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J-Himmy Productions
During week 8, My mentor and I went to download Protools onto my laptop. We started going through the next chapter to help me complete the steps on downloading Protools Links to my Mac laptop. My mentor also let me use the B studio to learn sine waves on protools. As I was learning how to make a base sound by followig the steps on the video provided on chapter 10, I was able to check out some of the plugins that protools has to offer. Instead of making the same sounding base on the video I played around with it myself and came up with a more deeper 808 sounding base line. Protools is still a hard software for me to get used to, but I feel that eveyday im in the studio I understand it more and more.
-Section 1:
- Section Quiz review answers
- Digidesign has been owned by "Avid" since 1995
- Pro tools is a DAW, which stands for "Digital Audio Workstation"
- The first version of Pro tools was released in "1991"
- Digidrums and the first venture of the duo who created digidesign, "Peter Gotcher" and "Evan Brooks"
- Avid has been awarded: "A Grammy, an Emmy, and an Oscar"
Mac keys to Windows Keys: Command (Apple) = Control
Option = Alt
Control = Start (Windows)
Return Key = Enter Key (Not numeric keypad)
Delete key = Backspace key
Create new session = Control + N
Create new track = Shift + Contro + N
Section 2 Quiz review answers:
- To transfer a pro tools session from one location to another all you need to copy is the session (.ptx) File. : FALSE
- The "Audio Files" folder contains all the audio associated with your pro tools session.
- The "WaveCache File" contains the graphic representations of the waveforms in your session.
- The "Rendered files" folder is a temporary folder that is created during your session to temporarily store "rendered" elastic audio file information.
- "Clip groups" used to be called region groups prior to pro tools version 10.
With effect -rendered file
no effect -not rendered file
-ProTools Shortcuts-
1. File Menu
-Ctrl+N New session...
-Ctrl+O Open session...
-Ctrl+Shift+O Open recent
-Ctrl+Shift+W Close session
-Ctrl+S Save
-Ctrl+Alt+B Bounce to - Disk...
-Alt+Shift+I Import - Session data...
-Ctrl+Shift+I Import - Audio...
-Ctrl+Alt+I Import - MIDI...
-Ctrl+Alt+Shift+I Import - Video...
-Ctrl+P Print score...
-Ctrl+Q Exit
2. Edit Menu
-Ctrl+Z Undo
-Ctrl+Shift+Z Redo
-Ctrl+Alt+Z Restore last selection
-Ctrl+X Cut
-Ctrl+C Copy
-Ctrl+V Paste
-Ctrl+B Clear
-Start+Shift+X Cut special - Cut clip gain
-Start+Shift+C Copy special - Copy clip gain
-Alt+M Paste special - Merge
-Ctrl+Alt+V Paste special - Repeat to fill selection
-Ctrl+Start+V Paste special - To current automation type
-Start+Shift+B Clear special - Clear clip gain
-Ctrl+A Select all
-Alt+Shift+5 Selection - Change timeline to match edit
-Alt+Shift+6 Selection - Change edit to match timeline
-Alt+[ Selection - Play edit
-Alt+] Selection - Play timeline
-Ctrl+D Duplicate
-Alt+R Repeat...
-Alt+H Shift...
-Ctrl+Shift+E Insert silence
-Ctrl+T Trim clip - To selection
-Alt+Shift+7 Trim clip - Start to selection
-Alt+Shift+8 Trim clip - End to selection
-Ctrl+E Separate clip - At selection
-Ctrl+H Heal separation
-Alt+Shift+3 Consolidate clip
-Ctrl+M Mute clips
-Ctrl+U Strip silence
-Alt+Shift+U TCE edit to timeline selection
-Ctrl+Alt+H Automation - Copy to send...
-Ctrl+Alt+T Automation - Thin
-Ctrl+/ Automation - Write to current
-Ctrl+Alt+/ Automation - Write to all enabled
-Ctrl+Shift+/ Automation - Trim to current
-Ctrl+Alt+Shift+/ Automation - Trim to all enabled
-Alt+/ Automation - Glide to current
-Alt+Shift+/ Automation - Glide to all enabled
-Ctrl+F Fades - Create...
-Alt+D Fades - Fade to start
-Alt+G Fades - Fade to end
3. View Menu
-Ctrl+Alt+M Narrow mix
4. Track Menu
-Ctrl+Shift+N New...
-Ctrl+G Group...
-Alt+Shift+D Duplicate...
-Alt+K Set record tracks to input only
-Ctrl+Alt+F Scroll to track...
-Alt+C Clear all clip indicators
5. Clip Menu
-Ctrl+L Edit lock/unlock
-Alt+Start+L Time lock/unlock
-Alt+Shift+B Send to back
-Alt+Shift+F Bring to front
-Ctrl+Alt+Start+NumPad0 Rating - None
-Ctrl+Alt+Start+NumPad1..5 Rating - 1..5
-Ctrl+Alt+G Group
-Ctrl+Alt+U Ungroup
-Ctrl+Alt+R Regroup
-Ctrl+Alt+L Loop...
-Ctrl+R Capture...
-Ctrl+Alt+Shift+R Rename...
-Ctrl+, Identify/Remove sync point
-Ctrl+0 (zero) Quantize to grid
-Alt+NumPad5 Elastic properties
6. Event Menu
-Alt+NumPad1 Time operations - Time operations window
-Alt+NumPad2 Tempo operations - Tempo operations window
-Alt+NumPad3 Event operations - Event operations window
-Alt+0 (zero) Event operations - Quantize...
-Alt+P Event operations - Change duration...
-Alt+T Event operations - Transpose...
-Alt+Y Event operations - Select/split notes...
-Alt+NumPad4 MIDI real-time properties
-Ctrl+NumPad8 Beat detective
-Ctrl+I Identify beat...
-Ctrl+Shift+. All MIDI notes off
7. Options Menu
-Alt+L Loop record
-Ctrl+Shift+P QuickPunch
-Ctrl+Shift+T TrackPunch
-Ctrl+J Transport online
-Ctrl+Shift+J Video track online
-Ctrl+K Pre/post-roll
-Ctrl+Shift+L Loop playback
-Ctrl+Start+P Dynamic transport
-Shift+/ Link timeline and edit selection
-Ctrl+Alt+P Auto-spot clips
-Start+Shift+T Edit/Tool mode keyboard lock
8. Setup Menu
-Ctrl+NumPad2 Session
9. Window Menu
-Ctrl+Alt+J Configurations - Window configuration list
-Ctrl+Alt+Start+W Hide all floating windows
-Ctrl+W Close window
-Ctrl+= Mix
-Start+= MIDI editor
-Alt+Start+= Score editor
-Alt+= MIDI event list
-Alt+N MIDI editors - Bring to front
-Alt+Shift+N MIDI editors - Send to back
-Alt+' Task manager
-Alt+; Workspace
-Alt+O Project
-Alt+J Browsers - Bring to front
-Alt+Shift+J Browsers - Send to back
-Ctrl+NumPad1 Transport
-Ctrl+NumPad3 Big counter
-Ctrl+NumPad4 Automation
-Ctrl+NumPad5 Memory locations
-Ctrl+NumPad7 Video universe
-Ctrl+NumPad9 Video
10. Misc.
-Shift+Space Half-speed playback
-Ctrl+Shift+Space, Shift+F12 Half-speed record
11. Numeric Keypad Shortcuts
-NumPad0 Play/Stop
-NumPad1 Rewind
-NumPad2 Fast-Forward
-NumPad3 Record
-NumPad4 Loop Playback toggle
-NumPad5 Loop Record toggle
-NumPad6 Quick Punch toggle
-NumPad7 Metronome toggle
-NumPad8 Countoff toggle
-NumPad9 MIDI Merge
-NumPadEnter Add Memory Location
-NumPad* Main Counter Select
-NumPad/ Selection Counter Select
-NumPad+ Nudge Forward
-NumPad- Nudge Backward
-CtrlNumPad1 Transport
-CtrlNumPad2 Session Setup
-CtrlNumPad3 Main Counter
-CtrlNumPad4 Automation Enable
-CtrlNumPad5 Memory Locations
-CtrlNumPad6 Machine Track Arming
-CtrlNumPad7 Video Universe
-CtrlNumPad8 Beat Detective
-CtrlNumPad9 Video
-AltNumPad0 Quantize (in Event Operations window)
-AltNumPad1 Time Operations
-AltNumPad2 Tempo Operations
-AltNumPad3 Event Operations
-AltNumPad4 Real-Time Properties
-AltNumPad5 Elastic Properties
-ShiftNumPad/ Link Timeline and Edit Selection
-NumPad.(Number). Recall Memory Location
-NumPad.+ Add Windows Configuration
-NumPad.(Number)+ Add Windows Configuration (specific number)
-NumPad.(Number)* Recall Windows Configuration
