RE: Importing multiple wave files from a folder.
Not a problem Jason, you will probably be telling some new user to PT the same thing in a couple years. From: ptaccess@googlegroups.com [mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jason Dasent Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2015 2:41 AM To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Importing multiple wave files from a folder. Hi papa, thanks a lot for all your help. It worked perfectly. Best regards, Jason Sent from my iPhone On Jul 27, 2015, at 10:04 PM, Poppa Bear heavens4r...@gmail.com wrote: From what I remember, I go to the list of audio files and as I go down the list I pres the enter key on the num pad on each file I wish to add into the session. There may not be a audible voice over response, once I have done that I go to the convert all button and proceed as normal. HTH. From: ptaccess@googlegroups.com [mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of studiojay Sent: Monday, July 27, 2015 2:47 PM To: Pro Tools Accessibility Subject: Importing multiple wave files from a folder. Hi everyone, I want to import several wave files from a folder, however, when I am in the import audio dialog, if I try to do for example, shift plus down arrow to select more than 1 file, when I go to the add button, only 1 file gets added. Please help me to do this. I would like to know how to import both contiguous and none contiguous files. Thanks in advance for any help. Kind regards, Jason -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Pro Tools Accessibility group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the Google Groups Pro Tools Accessibility group. To unsubscribe from this topic, visit https://groups.google.com/d/topic/ptaccess/gMhx1OQsyqw/unsubscribe. To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Pro Tools Accessibility group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Pro Tools Accessibility group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[midi-mag] Accessible sound design tool - research proposal
Hello, I am Fiore Martin, researcher in a group at Queen Mary University of London on Accessibility, HCI and cross-modal collaboration. We made, among others, a very nice VST/AU plug-in that sonifies peak meters. You should definitely check it out at http://depic.eecs.qmul.ac.uk/apm/ I am currently working on a proposal for fundings to develop an accessible interface to Pure Data. For those who don't know it, Pure Data is a free graph-based visual programming language, that enables non programmers to create custom sound processors (synths, effects etc) as well as to interface with sensors, input devices, MIDI, other computers etc. (below is a list of example of concrete usage of Pure Data) Many artists and sound designers use pure data for their projects, but it's basically about building a visual diagram. So not the best tool in terms of a11y. My research proposal is about making this tool accessible ! In the podcast linked in the next line Gawain Hewitt from Drake Music and I explain the rationale of the project a bit more in detail http://depic.eecs.qmul.ac.uk/sites/depic.eecs.qmul.ac.uk/files/Access_Pd_Podcast.mp3 I would like to know if this sounds interesting to anybody and if anybody think they could benefit from it. If the proposal gets funded I will be looking for people to take part in one or more hands-on sessions with the tool in order to give us feedback and maybe go back home with a brand new custom software synthesizer ! We could do the hands-on sessions either via skype or here at Queen Mary University of London hope to hear from you best Fiore Martin List of possible Pure Data use cases Here is a youtube tutorial on how to make frequency modulation synthesis : https://youtu.be/DgeTHuDSgC0 I know the final outcome is quite simple and many plug-ins can give you way more advanced sounds than this, but please bear in mind this is just a starting tutorial and once you get acquainted with the building blocks you can make your very own unique custom synths, like you would do with a modular Eurorack set. I acknowledge you cannot make a VST that integrate nicely in your Daw with Pure data: you'll rather have to route the audio output with some kind of virtual audio connection. The problem, though, is not Pure Data in itself but rather the closed nature of VST and other systems such a ReWire that are not open to the community. So there is not much to do about it. In this video, the same guy uses Pure Data to turn a logitech joypad into a MIDI controller for FM8 : https://youtu.be/HB_oVny33wA?t=6m6s A nice project along the same lines, could be for instance to try and turn an Active Braille into a MIDI controller for your DAW. Since Active Braille uses the hid (human interface device) protocol, which is supported natively in Pure Data, it would be just a matter of making the mappings between hid messages and MIDI out. Not sure whether this is really feasible or there are technical issues, but if it's possible Pure Data is the perfect swiss army knife to do it Another application I could think of is interactive installations. Imagine you are commissioned the sound design for an installation by an interaction designer. He will set up cameras and sensors and send you real time information via Wi-fi about how many people are looking at the installation and the sound must change accordingly. Maybe you come up with a good sound scape in your favorite DAW but then you want to low-pass filter it in real-time, according to the number of people. Well in Pure Data you'd make a looper object that plays your sound scape, then an object that listens to the messages from the network and extrapolate the number of people. Finally you would chain the network object and the looper object to a low pass filter object that will filter the sound of the latter according to the number received from the former. Not sure how many blind people there are working on interactive installations. However, if there aren't many, one of the reasons is perhaps that the right tools for the job are not out there yet! -- Fiore Martin Postgraduate Research Associate School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science Queen Mary University of London Mile End road, London E1 4NS, UK. Tel.:020 7882 7240 Web: http://depic.eecs.qmul.ac.uk/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/DePIC_Research --- Learn to meditate and train your brain with Muse, the first lab-grade EEG biofeedback headband for home use! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Pro Tools Accessibility group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Revisiting control surfaces. Sorry, I know.
So, I know we’ve done this lots before, but I’m back to thinking about control surfaces. I really can’t work effectively without being able to automate plugins with a control surface, and I really don’t want to abandon ProTools, given that I’m getting pretty clued up about it, and I work pretty quickly with it. So, I was thinking about the Artist Mix. I know it doesn’t have transport buttons, which is a bit irritating, however I wonder if I am able to use the artist Mix with my BCF control surface, then I could use the BCF2000 as a transport control surface, and maybe even use it for fader and pan automation, and I can use my Artist Mix for pluguin automation. Does that sound plausible? Also, is it easy enough to choose what the faders and knobs automate. In other words, is choosing what the faders do, and what plugin controls easy to achieve with VoiceOver and PT? Your thoughts are very welcome. -- David Eagle Website: http://www.davideagle.co.uk Follow me on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/thedavideagle; -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Pro Tools Accessibility group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
I can't find a setting to save my freaking life!
OK guys, I have had to reformat due to reasons beyond my control. I know that Slau told me once how to fix this, and his suggested worked perfectly. I just don't remember what the hell to do! Basically, I've recorded a mono audio track. I then inserted the BF76 compressor on the track's insert A. I set my output parameter where I wanted it. I think I wound up cranking it to around -11DB. By default before I moved it, it was on -17. It played just fine, but as soon as I hit return to go to the beginning of my session, then hit space to start playing, all my parameters get reset, meaning in this case, the output gain goes back to -17 where it was to start with. I can't get it to stick. I thought it was either something in the ProTools preferences that I had to change, or maybe something globally within all plugins but I just cannot seem for the life of me to recall what. I'm hopeing one of you can remind me what we have to change to get it to quit doing this! I've looked through all the settings that I know to look at. It's one a these things, I know it's right under my nose, but I just can't seem to find it. Thank you so much for the help! I very very much appreciate it! Chris. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Pro Tools Accessibility group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Very! very proud of myself!
Guys, I don't mean to wag my tail if you will, but I figured out the issue with my plugin settings getting reset each time I would hit play. It turns out, under preferences, mixing, and in the automation section, I had the box checked for plugin controls default to auto-enabled. Listenning to ProTools with Speech, which was recorded using PT 10, not 12, Matt and Rod both suggest that you check this box. I don't totally understand why, but I looked at a system I have with ProTools installed as well, granted, version 11, not 12, but still! On that system, I knew things were working. I noticed that was literally the only thing different with my settings. I tried that on my system in the studio, and well, well well! I'll? be damned! That did the trick! Once I unchecked it, I was in business! So, can someone please explain to me what that setting does? I guess my logic of thinking was that certain things can be automated within a plugin. For example. On a compressor, you may be able to automate the attack and release controls. So say for example that on the bridge of a song, I want my attack to be shorter, whereas on the verse, I want it to be longer. I could automate the attack setting of the plug, so that when writing automation to the vocal track, once things need to be changed, I could write automation to the track by starting out writing a global pass to the track, then going back, selecting the bridge, moving the attack where I want it to go instead, write it, then boom. I thought that you know how in pretty much all plugs you have a button that says automation enable? I was under the impression that this checkbox in preferences made it where if checked, all plugs which contained automatable settings would be enabled by default, allowing you to write automation to any given track or tracks from the plugin of choice. Am I not completely understanding this correctly? I gather I'm on the right track, but it seems to me that there is a little bit more to it than just that. Slau, can you, or Kevin, or someone more knowledgeable try to clarify here and help me better udnerstand, when checked, what in all actuality I'm exactly doing? I tell ya. This is why I love using PT so much on a daily basis! I love the adrenalin rush/high I get just from knowing that ProTools is so powerful, that every day! I'll probably wind up learning something new. You all've done so! much along the way to also help me, and for that, you'll never ever know my gratitude! Chris. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Pro Tools Accessibility group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Importing multiple wave files from a folder.
Hi papa, thanks a lot for all your help. It worked perfectly. Best regards, Jason Sent from my iPhone On Jul 27, 2015, at 10:04 PM, Poppa Bear heavens4r...@gmail.com wrote: From what I remember, I go to the list of audio files and as I go down the list I pres the enter key on the num pad on each file I wish to add into the session. There may not be a audible voice over response, once I have done that I go to the convert all button and proceed as normal. HTH. From: ptaccess@googlegroups.com [mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of studiojay Sent: Monday, July 27, 2015 2:47 PM To: Pro Tools Accessibility Subject: Importing multiple wave files from a folder. Hi everyone, I want to import several wave files from a folder, however, when I am in the import audio dialog, if I try to do for example, shift plus down arrow to select more than 1 file, when I go to the add button, only 1 file gets added. Please help me to do this. I would like to know how to import both contiguous and none contiguous files. Thanks in advance for any help. Kind regards, Jason -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Pro Tools Accessibility group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the Google Groups Pro Tools Accessibility group. To unsubscribe from this topic, visit https://groups.google.com/d/topic/ptaccess/gMhx1OQsyqw/unsubscribe. To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Pro Tools Accessibility group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Very! very proud of myself!
Chris, Normally, any parameters like volume, pan and mute have to be enabled individually or together while making an automation pass. In the same way, individual plug-in parameters can be enabled for automation in the Auto enable dialog within the Plug-in window. With the checkbox checked in the Preferences dialog, all plug-in parameters and the Plug-in automation button in the Automation window are automatically enabled. I personally don't understand why anybody would ever need such a scenario but I'm confident that, if such a control is available, there's a specific need for it for a particular workflow. I just can't imagine what that is. At any rate, apparently, your preferences somehow got reset or corrupted. There's a utility called Pro Tools Prefs Helper that you might want to consider looking at if you experience issues with preferences becoming corrupted or reset. You can find more info and a link to download from this Pro Tools expert page. HTH, Slau On Jul 29, 2015, at 7:04 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland clgillan...@gmail.com wrote: Guys, I don't mean to wag my tail if you will, but I figured out the issue with my plugin settings getting reset each time I would hit play. It turns out, under preferences, mixing, and in the automation section, I had the box checked for plugin controls default to auto-enabled. Listenning to ProTools with Speech, which was recorded using PT 10, not 12, Matt and Rod both suggest that you check this box. I don't totally understand why, but I looked at a system I have with ProTools installed as well, granted, version 11, not 12, but still! On that system, I knew things were working. I noticed that was literally the only thing different with my settings. I tried that on my system in the studio, and well, well well! I'll? be damned! That did the trick! Once I unchecked it, I was in business! So, can someone please explain to me what that setting does? I guess my logic of thinking was that certain things can be automated within a plugin. For example. On a compressor, you may be able to automate the attack and release controls. So say for example that on the bridge of a song, I want my attack to be shorter, whereas on the verse, I want it to be longer. I could automate the attack setting of the plug, so that when writing automation to the vocal track, once things need to be changed, I could write automation to the track by starting out writing a global pass to the track, then going back, selecting the bridge, moving the attack where I want it to go instead, write it, then boom. I thought that you know how in pretty much all plugs you have a button that says automation enable? I was under the impression that this checkbox in preferences made it where if checked, all plugs which contained automatable settings would be enabled by default, allowing you to write automation to any given track or tracks from the plugin of choice. Am I not completely understanding this correctly? I gather I'm on the right track, but it seems to me that there is a little bit more to it than just that. Slau, can you, or Kevin, or someone more knowledgeable try to clarify here and help me better udnerstand, when checked, what in all actuality I'm exactly doing? I tell ya. This is why I love using PT so much on a daily basis! I love the adrenalin rush/high I get just from knowing that ProTools is so powerful, that every day! I'll probably wind up learning something new. You all've done so! much along the way to also help me, and for that, you'll never ever know my gratitude! Chris. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Pro Tools Accessibility group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Pro Tools Accessibility group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
