Re: Using the Workspace window

[Slau Halatyn]

Hi Peter,

First, I haven't used Pro Tools 10 in a few years so I can't comment on that 
item, although I'd venture that the Workspace is essentially unusable with 
VoiceOver.

As far as version 12, it's probably possible to set up a situation where you 
can click, drag and drop the files within a timeline but, I have to say, it 
would take quite a bit of preparation. One thing you'd have to do is set up 
your Edit window and the Workspace window to be either alongside each other or 
above and below. This is not impossible but not easy either. I know that 
Keyboard Maestro has some modules to resize windows but I don't recall whether 
it contains any for resizing to window sides or halves. Ultimately, however, 
you'd have to use Keyboard Maestro to move the mouse to a specific coordinate 
after initiating a mouse-down on the file name in the Workspace window. Again, 
it's the kind of thing that is most likely quite possible but would take a 
bunch of prep and setup with Keyboard Maestro.

Slau

On May 20, 2016, at 12:40 PM, Peter Bosher  wrote:

> Hi All,
>  
> The sound effects library used in  creating audio dramas contains hundreds of 
> gigabytes of material taken from hundreds of CD’s.   The Workspace window is 
> used to search through all those files, some of which have really unhelpful 
> file names, so it’s vital to use the meta-data for searching.  I have two 
> questions:
>  
> In PT version 12, I can use the Workspace window to carry out a search, and 
> then look through the list of results, click on an item, then on ‘audition’ 
> to hear them.  Now, if I find one I want, the only way I know to bring it 
> into the session is by doing VO-Shift-M for its context menu, then ‘reveal in 
> Finder’.   Then I can use ‘import audio’ to find the file and bring it in.  
> This seems a bit clunky, though it does work, and this in itself is progress 
> as it’s taken me a while to get this far.  So, first question, is there an 
> easier way to bring a file into a session from the Workspace results?
>  
> Second question:  in PT version 10, the Workspace seems to me to be 
> completely inaccessible.   There are what seem like hundreds of buttons, 
> which VO speaks as ‘equals’ or ‘less than’, and a large number of lists and 
> text fields with no identification to say what they are for.  So, was anybody 
> ever able to use the Workspace in version 10?  If so, any tips?
>  
> Best,
>  
> Peter
>  
> 
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Re: Using the Workspace window

[TheOreoMonster]

WorksSpace wasn’t really accessible in version 9/10 which is what prompted me 
to stop using PT as my daily DAW at the time as i work with a lot of loops in 
general and the workspace is one of the few ways to import loop into a project 
and and have it snap to the project tempo. Unfortunately from what i remember 
as well you would have to drag it onto the time line out of the workspace which 
while technically doable with voice over  in pro tools you would have to drag 
it onto the right track. I suppose if you have only that track visible you 
maybe able to make it work better. One thing you could try which works in both 
Logic/Garage Band and Reaper is if you copy an audio file in finder, you can 
paste it into the project with cmd+V. Last i tried it didn’t work with Pro 
Tools but work a try with v12.
> On May 20, 2016, at 12:40 PM, Peter Bosher  wrote:
> 
> Hi All,
>  
> The sound effects library used in  creating audio dramas contains hundreds of 
> gigabytes of material taken from hundreds of CD’s.   The Workspace window is 
> used to search through all those files, some of which have really unhelpful 
> file names, so it’s vital to use the meta-data for searching.  I have two 
> questions:
>  
> In PT version 12, I can use the Workspace window to carry out a search, and 
> then look through the list of results, click on an item, then on ‘audition’ 
> to hear them.  Now, if I find one I want, the only way I know to bring it 
> into the session is by doing VO-Shift-M for its context menu, then ‘reveal in 
> Finder’.   Then I can use ‘import audio’ to find the file and bring it in.  
> This seems a bit clunky, though it does work, and this in itself is progress 
> as it’s taken me a while to get this far.  So, first question, is there an 
> easier way to bring a file into a session from the Workspace results?
>  
> Second question:  in PT version 10, the Workspace seems to me to be 
> completely inaccessible.   There are what seem like hundreds of buttons, 
> which VO speaks as ‘equals’ or ‘less than’, and a large number of lists and 
> text fields with no identification to say what they are for.  So, was anybody 
> ever able to use the Workspace in version 10?  If so, any tips?
>  
> Best,
>  
> Peter
>  
> 
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Using the Workspace window

[Peter Bosher]

Hi All,

The sound effects library used in  creating audio dramas contains hundreds of 
gigabytes of material taken from hundreds of CD's.   The Workspace window is 
used to search through all those files, some of which have really unhelpful 
file names, so it's vital to use the meta-data for searching.  I have two 
questions:

In PT version 12, I can use the Workspace window to carry out a search, and 
then look through the list of results, click on an item, then on 'audition' to 
hear them.  Now, if I find one I want, the only way I know to bring it into the 
session is by doing VO-Shift-M for its context menu, then 'reveal in Finder'.   
Then I can use 'import audio' to find the file and bring it in.  This seems a 
bit clunky, though it does work, and this in itself is progress as it's taken 
me a while to get this far.  So, first question, is there an easier way to 
bring a file into a session from the Workspace results?

Second question:  in PT version 10, the Workspace seems to me to be completely 
inaccessible.   There are what seem like hundreds of buttons, which VO speaks 
as 'equals' or 'less than', and a large number of lists and text fields with no 
identification to say what they are for.  So, was anybody ever able to use the 
Workspace in version 10?  If so, any tips?

Best,

Peter

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