Re: PT 12.4 problem: VO not reading updated fader levels consistently
Hi Robin, Please do you have a link for the ProTools with Speech tutorials you mentioned in your message? Best, Peter On 01/02/2016 17:12, Robin Kipp wrote: Hi Slau, thanks a lot for your great response! You were absolutely right, my clip and peak hold settings were set to „infinite“. I made the adjustments you suggested and now everything appears to be working as expected, so many thanks for that! I don’t recall explicitly changing those settings myself, but there’s a chance that I may have done this while following the Pro Tools with Speech tutorials a while back. Anyways everything seems to be great now, many thanks! Best regards, Robin Am 31.01.2016 um 00:46 schrieb Slau Halatyn : Hi Robin, If I'm understanding this correctly, you're saying that the level changes periodically but essentially reaches a peak of -15. Now, if your preferences are set to have an infinite peak hold, that all makes sense. In other words, the value would change, in this case, getting incrementally higher until the highest peak is reached. I personally keep the peak hold at 3 seconds and only use the peak display to keep track of highest attained peaks. In the Peak section of the Metering tab of the Preferences dialog, the clip and peak indicator radio buttons are in two columns. I don't recall which is on the left and which is on the right but, at any rate, make sure clip is infinite and I'd suggest peak to be set at 3 seconds. With that setting, your level meter will eventually go down to nothing or a very low value when there's no signal passing through the track. Hope that helps, Slau On Jan 30, 2016, at 4:00 PM, Robin Kipp wrote: Hi all, I haven’t touched PT in a while due to lack of time, but now I want to get back on track with it and improve my skills and overall knowledge of PT. So, I downloaded and installed PT 12.4 on my Mac, everything seems to work just fine. However, I’ve noticed an odd issue in the Mix window when it comes to reading level meters. I first noticed this when I was recording input from a mic. I armed the mic and checked the level meter, the DB value was changing just as expected. At some point I blew into the microphone in an attempt to make it clip on purpose. I then noticed that the value changed to -15, that’s where it then actually stayed. Even with absolutely no noise on that channel the level stayed at -15. At this point, I decided to press VO space on the level value, at which point it started changing again, up until it stopped once again at around -5DB. I’ve also observed this issue in a PT session, where the level of the master fader would be updated during playback but stop at some point (this doesn’t always happen at the same spot in the recording but at different times). Pressing VO space on it gets it going again for a while, but that would never last longer than a minute or 2. Has anybody else discovered this issue? I was browsing the list archives and discovered that another person had a similar issue, which was caused by a floating window being in the way. However, I made sure to check that there are no floating windows in the way, the „Hide all floating windows“ in the PT menu bar is actually dimmed. So, are there any other known solutions to fix this problem? Many thanks for any help! Best regards, Robin -- 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. -- 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: PT 12.4 problem: VO not reading updated fader levels consistently
Hi Robin, Excellent. Glad it's working for you now. Cheers, Slau On Feb 1, 2016, at 12:12 PM, Robin Kipp wrote: > Hi Slau, > thanks a lot for your great response! > You were absolutely right, my clip and peak hold settings were set to > „infinite“. > I made the adjustments you suggested and now everything appears to be working > as expected, so many thanks for that! > I don’t recall explicitly changing those settings myself, but there’s a > chance that I may have done this while following the Pro Tools with Speech > tutorials a while back. Anyways everything seems to be great now, many thanks! > Best regards, > Robin >> Am 31.01.2016 um 00:46 schrieb Slau Halatyn : >> >> Hi Robin, >> >> If I'm understanding this correctly, you're saying that the level changes >> periodically but essentially reaches a peak of -15. Now, if your preferences >> are set to have an infinite peak hold, that all makes sense. In other words, >> the value would change, in this case, getting incrementally higher until the >> highest peak is reached. I personally keep the peak hold at 3 seconds and >> only use the peak display to keep track of highest attained peaks. In the >> Peak section of the Metering tab of the Preferences dialog, the clip and >> peak indicator radio buttons are in two columns. I don't recall which is on >> the left and which is on the right but, at any rate, make sure clip is >> infinite and I'd suggest peak to be set at 3 seconds. >> >> With that setting, your level meter will eventually go down to nothing or a >> very low value when there's no signal passing through the track. >> >> Hope that helps, >> >> Slau >> >> On Jan 30, 2016, at 4:00 PM, Robin Kipp wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> I haven’t touched PT in a while due to lack of time, but now I want to get >>> back on track with it and improve my skills and overall knowledge of PT. >>> So, I downloaded and installed PT 12.4 on my Mac, everything seems to work >>> just fine. However, I’ve noticed an odd issue in the Mix window when it >>> comes to reading level meters. >>> I first noticed this when I was recording input from a mic. I armed the mic >>> and checked the level meter, the DB value was changing just as expected. At >>> some point I blew into the microphone in an attempt to make it clip on >>> purpose. I then noticed that the value changed to -15, that’s where it then >>> actually stayed. Even with absolutely no noise on that channel the level >>> stayed at -15. At this point, I decided to press VO space on the level >>> value, at which point it started changing again, up until it stopped once >>> again at around -5DB. I’ve also observed this issue in a PT session, where >>> the level of the master fader would be updated during playback but stop at >>> some point (this doesn’t always happen at the same spot in the recording >>> but at different times). Pressing VO space on it gets it going again for a >>> while, but that would never last longer than a minute or 2. >>> Has anybody else discovered this issue? I was browsing the list archives >>> and discovered that another person had a similar issue, which was caused by >>> a floating window being in the way. However, I made sure to check that >>> there are no floating windows in the way, the „Hide all floating windows“ >>> in the PT menu bar is actually dimmed. So, are there any other known >>> solutions to fix this problem? >>> Many thanks for any help! >>> Best regards, >>> Robin >>> >>> -- >>> 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. > > -- > 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.
Re: PT 12.4 problem: VO not reading updated fader levels consistently
Hi Slau, thanks a lot for your great response! You were absolutely right, my clip and peak hold settings were set to „infinite“. I made the adjustments you suggested and now everything appears to be working as expected, so many thanks for that! I don’t recall explicitly changing those settings myself, but there’s a chance that I may have done this while following the Pro Tools with Speech tutorials a while back. Anyways everything seems to be great now, many thanks! Best regards, Robin > Am 31.01.2016 um 00:46 schrieb Slau Halatyn : > > Hi Robin, > > If I'm understanding this correctly, you're saying that the level changes > periodically but essentially reaches a peak of -15. Now, if your preferences > are set to have an infinite peak hold, that all makes sense. In other words, > the value would change, in this case, getting incrementally higher until the > highest peak is reached. I personally keep the peak hold at 3 seconds and > only use the peak display to keep track of highest attained peaks. In the > Peak section of the Metering tab of the Preferences dialog, the clip and peak > indicator radio buttons are in two columns. I don't recall which is on the > left and which is on the right but, at any rate, make sure clip is infinite > and I'd suggest peak to be set at 3 seconds. > > With that setting, your level meter will eventually go down to nothing or a > very low value when there's no signal passing through the track. > > Hope that helps, > > Slau > > On Jan 30, 2016, at 4:00 PM, Robin Kipp wrote: > >> Hi all, >> I haven’t touched PT in a while due to lack of time, but now I want to get >> back on track with it and improve my skills and overall knowledge of PT. >> So, I downloaded and installed PT 12.4 on my Mac, everything seems to work >> just fine. However, I’ve noticed an odd issue in the Mix window when it >> comes to reading level meters. >> I first noticed this when I was recording input from a mic. I armed the mic >> and checked the level meter, the DB value was changing just as expected. At >> some point I blew into the microphone in an attempt to make it clip on >> purpose. I then noticed that the value changed to -15, that’s where it then >> actually stayed. Even with absolutely no noise on that channel the level >> stayed at -15. At this point, I decided to press VO space on the level >> value, at which point it started changing again, up until it stopped once >> again at around -5DB. I’ve also observed this issue in a PT session, where >> the level of the master fader would be updated during playback but stop at >> some point (this doesn’t always happen at the same spot in the recording but >> at different times). Pressing VO space on it gets it going again for a >> while, but that would never last longer than a minute or 2. >> Has anybody else discovered this issue? I was browsing the list archives and >> discovered that another person had a similar issue, which was caused by a >> floating window being in the way. However, I made sure to check that there >> are no floating windows in the way, the „Hide all floating windows“ in the >> PT menu bar is actually dimmed. So, are there any other known solutions to >> fix this problem? >> Many thanks for any help! >> Best regards, >> Robin >> >> -- >> 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. -- 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: PT 12.4 problem: VO not reading updated fader levels consistently
Hi Robin, If I'm understanding this correctly, you're saying that the level changes periodically but essentially reaches a peak of -15. Now, if your preferences are set to have an infinite peak hold, that all makes sense. In other words, the value would change, in this case, getting incrementally higher until the highest peak is reached. I personally keep the peak hold at 3 seconds and only use the peak display to keep track of highest attained peaks. In the Peak section of the Metering tab of the Preferences dialog, the clip and peak indicator radio buttons are in two columns. I don't recall which is on the left and which is on the right but, at any rate, make sure clip is infinite and I'd suggest peak to be set at 3 seconds. With that setting, your level meter will eventually go down to nothing or a very low value when there's no signal passing through the track. Hope that helps, Slau On Jan 30, 2016, at 4:00 PM, Robin Kipp wrote: > Hi all, > I haven’t touched PT in a while due to lack of time, but now I want to get > back on track with it and improve my skills and overall knowledge of PT. > So, I downloaded and installed PT 12.4 on my Mac, everything seems to work > just fine. However, I’ve noticed an odd issue in the Mix window when it comes > to reading level meters. > I first noticed this when I was recording input from a mic. I armed the mic > and checked the level meter, the DB value was changing just as expected. At > some point I blew into the microphone in an attempt to make it clip on > purpose. I then noticed that the value changed to -15, that’s where it then > actually stayed. Even with absolutely no noise on that channel the level > stayed at -15. At this point, I decided to press VO space on the level value, > at which point it started changing again, up until it stopped once again at > around -5DB. I’ve also observed this issue in a PT session, where the level > of the master fader would be updated during playback but stop at some point > (this doesn’t always happen at the same spot in the recording but at > different times). Pressing VO space on it gets it going again for a while, > but that would never last longer than a minute or 2. > Has anybody else discovered this issue? I was browsing the list archives and > discovered that another person had a similar issue, which was caused by a > floating window being in the way. However, I made sure to check that there > are no floating windows in the way, the „Hide all floating windows“ in the PT > menu bar is actually dimmed. So, are there any other known solutions to fix > this problem? > Many thanks for any help! > Best regards, > Robin > > -- > 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.
Re: PT 12.4 problem: VO not reading updated fader levels consistently
Sorry for the inaccurate subject line, it’s channel levels of course, not fader levels! > Am 30.01.2016 um 22:00 schrieb Robin Kipp : > > Hi all, > I haven’t touched PT in a while due to lack of time, but now I want to get > back on track with it and improve my skills and overall knowledge of PT. > So, I downloaded and installed PT 12.4 on my Mac, everything seems to work > just fine. However, I’ve noticed an odd issue in the Mix window when it comes > to reading level meters. > I first noticed this when I was recording input from a mic. I armed the mic > and checked the level meter, the DB value was changing just as expected. At > some point I blew into the microphone in an attempt to make it clip on > purpose. I then noticed that the value changed to -15, that’s where it then > actually stayed. Even with absolutely no noise on that channel the level > stayed at -15. At this point, I decided to press VO space on the level value, > at which point it started changing again, up until it stopped once again at > around -5DB. I’ve also observed this issue in a PT session, where the level > of the master fader would be updated during playback but stop at some point > (this doesn’t always happen at the same spot in the recording but at > different times). Pressing VO space on it gets it going again for a while, > but that would never last longer than a minute or 2. > Has anybody else discovered this issue? I was browsing the list archives and > discovered that another person had a similar issue, which was caused by a > floating window being in the way. However, I made sure to check that there > are no floating windows in the way, the „Hide all floating windows“ in the PT > menu bar is actually dimmed. So, are there any other known solutions to fix > this problem? > Many thanks for any help! > Best regards, > Robin > > -- > 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.
PT 12.4 problem: VO not reading updated fader levels consistently
Hi all, I haven’t touched PT in a while due to lack of time, but now I want to get back on track with it and improve my skills and overall knowledge of PT. So, I downloaded and installed PT 12.4 on my Mac, everything seems to work just fine. However, I’ve noticed an odd issue in the Mix window when it comes to reading level meters. I first noticed this when I was recording input from a mic. I armed the mic and checked the level meter, the DB value was changing just as expected. At some point I blew into the microphone in an attempt to make it clip on purpose. I then noticed that the value changed to -15, that’s where it then actually stayed. Even with absolutely no noise on that channel the level stayed at -15. At this point, I decided to press VO space on the level value, at which point it started changing again, up until it stopped once again at around -5DB. I’ve also observed this issue in a PT session, where the level of the master fader would be updated during playback but stop at some point (this doesn’t always happen at the same spot in the recording but at different times). Pressing VO space on it gets it going again for a while, but that would never last longer than a minute or 2. Has anybody else discovered this issue? I was browsing the list archives and discovered that another person had a similar issue, which was caused by a floating window being in the way. However, I made sure to check that there are no floating windows in the way, the „Hide all floating windows“ in the PT menu bar is actually dimmed. So, are there any other known solutions to fix this problem? Many thanks for any help! Best regards, Robin -- 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.
