On Nov 22, 2010, at 1:27 PM, Frank Carmickle wrote: Hi everyone I am looking to get some other EQs comps and verbs. What are the accessible ones at this time? I've been mixing this little four track demo that I recorded on a zoom h4n a month ago and the drums are really harsh. I just put the h4n in front of the drum kit. I'm looking for a plugin that can help me smooth out some of the 4.5k crunch. If I use the four band that comes with pro tools to pull down that area and thicken the bottom iI find it gets really smiley really quick. I just want to soften the edge on the snare and the cymbals. Any ideas would be really appreciated. Thanks much --Frank Chuck Reichel 954-742-0019 www.SoundPictureRecording.com
Re: waves, was RE: plugins
You can change channel, head, cabinet, eq, presence, but not the effects on any patches. Plus we dont have access to pre-sets as far as I can tell. I would have to have someone load up a pretty heavy-duty pre-sets with lots of effects to see if I could move those. I'd like to think that you might be able to simply because some of those might be automatable. Will report back if I can get someone to load some up. HF On 11/22/10, Cameron came...@cameronstrife.com wrote: Hi Herman. ah, yeah, I was reading about the gtr3 and gtr solo plugs. what things can you access? Can you change things like channel, head, cabinet, eq, presence, and the effects on a given patch? I already have the Digi 11 rack but another guitar option might be good to have. I just bought the waves native power pack bundle today and that will be a good foundation along with the included plugs in pt9 for now at least. Thanks, Cameron. -Original Message- From: ptaccess@googlegroups.com [mailto:ptacc...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Herman Fermin Sent: Monday, November 22, 2010 8:45 PM To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: waves, was RE: plugins All the Waves plugs I've tried are automapped. Some things you can't get too as of yet because since as what was explained, they are not automatable. Great example would be some of the stomps in the GTR plug. Heck even the Waves Vocal plug-in is usable. HF On 11/22/10, Cameron came...@cameronstrife.com wrote: Hey Slau. On the topic of plug ins, would a waves bundle be a wise investment if one is using a control surface? Or, would you recommend another company? Thanks, Cameron. -Original Message- From: ptaccess@googlegroups.com [mailto:ptacc...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Slau Halatyn Sent: Monday, November 22, 2010 2:28 PM To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: plugins All plug-ins which have automate-able parameters are accessible in the sense that the parameters are visible to voiceOver as sliders. The odd exception apparently seems to be Waves at this time but I can't personally confirm the behavior. What will not be accessible are any menu buttons specific to the plug-in. For example, Waves has Load and Save buttons which are not visible because they're not automate-able. Most basic eQs and compressors don't use proprietary buttons. HTH, Slau On Nov 22, 2010, at 1:27 PM, Frank Carmickle wrote: Hi everyone I am looking to get some other EQs comps and verbs. What are the accessible ones at this time? I've been mixing this little four track demo that I recorded on a zoom h4n a month ago and the drums are really harsh. I just put the h4n in front of the drum kit. I'm looking for a plugin that can help me smooth out some of the 4.5k crunch. If I use the four band that comes with pro tools to pull down that area and thicken the bottom iI find it gets really smiley really quick. I just want to soften the edge on the snare and the cymbals. Any ideas would be really appreciated. Thanks much --Frank
RE: waves, was RE: plugins
Hey herman. That is good news, thanks for passing it along. So the preset list is not a standard combo box like it is when you load a waves plug in in sonar? Cameron. -Original Message- From: ptaccess@googlegroups.com [mailto:ptacc...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Herman Fermin Sent: Monday, November 22, 2010 10:00 PM To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: waves, was RE: plugins You can change channel, head, cabinet, eq, presence, but not the effects on any patches. Plus we dont have access to pre-sets as far as I can tell. I would have to have someone load up a pretty heavy-duty pre-sets with lots of effects to see if I could move those. I'd like to think that you might be able to simply because some of those might be automatable. Will report back if I can get someone to load some up. HF On 11/22/10, Cameron came...@cameronstrife.com wrote: Hi Herman. ah, yeah, I was reading about the gtr3 and gtr solo plugs. what things can you access? Can you change things like channel, head, cabinet, eq, presence, and the effects on a given patch? I already have the Digi 11 rack but another guitar option might be good to have. I just bought the waves native power pack bundle today and that will be a good foundation along with the included plugs in pt9 for now at least. Thanks, Cameron. -Original Message- From: ptaccess@googlegroups.com [mailto:ptacc...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Herman Fermin Sent: Monday, November 22, 2010 8:45 PM To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: waves, was RE: plugins All the Waves plugs I've tried are automapped. Some things you can't get too as of yet because since as what was explained, they are not automatable. Great example would be some of the stomps in the GTR plug. Heck even the Waves Vocal plug-in is usable. HF On 11/22/10, Cameron came...@cameronstrife.com wrote: Hey Slau. On the topic of plug ins, would a waves bundle be a wise investment if one is using a control surface? Or, would you recommend another company? Thanks, Cameron. -Original Message- From: ptaccess@googlegroups.com [mailto:ptacc...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Slau Halatyn Sent: Monday, November 22, 2010 2:28 PM To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: plugins All plug-ins which have automate-able parameters are accessible in the sense that the parameters are visible to voiceOver as sliders. The odd exception apparently seems to be Waves at this time but I can't personally confirm the behavior. What will not be accessible are any menu buttons specific to the plug-in. For example, Waves has Load and Save buttons which are not visible because they're not automate-able. Most basic eQs and compressors don't use proprietary buttons. HTH, Slau On Nov 22, 2010, at 1:27 PM, Frank Carmickle wrote: Hi everyone I am looking to get some other EQs comps and verbs. What are the accessible ones at this time? I've been mixing this little four track demo that I recorded on a zoom h4n a month ago and the drums are really harsh. I just put the h4n in front of the drum kit. I'm looking for a plugin that can help me smooth out some of the 4.5k crunch. If I use the four band that comes with pro tools to pull down that area and thicken the bottom iI find it gets really smiley really quick. I just want to soften the edge on the snare and the cymbals. Any ideas would be really appreciated. Thanks much --Frank
Re: waves, was RE: plugins
Waves uses their proprietary menu buttons which appear below the Pro Tools Factory Preset, Auto and Auto Safe buttons. These aren't technically part of the Coco portion of the plug-in window and so, are not visible, on top of not being automate-able parameters. It is possible, with sighted assistance, to call up a preset and save it to the Factory Presets menu. It's time-consuming but possible. QuicKeys would be a great tool to utilize in this case but also requires sighted assistance, that is, until someone writes some shorcut bundles that can be shared. Slau On Nov 22, 2010, at 10:03 PM, Cameron wrote: Hey herman. That is good news, thanks for passing it along. So the preset list is not a standard combo box like it is when you load a waves plug in in sonar? Cameron. -Original Message- From: ptaccess@googlegroups.com [mailto:ptacc...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Herman Fermin Sent: Monday, November 22, 2010 10:00 PM To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: waves, was RE: plugins You can change channel, head, cabinet, eq, presence, but not the effects on any patches. Plus we dont have access to pre-sets as far as I can tell. I would have to have someone load up a pretty heavy-duty pre-sets with lots of effects to see if I could move those. I'd like to think that you might be able to simply because some of those might be automatable. Will report back if I can get someone to load some up. HF On 11/22/10, Cameron came...@cameronstrife.com wrote: Hi Herman. ah, yeah, I was reading about the gtr3 and gtr solo plugs. what things can you access? Can you change things like channel, head, cabinet, eq, presence, and the effects on a given patch? I already have the Digi 11 rack but another guitar option might be good to have. I just bought the waves native power pack bundle today and that will be a good foundation along with the included plugs in pt9 for now at least. Thanks, Cameron. -Original Message- From: ptaccess@googlegroups.com [mailto:ptacc...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Herman Fermin Sent: Monday, November 22, 2010 8:45 PM To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: waves, was RE: plugins All the Waves plugs I've tried are automapped. Some things you can't get too as of yet because since as what was explained, they are not automatable. Great example would be some of the stomps in the GTR plug. Heck even the Waves Vocal plug-in is usable. HF On 11/22/10, Cameron came...@cameronstrife.com wrote: Hey Slau. On the topic of plug ins, would a waves bundle be a wise investment if one is using a control surface? Or, would you recommend another company? Thanks, Cameron. -Original Message- From: ptaccess@googlegroups.com [mailto:ptacc...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Slau Halatyn Sent: Monday, November 22, 2010 2:28 PM To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: plugins All plug-ins which have automate-able parameters are accessible in the sense that the parameters are visible to voiceOver as sliders. The odd exception apparently seems to be Waves at this time but I can't personally confirm the behavior. What will not be accessible are any menu buttons specific to the plug-in. For example, Waves has Load and Save buttons which are not visible because they're not automate-able. Most basic eQs and compressors don't use proprietary buttons. HTH, Slau On Nov 22, 2010, at 1:27 PM, Frank Carmickle wrote: Hi everyone I am looking to get some other EQs comps and verbs. What are the accessible ones at this time? I've been mixing this little four track demo that I recorded on a zoom h4n a month ago and the drums are really harsh. I just put the h4n in front of the drum kit. I'm looking for a plugin that can help me smooth out some of the 4.5k crunch. If I use the four band that comes with pro tools to pull down that area and thicken the bottom iI find it gets really smiley really quick. I just want to soften the edge on the snare and the cymbals. Any ideas would be really appreciated. Thanks much --Frank
RE: waves, was RE: plugins
Hey Slau. Okay, thanks for the explanation. That would be a good idea to eventually have a repository of macro files to get to the presets of common plugs. Cameron. -Original Message- From: ptaccess@googlegroups.com [mailto:ptacc...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Slau Halatyn Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2010 12:02 AM To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: waves, was RE: plugins Waves uses their proprietary menu buttons which appear below the Pro Tools Factory Preset, Auto and Auto Safe buttons. These aren't technically part of the Coco portion of the plug-in window and so, are not visible, on top of not being automate-able parameters. It is possible, with sighted assistance, to call up a preset and save it to the Factory Presets menu. It's time-consuming but possible. QuicKeys would be a great tool to utilize in this case but also requires sighted assistance, that is, until someone writes some shorcut bundles that can be shared. Slau On Nov 22, 2010, at 10:03 PM, Cameron wrote: Hey herman. That is good news, thanks for passing it along. So the preset list is not a standard combo box like it is when you load a waves plug in in sonar? Cameron. -Original Message- From: ptaccess@googlegroups.com [mailto:ptacc...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Herman Fermin Sent: Monday, November 22, 2010 10:00 PM To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: waves, was RE: plugins You can change channel, head, cabinet, eq, presence, but not the effects on any patches. Plus we dont have access to pre-sets as far as I can tell. I would have to have someone load up a pretty heavy-duty pre-sets with lots of effects to see if I could move those. I'd like to think that you might be able to simply because some of those might be automatable. Will report back if I can get someone to load some up. HF On 11/22/10, Cameron came...@cameronstrife.com wrote: Hi Herman. ah, yeah, I was reading about the gtr3 and gtr solo plugs. what things can you access? Can you change things like channel, head, cabinet, eq, presence, and the effects on a given patch? I already have the Digi 11 rack but another guitar option might be good to have. I just bought the waves native power pack bundle today and that will be a good foundation along with the included plugs in pt9 for now at least. Thanks, Cameron. -Original Message- From: ptaccess@googlegroups.com [mailto:ptacc...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Herman Fermin Sent: Monday, November 22, 2010 8:45 PM To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: waves, was RE: plugins All the Waves plugs I've tried are automapped. Some things you can't get too as of yet because since as what was explained, they are not automatable. Great example would be some of the stomps in the GTR plug. Heck even the Waves Vocal plug-in is usable. HF On 11/22/10, Cameron came...@cameronstrife.com wrote: Hey Slau. On the topic of plug ins, would a waves bundle be a wise investment if one is using a control surface? Or, would you recommend another company? Thanks, Cameron. -Original Message- From: ptaccess@googlegroups.com [mailto:ptacc...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Slau Halatyn Sent: Monday, November 22, 2010 2:28 PM To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: plugins All plug-ins which have automate-able parameters are accessible in the sense that the parameters are visible to voiceOver as sliders. The odd exception apparently seems to be Waves at this time but I can't personally confirm the behavior. What will not be accessible are any menu buttons specific to the plug-in. For example, Waves has Load and Save buttons which are not visible because they're not automate-able. Most basic eQs and compressors don't use proprietary buttons. HTH, Slau On Nov 22, 2010, at 1:27 PM, Frank Carmickle wrote: Hi everyone I am looking to get some other EQs comps and verbs. What are the accessible ones at this time? I've been mixing this little four track demo that I recorded on a zoom h4n a month ago and the drums are really harsh. I just put the h4n in front of the drum kit. I'm looking for a plugin that can help me smooth out some of the 4.5k crunch. If I use the four band that comes with pro tools to pull down that area and thicken the bottom iI find it gets really smiley really quick. I just want to soften the edge on the snare and the cymbals. Any ideas would be really appreciated. Thanks much --Frank
