Re: stepping down my involvement with Pro Tools accessibility
Slau, YOur contribution to ProTools accessibility will go down in history. As far as I'm concerned, you and Rick are the Armstrong and Aldrin of ProTools accessibility. YOu've brought accessibility out of the shadows and into the spotlight and your efforts will change the lives of many, from the enthusiast to the professional. If the NARAS could give out a Grammy for technical and social achievements, you, rick, Kevin and all of the other folks who have worked tirelessly to put ProTools accessibility on he map should share one of those trophies for sure. As our friend Neil Young says, keep on rocking int he free world and thanks for everything. Cheers, Kevin shaw -- 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/groups/opt_out.
Re: Renaming tracks
VO-Shift-M on the track title and choose rename from the menu. If you have a control surface, double-press the select button on the track you want to rename. The track name dialog should appear. Kevin On 2012-02-17, at 12:59 PM, Eric Lambier wrote: Hi all! Does anyone know how to rename or title tracks? Cheers Eric
Re: Drum replacement and reinforcement in PT
HI Scott, Yes, this can be done using the Sound Replacer plug in, but I'm not certain as to how accessible that particular plugin is. I produced an album where we triggered samples to add to an existing, well-recorded it and the results were quite impressive. Good luck, Kevin
Re: Laptop vs desktop when it comes to music production
HI, I can't help you with the PCI card information, but I can offer some advice with regard to a desktop vs. a laptop for recording. If you're planning on doing recording as a career, invest in a desktop like a Mac Pro or one of the i7 iMacs. You can get the iMacs now with a solid state boot drive, which should make ProTools quite happy, as you have the option of installing a .5, 1 or 2 TB data drive. The Mac Pro has a very fast bus speed which is great for moving around multiple tracks of audio and it is designed to be a workhorse when it comes to media production. My music sessions will run upwards of 80 tracks and it's unlikely that a laptop running ProTools, even a tricked out one, will be able to handle that on the table tray of an airplane for an 8 hour mixing session. I tend to advise people away from laptops for hard core mixing and audio production as they can get overworked pretty quickly. Having said that though, if you're planning on recording in the field or setting up a recording session in a barn somewhere, a Mac laptop will do more than suffice for tracking. Just remember to use an external hard drive and a fast interface. Hope this helps, Kevin
Re: editing and cutting in PT
Tobi, This is quite a complex topic, as there are several editing modes within ProTools. I'd recommend familiarizing yourself with some basic concepts by reading through the manual and even browsing a few videos on YouTube. Also, you may wish to search the google group itself, as some older messages contain instructions. If you have a control surface with a jog/shuttle wheel on your control surface, all the better. You can mark in ProTools in several different ways within the Edit window. I know you can quickly mark in and out points using the up and down arrows and preview the highlighted section and the edit itself with left and right bracket keys. This is with keyboard focus turned on in Edit view. You can accomplish this with command-option-1. This is also assuming you have some editing settings turned on in the Preferences. Without the program in front of me at the moment, I cannot advise on this, although Slau or Kevin may be willing to dispense some wisdom here. Slau has mentioned before that the editing features in ProTools, though quite complex, are better than any other audio editor on the market. This means the learning curve is steep, but not impossible to master. I hope this message was of some benefit. Kevin
Re: side chain
HI Frank, I've used side chains quite extensively in my mix projects. For example, I'll use a side chain input to key or trigger a gate on a second mic on an instrument or in the room. A typical example is drums, where I want the overheads or snare bottom's gate triggered by the smack on the snare top. Setting this up is straight forward. I don't have ProTools in front of me, so I'm doing this from memory. I usually create a send on the track I want to use as the trigger, such as snare top. Then, on my snare bottom track, I'll insert a gate plug-in and then key the input from the send of the snare top, say Aux 1-Mono. There's a side chain listen button in the plug-in where I can listen to what the plug-in is hearing, and from there I can fine tune parameters such as the EQ, the threshold and so on. the end result is a gate that only opens every time the snare drum is hit. I can then vary things like the hold and release times to suit my purposes. Slau or someone else can correct me if I've been counter productive. Hope this helps. have fun side chaining things. It's tons of fun. Kevin
Re: send volume
Hi Herman, Slau is correct. There is a volume fader in the Send window. I'm not sure if in ProTools 9 it still defaults to neg. infinity, but it is there. Kevin
Re: Hello - Jim Abbott, Syracuse posting
HI Jim, Welcome to the list. Please feel free to get in touch off list. I spent last year focused on a Master's thesis which examined this very topic at Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada. I'd be happy to dialog with you about this. My email is: tvsound...@rogers.com Cheers, Kevin
Re: hello
HI Mark, Welcome to the list. If you're interested in reading my Master's thesis on ProTools accessibility for the blind, please get in touch off list. You may find it beneficial as an educator. Regards, Kevin
Re: editing in scrub mode
Can the down arrow and up arrow keys not be used to make a selection? Down is the in point, up is the out point. Maybe I'm wrong? Kevin
Intro message
Hello group members, I'm Kevin Shaw, a music/audio producer in Toronto and I'm sending this message to test whether this works and to introduce myself. I'm a radio, music and audio producer and have been using ProTools for a little while. Last April, I completed a Master's degree examining the accessibility of ProTools by the blind, raising this important topic in academic circles. I completed five recordings of a five piece rock band which I'd be happy to share. I'm starting the process of building out a ProTools rig at home for mixing and doing some recording as a session drummer. Happy mixing! Kevin
