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Avid technology PRO TOOLS MIX 51 User's Guide (432 pages)

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Table of contents

Pro Tools

1

Copyright

2

Chapter 3. Pro Tools Concepts

3

Chapter 4. Pro Tools Windows

3

Chapter 5. Creating Sessions

4

Chapter 8. Record Setup

5

Chapter 10. MIDI Recording

6

Part IV Editing

7

Chapter 16. MIDI Editing

8

9

Pro Tools Reference Guidex

10

Contents xi

11

Pro Tools Reference Guidexii

12

Introduction

13

Welcome to Pro Tools

15

Compatibility Information

16

Digidesign Registration

16

TDM-equipped systems

17

Pro Tools Reference Guide6

18

Pro Tools LE Systems

19

Pro Tools Reference Guide8

20

Pro Tools Concepts

21

Elements of a Session

22

MIDI Concepts

24

MIDI Terms

25

Virtual Tracks

26

Pro Tools Windows

27

The Mix Groups List

28

An Audio Track/Channel Strip

28

A MIDI Track/Channel Strip

30

Mix Window Track Controls

30

Mute Button

31

Automation Mode Selector

31

Voice Selector

31

Input/Output View

32

Pan Slider

33

Track Level Fader

33

Track Level Meter

33

Track Name

34

Insert Controls

34

Send Controls

34

The Edit Window

35

Pro Tools Reference Guide24

36

Playlist Selector

37

Track Height Selector

37

Track Display Format Selector

37

Edit Modes, Commands Key

38

Focus, and Linked Selections

38

Zoom Buttons

38

Edit Tools

39

Trimmer pop-up menu

40

Grabber pop-up menu

40

Using the Smart Tool

41

The Smart Tool in Notes View

42

Controller Views

42

Event Edit Area

43

Grid/Nudge Values, Current

43

Cursor Display

43

The Edit Groups List

44

The Transport Window

45

MIDI Controls

47

Keyboard Focus

48

Pro Tools Sessions

49

Creating Sessions

51

Changing the Pro Tools

53

Playback Engine

53

Changing DAE Playback

53

Creating a New Session

54

New Session dialog

55

Adding Tracks

56

Displaying track controls

56

Opening a Session

57

Saving a Session

58

Associated Files

59

Creating Custom Session

60

Templates

60

Creating Windows Templates

61

Closing a Session

62

Quitting a Session

62

Sharing Sessions between

62

Pro Tools TDM Systems and

62

Working with Tracks

63

Hiding Tracks

64

Assigning Track Inputs

65

Assigning Track Outputs

66

Virtual Tracks, Voices, and

66

Track Priority

66

Automatic Assignment of

67

Ascending Voices

67

Assigning Voices and Track

68

Priority

68

Voice Management In Expanded

69

Ghost Regions

70

Audio File

70

Setting MIDI Channels

71

Adjusting Track Volume

71

Soloing and Muting Tracks

72

Adjusting Track Width

73

Color Coding Tracks

74

Grouping Tracks

74

Using the Groups List

75

Enabling Grouping

76

Creating a Group

77

Pro Tools Reference Guide66

78

Locating Audio Files

79

WAV File Compatibility

80

Naming Files, Playlists and

81

Regions

81

Pro Tools Reference Guide70

82

Part III

83

Record Setup

85

Record Enabling Tracks

86

Monitoring Modes

87

Monitoring Latency

88

Low Latency Monitoring

89

Track Names

90

Recording to Multiple Hard

91

Allocating Hard Drive

92

Space for Recording

92

Record Modes

93

The Record Modes and MIDI

94

Recording with the Click

95

Setting the Default Meter

96

Setting the Default Tempo

97

Conductor button

98

Basic Audio Recording

99

Canceling a Record Take

100

Stereo and Multiple-Track

101

Recording

101

Recording Additional Takes

102

Recording into a New Playlist

103

Punch Recording Audio

104

Loop Recording Audio

105

Auditioning Record Takes

106

Takes List pop-up

107

Setting Punch/Loop Points

108

Setting Pre/Post-Roll

109

Recalling Punch/Loop Points

111

Pro Tools Reference Guide100

112

MIDI Recording

113

Enabling Input Devices

114

MIDI Thru

115

MIDI Input Filter

115

Input Quantize

116

Wait for Note

116

MIDI Merge/Replace

117

Recording a MIDI Track

117

Punch Recording MIDI

119

Regions and Punch Recording

120

Loop Recording MIDI

121

Loop Recording Multiple Takes

122

Recording System

124

Exclusive Data

124

Advanced Recording

125

QuickPunch Guidelines for

126

TDM Systems

126

Pro Tools LE

127

Recording from a Digital

128

After a Digital Transfer

129

Half-Speed Recording and

130

Playback

130

Importing Audio

131

Importing Audio into a

131

Session (Macintosh)

131

Session (Windows)

134

Pro Tools Reference Guide124

136

Recalculating Waveform

137

Overviews

137

Loading Audio Files with

137

Drag & Drop

137

Transferring Audio from CD

137

Conversion Quality

138

Exporting Audio

139

Importing MIDI Files

140

Exporting MIDI Files

141

Pro Tools Reference Guide130

142

Editing Basics

145

Track Material

146

The “Master” View Format

147

Track Height

148

Displaying Region Names

149

Audio Regions and

149

Waveforms

149

Guidelines for Editing

150

MIDI Regions and MIDI

151

MIDI Regions Display

152

Playlists

153

Working with Playlists

154

The Audio and MIDI

155

Regions Lists

155

Sorting and Searching the

156

Edit Modes

157

Grid Value set to 1 second

158

Edit window with grid lines

158

Horizontal and Vertical Zoom

159

Zoomer Tool

160

Zoom Preset Buttons

161

Time Scale

162

Setting the Main Time Scale

163

Setting the Sub Time Scale

163

Tick-Based Timing

164

Pro Tools Reference Guide154

166

Playing Tracks

167

Forward/Rewind

168

Location Indicators

168

Scrolling Options

169

The Scrubber

170

Scrub/Shuttle Mode

171

Numeric Keypad Set to Shuttle

172

Separate Edit and Timeline

173

Selections

173

Selecting Track Material

174

Object Selections

175

Changing a Selection Length

177

Nudging a Selection Range

177

Extending Selections

178

Making a Selection Across

179

Multiple Tracks

179

Moving/Extending Selections

180

Other Useful Selection

181

Techniques

181

Track Selection

181

Playing Selections

182

Timeline Selections

183

Sliding a Timeline Selection

184

Playing Edit and Timeline

185

Selections with the

185

Playhead

185

Pro Tools Reference Guide174

186

Creating New Regions

187

Separation Grabber

188

Healing a Separation

189

Placing Regions in Tracks

190

The Trimmer Tool

192

The Scrub Trimmer

193

Trim To Insertion Command

193

Moving Regions

194

Shufﬂing Regions

195

Moving Regions in Slip Mode

196

Spotting Regions

196

Moving Regions in Grid Mode

197

Nudging

198

Deﬁning the Nudge Value

199

Systems Only)

199

Shift Command

200

Quantizing Regions

201

Locking Regions

201

Muting/Unmuting Regions

202

Edit Commands

202

Clear Command

203

Cut and Copy Commands

203

Paste Command

204

Duplicate Command

206

Repeat Command

206

Merge Paste Command

207

Consolidate Selection

208

Managing Regions

208

Auto-Naming Parameters

209

Hiding and Removing Unwanted

209

Hiding Auto-Created Regions

210

Removing Unwanted Regions

210

Compacting an Audio File

211

Pro Tools Reference Guide200

212

MIDI Editing

213

Manually Editing MIDI

214

Selecting MIDI Notes

215

Moving Notes with the Grabber

216

Chapter 16: MIDI Editing 205

217

Typing in Note Attributes

218

Deleting MIDI Notes

218

Continuous Controller

219

Program Changes

220

Default Program Change

221

Inserting/Editing Program

221

Auditioning Programs

222

System Exclusive Events

223

MIDI Operations Window

224

Select Notes

225

Quantize

226

What to Quantize

227

Quantize Grid

227

Offsets the Quantize Grid

228

960 ticks

228

, and Swing are not se

229

, and Swing are not

229

Experimenting with Quantize

230

Change Velocity

231

Velocity Ranges

232

Fading Velocities

232

Scaling Velocities

232

Change Duration

233

Transpose

234

Note/Controller Chasing

235

MIDI Offset

236

Stuck Notes

237

Pro Tools Reference Guide226

238

Tempo Events

239

Pro Tools Reference Guide228

240

To edit a tempo event:

240

To delete a tempo event:

240

Tempo and MIDI and Audio

241

Default Tempo

242

Identify Beat Command

242

Identify Beat dialog

243

Bar

243

Dragging Bar

244

Editing Bar

244

Meter Events

245

Editing Meter Events

246

Memory Locations and

247

Time Properties

248

Creating Memory Locations

249

Recalling Memory Locations

251

Editing Memory Locations

252

Deleting Memory Locations

253

Memory Locations Window

254

SubMain

255

Time Scale Time Scale

255

Pro Tools Reference Guide244

256

Advanced Editing

257

The Fades Dialog

258

Fade Out Shape Parameter

260

Link Parameters

261

Use Dither

261

Fade In Shape Parameters

262

Creating a Crossfade

263

Pre/Post Crossfade Selections

264

Creating Fades at the

265

Beginnings and Ends of

265

Using the AutoFade Feature

266

Creating Fades and

267

Crossfades in Batches

267

Stripping Silence From

268

Region Naming

269

Inserting Silence

270

The Time Trimmer

270

Preferences

271

Compress/Expand Edit To

272

Repeat Paste To Fill

272

Selection

272

Replacing Regions

273

Processing Audio with

275

AudioSuite Plug-Ins

275

Waveform Repair with the

275

Pencil Tool

275

Pro Tools Reference Guide264

276

Basic Mixing

279

Plug-In Inserts

280

Hardware I/O Inserts

280

Mono and Stereo Inserts

281

Assigning Inserts to Tracks

281

Using the Inserts Editor

282

Mono and Stereo Sends

283

Assigning Sends to Tracks

283

Using the Sends Editor

284

Displaying Send Controls

284

Auxiliary Inputs

285

Auxiliary Return

286

Master Faders

287

Advanced Mixing

289

Connecting Effects Units

290

Digitally

290

Using external clock sources

291

Creating a Submix

292

Using an Auxiliary Input to

293

Mix an External Source

293

Creating a Master Send

293

Level Control

293

Printing Effects to Disk

294

Recording a Submix to

294

TDM Mixer Plug-Ins

295

Choosing a Mixer Plug-In

296

Switching TDM Mixer Plug-Ins

296

Preventing Clipping

296

Trimming Input Summing Levels

297

Pro Tools Reference Guide286

298

Automation

299

Automation Modes

300

Trim Mode

301

Trim/Auto Off

302

Trim/Auto Read

302

Trim/Auto Touch

302

Trim/Auto Latch

302

Automation Preferences

303

About Smoothing

304

Viewing Automation

305

Writing Automation

306

Automating Sends

307

Automating Plug-Ins

308

Enabling or Suspending

309

Deleting Automation

310

Thinning Automation

311

Drawing Automation

312

Editing Automation

313

Editing Automation Types

314

Chapter 21: Automation 305

317

Writing Automation to the

318

Start, End or All of a

318

Trimming Automation

319

Creating Snapshot

320

Empty Automation Playlists

321

Existing Automation Data

321

Snapshot Automation and

322

Trimming of Automation Data

322

Setting the Automation

323

Buffer Size

323

Pro Tools Reference Guide312

324

Mixdown and Mastering

325

Bounce Parameters

326

Output Options

327

SND resource (Macintosh Only)

328

QuickTime (Macintosh Only)

328

RealAudio G2 (Macintosh Only)

328

MP3 Output Options

330

Resolution

332

Channels

332

Sample Rate

332

Use Squeezer

332

Using Dither on an Output

333

Final Mixdown

335

Mastering

335

Pro Tools Reference Guide324

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Pro Tools Reference Guide326

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Synchronization

339

Synchronization Concepts

341

Syncing Pro Tools

342

LTC (Linear Time Code)

343

VITC (Vertical Interval Time

343

SMPTE Frame Formats

344

Working with Film

345

Originated Material

345

1 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 4 4

346

Film Speed Differs from NTSC

347

Video Speed

347

Pull Up and Pull Down

347

When to Pull Up or Pull Down

347

Final Audio Destination: Film

348

Using Digital Input

349

Pro Tools Reference Guide338

350

Time Code Synchronization

351

The Session Setup Window

352

(TDM Systems Only)

353

S/PDIF on Digi 001)

353

Time Code Freewheel

354

Sample Rate Pull Up/Down

354

Sync Offset

354

Preparing to Work with

355

Conﬁguring Pro Tools for

355

Selecting a SMPTE Format

356

Setting a SMPTE Start Frame

356

Displaying Time in SMPTE

357

Conﬁguring Pull Up/Pull Down

357

Putting Pro Tools Online

358

Generating Time Code

359

Code Using a USD

360

Syncing a Sequencer to

361

Pro Tools on the Macintosh

361

In Opcode Vision:

362

In Pro Tools:

362

Pro Tools in Windows

363

Using MIDI Machine

363

Macintosh

364

Remote Track Arming

365

Setting Minimum Sync Delay

366

Using MMC to Sync an ADAT to

366

Syncing Pro Tools to an

367

OMS-Compatible

367

Sequencer using MMC

367

MMC and OMS Synchronization

368

(start time) in Vision

369

MIDI Beat Clock

370

Spotting Regions to SMPTE

370

Frame Locations

370

Subframes

371

Capturing Time Code

371

Auto-Spotting Regions

372

Time Stamping

373

Identifying a Sync Point

374

Troubleshooting Sync

375

Pro Tools Reference Guide364

376

Pro Tools Reference Guide366

378

Working with QuickTime Movies

379

Video Capture/Playback Cards

380

If You Are New to Audio Post

380

Production

380

QuickTime Requirements

381

Movie Playback Quality

381

Importing a QuickTime

382

About the Movie Track

383

Scrubbing the Movie Track

383

About the Movie Window

383

Setting the Movie Start

384

Time: Movie Offset

384

Spotting Audio to a

385

QuickTime Movie

385

Importing QuickTime Audio

386

Sample Rate Conversion

387

Quality

387

Importing Audio from a

387

Bouncing to a new Movie

388

Pro Tools Reference Guide378

390

DSP-Induced Delays in Mixing

391

Compensating for Delays

392

Nudging Audio Tracks

393

Typical Delay Scenarios

394

TDM Mixing and DSP Usage

395

Mixing and DSP Usage

396

DSP Manager

396

Monitoring DSP Usage

396

Efﬁciently

397

DSP Usage with TDM

398

Mixing Guidelines

399

Plug-Ins

400

DSP Usage and I/O

400

Allocation

400

Keyboard Shortcuts

401

Commands Key Focus

402

Numeric Keypad Modes

402

Transport

403

Pro Tools Reference Guide392

404

Troubleshooting

405

Pro Tools won’t launch

406

Problem:

407

Possible Solutions:

407

Using DigiTest As a

408

Diagnostic Tool

408

Performance Factors

408

Before You Call Digidesign

409

Technical Support

409

Diagnostic Information

410

Numerics

411

Pro Tools Reference Guide400

412

Index 401

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Pro Tools Reference Guide402

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Index 403

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Pro Tools Reference Guide404

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Index 405

417

Pro Tools Reference Guide406

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Index 407

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Pro Tools Reference Guide408

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Index 409

421

Show Movie Window command 371

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Index 411

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Pro Tools Reference Guide412

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Index 413

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Index 415

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Index 417

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