Re: MidiIng

2012-03-31 Thread Chris Norman
I'm not sure if this is even legal, but I zipped up the documentation from my 
PT installation, and uploaded it here:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4219494/Pro%20Tools.zip

If you want to read ahead of time, go ahead.

HTH,

Take care,
Chris Norman
Email and MSN: chris.norm...@googlemail.com
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On 31 Mar 2012, at 01:45, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote:

 They're on the DVD.
 
 Chris.
 
 - Original Message - From: Brian Howerton bshowert...@gmail.com
 To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com
 Sent: Friday, March 30, 2012 8:30 PM
 Subject: Re: MidiIng
 
 
 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.
 
 



Re: MidiIng

2012-03-30 Thread Slau Halatyn
 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. 



Re: MidiIng

2012-03-30 Thread Brian Howerton
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. 
 



Re: MidiIng

2012-03-30 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland

OK, I'll again have a look at it.

Chris.

- Original Message - 
From: Slau Halatyn slauhala...@gmail.com

To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com
Sent: Friday, March 30, 2012 5:25 PM
Subject: Re: MidiIng



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.




Re: MidiIng

2012-03-30 Thread Brian Howerton
Oh I gotcha Chris.  
On Mar 30, 2012, at 8:45 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote:

 They're on the DVD.
 
 Chris.
 
 - Original Message - From: Brian Howerton bshowert...@gmail.com
 To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com
 Sent: Friday, March 30, 2012 8:30 PM
 Subject: Re: MidiIng
 
 
 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.
 
 



Re: MidiIng

2012-03-30 Thread The Oreo Monster
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.