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Pro Tools 8 Music Production,
Recording, Editing, and Mixing
Mike Collins
AMSTERDAM OSTON EIDELBERG ONDON EW YORK XFORD PARIS SAN DIEGO AN FRANCISCO INGAPORE YDNEY OKYO
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Contents
About the Author xviii
Acknowledgments xix
Chapter 1 Pro Tools – The world’s leading digital audio workstation 3
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Chapter 2 Using Pro Tools 7
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The Toolbar 3
The Tool buttons 3
Zoomer Tool 3
Trimmer Tool 3
Selector Tool 3
Grabber Tool 40
Smart Tool 40
Scrub Tool 4
Pencil Tool 4
Zoom Toggle 4
Tab to Transients 4
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Chapter 3 Time Operations, Tempo Operations, and Key Signatures 73
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Chapter 4 Working with MIDI 111
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Saving templates
Track Compensation
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Do to All
Automation lanes
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Setting the Clef
Drum notation
Trimming notes
Copying notes
Moving notes
Transposing instruments
transposing instruments
Individual attributes
Global attributes
The attributes
Printing the Score
Chapter 5 Recording 181
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Chapter 6 Editing 227
Stripping Silence from regions
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Sync points
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Contents
Preferences for Dynamic Transport
Choosing the takes
Chapter 7 Mixing 285
Check your monitoring
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Choose your monitoring levels
Metering in Pro Tools
Phase Scope metering
Fat meters 300
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Phase measurements
Phase Meter
Leq(A) Meter
Level Meters
Monitor controllers
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Musically
Technically
Delay effects
StroboSoft tuner
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Speaker Soak using the TD-1 330
Reamping using the TD-1
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Sorting the Tempos 334
Marking the sections 334
Grouping tracks 334
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A Plea for Sanity
Appendix Summing to talk about! 349
Index 353
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Acknowledgments
In this chapter
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1Pro Tools – The world’s
leading digital audio workstation
1.1 Introduction
Pro Tools LE & M-Powered
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in Pro Tools
1.2 Learning Pro Tools
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2.1 Introduction
Getting started
Help
2Using Pro Tools
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2.2 Starting the Engines
The Playback Engine
Note
Using Pro Tools
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The number of voices that you choose here controls the number of tracks that
Figure 2.1 Playback
Figure 2.2 Playback
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Automatic Delay Compensation
Phase problems have been an issue for Pro Tools users in the past – especially
Using Pro Tools
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Manual Delay Compensation
Figure 2.3 Enabling Automatic Delay Compensation in the
Note
Hardware Setup
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Figure 2.4
I/O Setup
Using Pro Tools
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Note
Tip
Figure 2.5
change the routing from
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Auditioning audio from other applications
Note
so that you can listen for a noisy microphone coming through a chan
Figure 2.6 Choosing the
Using Pro Tools
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Figure 2.7
Figure 2.8
Preferences to use the
Note
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Figure 2.9 Changing the
Tip
Figure 2.10
Using Pro Tools
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2.3 The user interface
The QuickStart dialog
Tip
Tip
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Opening sessions with plug-ins deactivated
Tip
Setting the Color Palette
Managing your Window Configurations
Using Pro Tools
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Figure 2.11 The
Figure 2.12
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Tip
Figure 2.13
Configuration option in the Configurations
Figure 2.14
Using Pro Tools
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Figure 2.15 Creating
Tip
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Figure 2.16
Using Pro Tools
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The Universe View
Tip
Figure 2.17
Figure 2.18 The
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Note
Figure 2.19
2.4 The main windows
Using Pro Tools
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Organizing the Transport window
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Transport Preferences
Figure 2.20 Transport
Tip
Note
Using Pro Tools
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Figure 2.21 Transport
Note
available to use for other purposes, because the number of available
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Scrub/Shuttle and the Numeric Keypad modes
Tip
Note
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Figure 2.22 Scrubbing
Figure 2.23 Scrubbing
Figure 2.24 Scrubbing
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Tip
Figure 2.25
Using Pro Tools
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Organizing the Mix window
Using Pro Tools
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Figure 2.26
pointing to the Group
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Figure 2.27
Using Pro Tools
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Figure 2.28 Making multiple assignments for
Note
Figure 2.29 Multiple
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Organizing the Edit window
The Toolbar
Figure 2.30 Toolbar
Using Pro Tools
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Figure 2.31
2.5 The Edit modes
Tip
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The Toolbar Zoom buttons and Presets
Figure 2.32 Zoom
Figure 2.33
Horizontal zoom in and out button
Vertical zoom in and out button
The Edit window zoom buttons
Using Pro Tools
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The Tool buttons
Zoomer Tool
Trimmer Tool
Selector Tool
To the right of the Trimmer Tool is the Selector Tool that lets you use the cur
Audio zoom in and out button
MIDI Zoom in and out button
Figure 2.34
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Tip
Whenever you are not specifically using one of the other tools, the Selector
Figure 2.35
to select noncontiguous
Smart Tool
Grabber Tool
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Scrub Tool
Pencil Tool
The Mode buttons
Zoom Toggle
Figure 2.37 Zoom
Figure 2.36 The Smart
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unlinked, you can
tions linked
Tab to Transients
The Tab to Transients button lets you automatically locate the cursor to the
Tip
Figure 2.38 Tab to
Figure 2.39
Figure 2.40
Using Pro Tools
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Figure 2.41
Figure 2.42
Location indicators
Tip
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Edit Window MIDI editing controls
Figure 2.43
Figure 2.44
a MIDI not n ditin
u tom not du ation
D au t not on o it
Figure 2.45
Using Pro Tools
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Figure 2.46 Custom
Cursor values display
Figure 2.47 Cursor
Edit Window indicators
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Grid and Nudge
im in data on in tatu
ion data on in tatu
Automati d a om n ationFigure 2.48
Figure 2.49
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points, select these using the Time Grabber or Selector tool then press the
Tip
Note
Figure 2.50 A selection
2.6 The rulers
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The Meter ruler lets you insert time signature markings at appropriate locations
Figure 2.51
Figure 2.52
The Markers ruler lets you insert markers at appropriate locations along the
Figure 2.53
Using Pro Tools
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Tip
2.7 Edit window pop-up selectors
Figure 2.54
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Figure 2.55
2.8 Track heights
Figure 2.56 Track
Figure 2.57 Click on the vertical rule to the left of
reveal the Track height
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Continuously Variable track heights
When you point your mouse at the bottom line of any Track Controls column
Figure 2.58
Figure 2.59 Mouse
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2.9 Zooming around
Tip
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Tip
Tip
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allSelected
Tip
Zoom Toggle
Using Pro Tools
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Figure 2.60 Zoom
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Tip
Tip
Figure 2.61
Toggle Preferences for
Figure 2.62
Toggle Preferences for
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2.10 Scrolling windows
Note
Figure 2.63 Continuous
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Scrolling behavior
2.11 Playback Cursor Locator
Note
rightcursor moves to any position after
leftbefore
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Tip
Figure 2.64 The
can be seen at the top right in the Main
Note
2.12 Keyboard Focus
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Commands Keyboard Focus
Figure 2.65
right of the tracks pane in
Tip
Figure 2.66 Enabling
Region List Keyboard Focus
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Group List Keyboard Focus
2.13 Channels and tracks
2.14 Voices and Voiceable tracks
Figure 2.67 Enabling
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Using Pro Tools
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Figure 2.68
Tip
Figure 2.69 Clicking on the track type icon to
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Note
Note
2.15 Muting tracks
2.16 Soloing tracks
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Tip
Figure 2.70
button on the Double
the piano tracks have
Figure 2.71 Choosing
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Note
Figure 2.72
Tip
Figure 2.73 Setting the
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Note
Figure 2.74 When tracks
2.17 Finding tracks in the Edit and Mix windows
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2.18 Navigating to tracks by number
Figure 2.76 Scroll to
Figure 2.75
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2.19 Fit all shown tracks in the Edit window
Note
Figure 2.77 Fitting as many tracks as possible in
Note
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2.20 “Do to All” and “Do to All Selected”
2.21 Summary
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3.1 Introduction
3Time Operations, Tempo
Operations, and Key Signatures
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3.2 Timebase and Conductor rulers
Tip
tures of the system so that this all becomes very familiar to you as soon
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Tip
Edit selections for track Timeline selections
Figure 3.1 Tempo
Figure 3.2
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but their most basic function, that of marking out the sections of your music,
Choosing the Marker Reference
will notple location will
willwill not
Figure 3.3
Figure 3.4 Choosing the
Figure 3.5
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Setting the Time Scales
3.3 Meter, Tempo, and Click
Creating a click track
Note
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When you choose
Tip
Note
Figure 3.6 The Click
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Time Signatures and Clicks
Figure 3.7
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Figure 3.8
open the Change Meter
Figure 3.9 Changing
Figure 3.10 Choosing
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Tapping the tempo
–
Tempo
Setting tempo manually
Figure 3.11 Meter
Figure 3.12 Setting the
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Note
Figure 3.13 Clicking on the Song Start Marker in
Figure 3.14 Tempo
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Figure 3.15 Tempo Change to the
Tip
To save typing the location if you are close to this, you can tick the Snap
Figure 3.16 Tempo
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Figure 3.17 Applying a constant tempo change
Figure 3.18
tempos over a range
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Note
Figure 3.19 The Graphic
Figure 3.20 the Trimmer Tool in the
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Figure 3.21 Tempo
the Tempo Density
Note
Figure 3.22 Tempo
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Figure 3.23
Figure 3.24 Timebase
Changing the Track Timebase
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Figure 3.26 Track
Figure 3.27 Track
Figure 3.25
Note
Sample-based audio and MIDI
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Note
Note
Tick-based audio and MIDI
will change relative
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Note
Note
Time Scales and tick resolution
The Linearity Display Mode
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Figure 3.28
Figure 3.29 Each beat at
Figure 3.30 Each beat at
along the timeline – 4 complete bars playing
notice that, as the tempo increases, the length of the bars along the timeline
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Figure 3.31
Figure 3.32
Tip
Note
t
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Tempo Events and Bar|Beat Markers
Note
Figure 3.33 Clicking
convert Tempo events to
Figure 3.34
menu to change Tempo
Note
Time Operations, Tempo Operations, and Key Signatures
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Building a tempo map by inserting Bar|Beat Markers
Figure 3.35
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Figure 3.36
Tempo ruler to make this beat in Pro Tools
Tip
Note
Re-positioning Bar|Beat Markers
with
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Figure 3.37
3.4 Time Operations
Setting the Meter
sign in the
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Figure 3.38 Meter
Figure 3.39 Time
Figure 3.40 Tempo,
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Insert or Cut Time
Figure 3.41
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Move Song Start
Figure 3.42 Cut Time
Figure 3.43 Move Song
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3.5 Key Signatures
The Key Signature ruler
Figure 3.44
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The Key Change dialog
or minor, select from any of the flat keys or sharp keys, specify a range of
Figure 3.45
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Diatonic versus chromatic
Pitched tracks
Figure 3.46 the Playlist selector to
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Diatonic transposition
Figure 3.47 Event
Figure 3.48
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Figure 3.49
Figure 3.50 Transposing
Figure 3.51
to choose Transpose
Figure 3.52
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Tip
Elastic Audio region-based pitch transposition
Figure 3.53 Enabling
Figure 3.54 Elastic
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Note
Figure 3.55 Event
Note
Removing region pitch shifting
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3.6 Summary
In this chapter
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4.1 Introduction
4.2 Controlling a MIDI rack from Pro Tools
4Working with MIDI
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Computer MIDI setup
Tip
Figure 4.1
Working with MIDI
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Pro Tools MIDI setup
to make any changes at any point in the future, you still have the original
Figure 4.2 Pro Tools
the outputs of each
Note
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MIDI Thru preferences
Tip
Note
Working with MIDI
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Initial MIDI system setup data
Figure 4.3
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Note
Figure 4.4
Saving templates
Import session
some tracks set up in other sessions, or in a Template session, you can use the
Working with MIDI
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Recording audio from MIDI hardware devices
Figure 4.5
Note
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Figure 4.6
Tip
Working with MIDI
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Note
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Tip
Figure 4.7 Entering
Figure 4.8
Working with MIDI
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MIDI Beat Clock
Note
Note
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Figure 4.9 Setting an
Working with MIDI
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4.3 How Delay Compensation works with MIDI
Note
Tip
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Using Delay Compensation view
Working with MIDI
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Figure 4.10 Delay
Figure 4.11 Delay Compensation Time
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Track Compensation
Note
Figure 4.12
the Track is not
Working with MIDI
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4.4 Instrument tracks
Figure 4.13
Track isso Delay Compensation is
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4.5 Recording MIDI onto a MIDI or Instrument track
Figure 4.14
Working with MIDI
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Record mode
Tip
Figure 4.15
Tip
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Figure 4.16 Transport
Note
Figure 4.17
Canceling or undoing your MIDI recording
Working with MIDI
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Loop recording MIDI
Figure 4.18
Tip
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4.6 Recording audio from a virtual instrument
Figure 4.19
Figure 4.20
accessible from the
Working with MIDI
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Figure 4.21
Tip
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4.7 Editing MIDI
Bars, Beats, and Clock “Ticks”
display
Figure 4.22
alphanumerically in the
Working with MIDI
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Shortcuts to adjust Grid and Nudge values
How to Remove Duplicate Notes
How to deal with stuck notes
Tip
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Mirrored MIDI Editing
Selecting and playing notes with the mini-keyboard
Tip
Working with MIDI
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Do to All
to set all selected
Special Cut, Copy, Paste, and Clear Commands
Tip
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Graphic Editing in the Edit Window
Figure 4.23 The
the right of the Counters,
of the start point of the
Working with MIDI
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Figure 4.24Continuous Controller
Figure 4.25
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Figure 4.26
Figure 4.27
Working with MIDI
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Automation lanes
Figure 4.28
track using the
Figure 4.29
Figure 4.30
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Note and controller chasing
Figure 4.31 A lane
Note
Figure 4.32 Enabling
Working with MIDI
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Event List Editing
Note
Figure 4.33 Data in the
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Figure 4.34
Figure 4.35
Tip
Note
Working with MIDI
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Quantize to Grid command
4.8 MIDI and Instrument controls and track heights
Figure 4.36 Part of the
Note
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Note
Figure 4.37
the available options
Figure 4.38
Working with MIDI
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4.9 MIDI Real-Time Properties
Figure 4.40 Track
Figure 4.39 Track
Figure 4.41 Small Track
buttons to the right of the Mute button for the
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Figure 4.42
Figure 4.43
Working with MIDI
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4.10 Exporting MIDI tracks
Figure 4.44
Note
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4.11 The MIDI Editors
Figure 4.45
Figure 4.46 Part of the
Working with MIDI
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Tracks and groups in the MIDI Editors
How the MIDI Editors work
Figure 4.47
Figure 4.48
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Using the MIDI Editor to insert notes
Figure 4.49
Working with MIDI
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all tracks in the
Automation lanes in MIDI Editor Windows
Figure 4.50
Figure 4.51
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Figure 4.52
Figure 4.53
Figure 4.54
Working with MIDI
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The MIDI Editor Toolbar
Figure 4.56
Figure 4.57
engage one or other of
Figure 4.55
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Figure 4.58 Mute status
revealing that not all the
Figure 4.59 Solo status
revealing that not all
Note
Working with MIDI
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Figure 4.61 Clicking on
Figure 4.62
Figure 4.63
Figure 4.60
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Figure 4.64
Figure 4.65 Toolbar
Note
Figure 4.66 The
Working with MIDI
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Figure 4.68 Default
Figure 4.67
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Figure 4.69
Figure 4.70 The
Figure 4.71 The compact version of the
that lets you choose
Working with MIDI
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The MIDI Editor Zoom controls
Note
Figure 4.72
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Timebase and Conductor rulers
The Superimposed notes view
Figure 4.73
Working with MIDI
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4.12 The Score Editor
Figure 4.75
Figure 4.76 Display
Figure 4.74
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Using the Score Editor
Figure 4.77 Entering a
Working with MIDI
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When you play back the music, a separate playback cursor appears in the
Figure 4.79 Score
Figure 4.80 Piano
Figure 4.78 Part of
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Note
Figure 4.81 Playback Cursor visible near the
Figure 4.82
Figure 4.83 The Score
Working with MIDI
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Setting the Clef
Figure 4.84
Figure 4.85
Figure 4.86 Part of the
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Drum notation
Figure 4.87 Clefs set correctly for piano,
Figure 4.88
Working with MIDI
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Using the Notation Tools
Trimming notes
Figure 4.89 Selecting a
Figure 4.90
Figure 4.91 Trimming
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Copying notes
Figure 4.92Trimmer tool to lengthen
Figure 4.93
Figure 4.94 Selecting
Working with MIDI
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Moving notes
Figure 4.95
Note
Figure 4.96 Moving
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Transposing instruments
play any member of a particular instrument family using the same fingerings,
Figure 4.97Pencil tool to move a
Working with MIDI
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How the Score Editor handles transposing instruments
Figure 4.98
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Preparing the Score for a Musician to read
Individual attributes
Tip
Working with MIDI
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Global attributes
The attributes
Figure 4.100
Figure 4.101 Display
Figure 4.99Display Attributes set to
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Printing the Score
Figure 4.103
Figure 4.102
Working with MIDI
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Figure 4.104 Score
Figure 4.105 Score
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Exporting to Sibelius
4.13 Summary
Working with MIDI
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In this chapter
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5.1 Introduction
5Recording
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5.2 Preparing Pro Tools for recording
Recording
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Disk space for recording
Figure 5.1
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Setting up headphone mixes
Tip
Note
Figure 5.2 Setting the
Recording
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Tip
Figure 5.3
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Figure 5.4 Copy To
Figure 5.5 Clicking
Recording
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Tip
Figure 5.6 Choose
the same time – or choose
Figure 5.7setup to control the
being sent to interface
Note
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Monitoring latency
be
Note
Recording
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Tip
Figure 5.8 Setting the
Delay Compensation
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To enable Delay Compensation, you can either select Delay Compensation
Note
Note
Figure 5.9 Part of the
Compensation Engine
Recording
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Figure 5.10 The total System Delay in samples
Figure 5.11 Delay Compensation Time
Figure 5.12 The
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Figure 5.13
Figure 5.14 Delay
the Piano track has the
Compensation Engine
to compensate for this
Figure 5.15 Delay
Compensation has been
Recording
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RTAS plug-ins “health” warning
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before
after
not
Auto Input and Input Only monitoring
coming inmonitoring inputstoring to instantly to monitoring the track playback so that you
Recording
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Note
Note
Figure 5.16 When
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Tip
Setting monitor levels for record and playback
de-select
it is notselected
Recording with or without effects
Recording
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Recording with plug-in effects
Note
Figure 5.17
5.3 Recording audio
phones into these, set the levels on the microphone preamplifiers, set up
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Record enabling
Tip
Recording
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Note
Tip
Other record modes
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DestructivePunch is a destructive
Record Safe mode
Half-speed recording and playback
Recording
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Tip
Recording new takes using Playlists
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Tip
Figure 5.18
Figure 5.19
5.4 Automatic punch-in and punch-out
Recording
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Figure 5.20 Automatic
Preroll and postroll
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Tip
Note
Figure 5.21
Recording
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Figure 5.22
Figure 5.23 White flags
postroll amounts are set,
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5.5 Destructive Record
Figure 5.24 Drag the Preroll or Postroll flags along the Timeline to set
Figure 5.25
Recording
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5.6 Loop Recording audio
Setting this up
Note
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Note
Tip
Using Loop Recording
Recording
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Tip
Figure 5.26 Setup for
Selecting takes after Loop Recording
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Command-drag (Macintosh) or Control-drag (Windows) another take from the Region List into the Playlist. This will immediately replace the previous take, snapping exactly to the correct location because it has the same User Time Stamp.
To access the Takes List pop-up menu to select a different take, make sure that the Selector tool is engaged, select the take currently residing in the track, then Command-click (Mac) or Control-click (Windows) anywhere in the region. The pop-up menu that appears contains a list of regions that share the same User Time Stamp. So when you choose a region from the Takes List pop-up menu, this replaces the previous take and snaps exactly to the correct location in the same way.
Tip
If you intend to use the track compositing feature after your Loop Recording session, you should enable the “Automatically Create New Playlists when Loop Recording” preference which you will find in the Record section of the Operation Preferences window. This copies alternate takes created during Loop Recording to new Playlists in the track.
Figure 5.27 The Takes List pop-up menu.
5.7 Punch RecordingManual punch-in and punch-outPro Tools provides three different manual punch recording modes that all have their uses when you are tracking and overdubbing music.
QuickPunch is a nondestructive punch-recording mode that lets record- enabled tracks be punched in and out during playback by clicking the Record
Recording
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Note
pass
ing regions
Voice requirements for punch recording
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Note
Crossfades while punch recording
Figure 5.28
Recording
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Note
Tip
Setting levels for punch recording
QuickPunch
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Preparing for QuickPunch
from, using a preroll value if you like, then press the Spacebar or click the Play
Figure 5.29 Pro Tools in
TrackPunch
Recording
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Preparing for TrackPunch
all
all selected
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Figure 5.30 When
Enable button lights
Figure 5.31 When
Recording
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Note
Tip
reveal more, or all, of
To punch in on multiple tracks simultaneously, make sure that each track you
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DestructivePunch
Preparing for DestructivePunch
Note
Figure 5.32 Setting the DestructivePunch File
Recording
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all
selected
and
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Figure 5.33
Figure 5.34 DestructivePunch is
Recording
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Note
Note
When you are all set up to use DestructivePunch, you can either punch in
To punch in on multiple tracks simultaneously, make sure that each track you
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Figure 5.35 Track Compensation is
Recording
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Figure 5.36 Track Compensation suspension
Track Compensation
Tip
After punch recording
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5.8 Summary
Figure 5.37
Recording
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In this chapter
Track Compositing
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6Editing
6.1 Introduction
6.2 The Edit menu commands
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Undo and Undo History
Figure 6.1
Editing
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Figure 6.2
Restore Last Selection
Cut, Copy, Paste, and Clear commands
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Special Cut, Copy, Paste, and Clear commands
Tip
Repeat to Fill Selection
Editing
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Stripping Silence from regions
Tip
Figure 6.3 The Strip
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Note
Editing
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Figure 6.4 With the Strip Silence parameters correctly set, you see black rectangular
Figure 6.5
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Figure 6.6 The silence
Figure 6.7
ambience, remaining
Editing
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Figure 6.8 The Separate
selection into separate
Figure 6.9
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Figure 6.10
Inserting Silence
Editing
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Time Compression and Expansion (TCE) Edit to Timeline Selection
Figure 6.11
Figure 6.12 Selecting
Tip
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Figure 6.13
Figure 6.14selection has been
to fit into the Timeline
Tip
Consolidating regions
Editing
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6.3 The Edit modes
Slip mode
Shuffle mode
Figure 6.15 Selecting
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Tip
Figure 6.16 The
automatically attaches itself to the previous
Spot mode
Editing
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Tip
Figure 6.17
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Figure 6.18
Figure 6.19 Click the
location into the Start
Note
Editing
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Tip
Figure 6.20
Tip
Grid mode
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Absolute and Relative Grid modes
Figure 6.21 Selecting
As you can see from the accompanying screenshot, the bass plays four
region to right or left along the Timeline, the region snaps to start positions
Editing
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original region, thus preserving the original positioning of the notes relative to
Figure 6.22 The bass
Figure 6.23
Figure 6.24
Timeline in Absolute
6.4 Editing in the Edit window
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Tip
Edit window track views
Editing
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Note
Tip
Master Views
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Note
Tip
Breakpoints
Switching track views
Editing
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Tip
Figure 6.25 A region
Useful keyboard commands for editing
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To move the insertion point to the beginning of the selection, press the
Figure 6.26 Selection
Timeline selection Marker
Figure 6.27 The Selection has been
Figure 6.28 The
Editing
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Figure 6.29 The
Figure 6.30 The Selection has been
Note
To align the start point of a region to timeline position, select the Grabber
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Note
Note
To align the sync point of a region to a timeline position, select the Grabber
6.5 Working with Regions
Editing
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Capturing Regions
Figure 6.31 A selection
Figure 6.32
Figure 6.33 The
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Separating Regions
Figure 6.34
Figure 6.35
Note
Editing
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Using the Separation Grabber
Figure 6.36 Choosing the Separation Grabber
Note
all regions in the session
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Figure 6.37Separation Grabber tool to separate a selection
Tip
Note
Healing separated regions
Editing
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Overlapping Regions
Figure 6.38 Three
regions, each brought to
region, so each overlaps
Figure 6.39 Three
regions, each sent to the back before the
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Figure 6.40of three regions has been sent to the back so that
region after both overlap
Figure 6.41of three regions has been brought to the front so that it overlaps both the
Sync points
Editing
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Figure 6.42 Setting a
Figure 6.43 The sync
Tip
Nudging Regions
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Figure 6.44 Setting the
Tip
Figure 6.45
Tip
Editing
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6.6 Region Editing commands
Shift Region
Figure 6.46 The Shift
Note
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Duplicate Region
Figure 6.47
select a region using the Selector tool, then choose Duplicate from
Note
Figure 6.48
region, click using the
Editing
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Figure 6.49 The
before the region that
Figure 6.50 Select a
region so that it goes
Figure 6.51 Click on the
region using the three
before the previously
Repeat Region
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Locking Regions
Figure 6.52
Figure 6.53 An
Editing
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Figure 6.54 A
Mute Region
Quantize to Grid
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Grouping Regions
Groups to gather useful sets of regions together so that you can move them
Note
Figure 6.55
To create a region group, select one or more regions on one or more tracks
Editing
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Figure 6.56
Figure 6.57region group together
Figure 6.58
Figure 6.59
Figure 6.60
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Figure 6.61 Preparing to
Figure 6.62 A multitrack
grouping regions across
Figure 6.63 Selecting a
Editing
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Figure 6.64multitrack region group
region group icon in the
Note
Figure 6.65multitrack region group
Tip
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6.7 Dynamic Transport mode
The Dynamic Transport has a separate Play Start Marker that you can move
Note
Note
Editing
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Using Dynamic Transport mode
Figure 6.66 When Dynamic Transport
to reveal the Play Start
How the Play Start Marker works
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Figure 6.67 Play
Figure 6.68 Dragging the Play Start Marker to
Tip
Editing
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Keyboard shortcuts for Dynamic Transport mode
Temporarily linking the Timeline and Edit Selections
Recording in Dynamic Transport mode
ently of the Timeline selection, using the Play Start Marker as a manual preroll
Note
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Setting Selection Start and End in Dynamic Transport mode
not
Auditioning loops in Dynamic Transport mode
Preferences for Dynamic Transport
Figure 6.69 Selecting
Timeline selection in the
Editing
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Figure 6.70 Selecting
Figure 6.71 Setting
Tip
Note
6.8 Track Compositing
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Note
Figure 6.72
Editing
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Figure 6.73 The
Figure 6.74 The Alternate Playlists
Choosing the takes
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Figure 6.75 Copy Selection To Main Playlist
When you hear a section on a Comp lane that you prefer, you can select this
Figure 6.76 Selection
Playlists Track View
Editing
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Tip
Figure 6.77 The Track
Figure 6.78 The
Figure 6.79another region to the
Copy Selection commands
to the main playlist to construct the best combination of selections from the
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Figure 6.80
Figure 6.81
Why you may need to filter the Comp lanesCompositing tracks using these features can result in you having large num
Editing
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Figure 6.82clicking the Playlist name
Figure 6.83
6.9 Compacting audio files
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pad
Note
6.10 Summary
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7.1 Introduction
7Mixing
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Note
7.2 Preparing for your mix session
Check your monitoring
Mixing
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Tip
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A note on external mixing/monitoring
sive monitors, but these controls are not normally going to be easy for you to
Tip
Mixing
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Choose your monitoring levels
Tip
Line up any connected analog equipment
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reference level, such as
Note
Note
Figure 7.1
Mixing
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Figure 7.2
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Figure 7.3the Signal Generator
VU meters, operating levels, and headroom
Mixing
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Figure 7.4 Playing back
test tone from a mono file
to unity gain via a Mono
Mixing
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Figure 7.5 Calibrating a
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Figure 7.6 Playing back
the metering varying
Note
Note
Mixing
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Metering in Pro Tools
to
meter
fader
Note
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Note
Note
Phase Scope metering
Mixing
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Figure 7.7
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Figure 7.9
Fat meters
Figure 7.8playing back from a
simultaneously to a Mono
Mixing
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Metering and loudness discussion
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f
f
p
TL MasterMeter oversampling metering
Mixing
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Figure 7.10
hitting full scale –
Mixing
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Phase measurements
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Phase Meter
Figure 7.11 Phase
Note
Mixing
307
Leq(A) Meter
the true weighted average
Figure 7.12 Deselecting
Level Meters
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value of
of
Audio track faders
Mixing
309
Note
Monitor controllers
Master Faders
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Tip
set to the
about
Mixing
311
Figure 7.13 A typical
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Figure 7.14
Mixing
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Figure 7.15
prevent clipping, as has
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Tip
Note
7.3 The Tools of the trade
Level balancing
Mixing
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percussion instruments such as a triangle or tambourine playing at a very
Panorama (Pan) positions
Tip
316
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Till the Sun Turns Black
Mixing
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Note
Tip
m
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Panning synthesized and sampled sounds
Pan laws
Note
Using compressors to smooth out level changes
notice that any of your tracks are uneven in level throughout the piece, you
Mixing
319
changes, then setting the overall level for the track using a combination of the
Tip
Note
Using the gain plug-in to smooth out level changes
De-essing
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Tip
Tip
Creating dynamics within the mix
Mixing
321
Frequency balancing
Musically
Technically
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Reverb
Tip
Mixing
323
Tip
Delay effects
324
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Noise reduction
Noise gates and expanders
Note
Tip
Mixing
325
Pitch and time correction and manipulation
326
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Note
Other effects
Mixing
327
Reamping and amplifier simulators
328
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Note
The StroboStomp, available from m
StroboSoft tuner
Mixing
329
the one available from m
Figure 7.16 StroboSoft
Figure 7.17 StroboSoft
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Speaker Soak using the TD-1
Mixing
331
Reamping using the TD-1
Figure 7.18 The
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7.4 Working on your mix session
Housework
Track ordering
Mixing
333
forget that you can easily save alternative versions of any Pro Tools session if
Removing unwanted sounds
Tip
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Sorting the Tempos
Marking the sections
Grouping tracks
Mixing
335
336
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Figure 7.19
Note
Mixing
337
Note
Figure 7.20
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Tip
Figure 7.21 A single
in turn are controlling
Mixing
339
Edit Window Mix Automation
Figure 7.22 Automation
Figure 7.23
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Figure 7.24 A Track
at the top left of each
Figure 7.25
Figure 7.26
Figure 7.27 An
Controller lanes for
on the
Mixing
341
button
7.5 The final mix
Figure 7.28
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Then, you might take a break for half an hour or so before coming back to
Figure 7.29 Pro Tools
the volume automation
Mixing
343
Tip
To move all the automation breakpoints in a particular track or section of a
Figure 7.30 Manually trimming a selection of
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To Dither or not to Dither – that is the question!
Mix bus compression
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Just A Little Lovin’ Safe Trip Home
Mixing
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Back to Black
24 Hours
A Plea for Sanity
7.6 Summary
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The rise of the analog summing mixer in a land of digital audio workstations
Appendix Summing to talk about!
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Appendix Summing to talk about!
Appendix Summing to talk about
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Mike Collins © April 2007
A version of this article first appeared in Pro Sound News Europe April 2007 © UBMi Ltd. Reproduced by kind permission.
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Index
AAbsolute grid mode, 244–245Absolute reference markers, 76Aeolian mode, 104After Fader Listen (AFL) mode, solo level
setting for, 66After Playback scroll option, 57Altiverb, 323Amp Farm, 327Amplifier simulator, 327–328Amplitube, 327Analog equipment, lining up connected,
289–290Analog summing mixer, 349Analog waveform, reconstruction of, 302Antares Harmony Engine, 325Aphex Aural Exciter, 326Audio
Audio Ease, 317, 323Audio track, 89, 133
Audio Track RecordLock option, 224AudioSuite Gain plug-in, 319–320AudioSuite Signal Generator plug-in,
291–292Auditioning audio, 14–16Auditioning loops, 132, 274Auto low latency, 223Auto reset, 307Automatic delay compensation, 10, 45–46,
123–125, 189
Automation lanes, 141–142
Autopanner, 316
Auto-Tune, 325Auto-update active configuration
option, 20Auxiliary input channel, 299, 311, 334–335Auxiliary input fader, 312
BBars and beats, 73, 134, 138Bar/beat markers, 76, 94
Batch Fades window, 230Beat clock
Beat detective, 73BeyerDynamic DT100 models, 182Big Bottom, 326Block view, 247Bomb Factory
Breathing effect, 319Bus monitor, 313
CCenter Playhead scroll option, 58Channel faders, 14, 288, 309–310,
335, 349Channels, 61Chord change dialog, 49Chord symbols, 75Chords ruler, 48–49, 75Chromatic scale vs. diatonic scale, 104Clear Special commands, 137Clef setting, 167Click track, 77–79Clip events browser, oversampled,
304–305
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Color Palette, 18Commands keyboard focus, 60Compact layout window configuration, 22Compressors, 318–319Conductor rulers, 48, 74–77Continuous scroll option, 57–58Controller chasing, 142–143Convolution reverb, 323Copy Selection commands, 279–280Copy Special commands, 137Correlation meter, 298, 305–306Crest factors (Peak-to-average ratios),
293, 302Crystallizer, 327Cubase software, 53Cue mixes. See Headphone mixesCursor values display, 45Cut Special commands, 137Cut Time dialog, 99
DD/A converters, 301, 344De-essing, 319–320Default solo mode, 64Delay compensation, 189–193
Delay compensation engine, 10, 125, 190, 192
Delay effects, 323Delay indicator, 124–125Destructive Record mode, 199, 203,
206–207DestructivePunch mode, 200, 211, 218
Diatonic scale vs. chromatic scale, 104Diatonic transposition, 103, 105–108Digidesign, 74, 303, 308, 311, 326, 349DigiRack Phase Scope, 305DigiRack plug-ins, 326DigiRack Signal Generator, 298–299Digital signal processing (DSP) delays,
123, 188–190, 212Display quantization, 174–176
Display settings
Dither, 344Drum notation, 168Duplicate notes, 135Duplicate region, 262Dynamic transport mode, 270
Dynamically allocated voicing, 63
EEchoes, 323, 327Edit Insertion Follows Scrub/Shuttle
option, 29Edit lock region, 264–265Edit menu commands, 227–239
See Strip Silence
Edit modes, 37–47, 239–245
Edit selection, 42–43, 54–55
Edit window, 36–37, 332, 339–342
Index
355
Elastic audio, 107–108EQ filters, 320Events field, 304Expanders, 324External mixing, 288External monitoring, 288
FFast Forward/Rewind, 26Fat meters, 300Fender Rhodes, 325Frequency balancing
GGain plug-in, 319–320Grabber tool, 40, 138, 141, 154,
156, 171Graphic tempo editor, 85Grid command, 145Grid control, 46Grid display, 46Grid mode, 37, 243
Grid size, 243Grid values, 46, 135, 145Group list keyboard focus, 61Group settings pop-up selector, 32–33Grouping regions, 266Grouping tracks, 334Guitar amplifier, 327–328, 330–331Guitar Rig, 327
HH3000 Factory, 326Hardware buffer size, 8–9, 189Hardware setup dialog, 11–12
Harmonizer, 325Harmony process, 325Headphone mixes, 184–187Headroom, 292–293, 301, 310Heal Separation command, 256Helicon voice processor, 325
II/O controls, in edit window, 24I/O selectors, 34
I/O setup dialog, 12–14
Insert Silence command, in shuffle mode, 236
Insert Time dialog, 99Insertion Follows Playback, 26, 43Inserts, 33Instrument tracks, 126–131
Ionian mode, 104
KKey Change dialog, 102–103Key signature editor, 48Key signature ruler, 48, 101–102Key signatures, 101–108Keyboard commands
K-System RMS meters, 301
LLatch forward/rewind, 26Leq(A) meter, 307Level meters, 307–308Line6 Echo Farm plug-in, 323Linearity Display Mode, 91–96Link timeline, 42Link track, 43Lissajous figures, 305Location indicators, 43–44Locking regions, 264Loop playback mode, 274Loop record mode, 199Loop recording audio, 207–209
Loop recording MIDI, 131–132
Loudness, 301, 345
MMackie Big Knob, 310Maestro Echoplex, 323Manual delay compensation, 11–12
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Markers, 76
Markers ruler, 48Martin HD28 acoustic guitar, 321Master faders, 288, 290, 294,
297–299, 309
Master views, 247Melodyne, 325Meter ruler, 48Meter value, 79Metering, 297, 301
Microphone preamplifier, 288, 330MIDI
MIDI editors, 150–163
MIDI notes
MIDI tracks
Millennia TD-1 Twin Direct Recording Channel. See TD-1
Mirrored MIDI editing, 42, 136Mix bus compression, 344Mix session, 332
marking sections, 334
sorting tempos, 334
Mix window, 32
Mixing, 341–342
Mode buttons, 41–43Monitoring levels, 289Monitoring system, checking
for, 286–287Multieffects processor, 326–327Multiple assignments
Multiple track outputs, assigning, 34–35
Index
357
Musical Instrument Digital Interface. See MIDI
Mute buttons, 155–156, 337Mute frees assigned voice, 64Mute region, 265
NNearfield monitors, 286, 289Neve 8816 Summing Mixer, 351Noise gates, 324, 333Noise reduction, 324Notation tools, 169Note chasing, 142–143Nudge control, 46Nudge display, 46Nudge values, 46, 135Numeric keypad, 28–32
OObject grabber tool, 40Operating levels, nominal, 289–290,
292–293, 296Optical S/P DIF format, 14
PPage scroll option, 57Pan laws, 318Panning, 315–317
Panorama (Pan) positions, 315Paste Special submenu commands, 137Peak field, 304Pencil Tool, 41Phase correlation, 305–306Phase measurements, 305Phase meter, 306–307Phase scope metering, 298–299Pitch “n” time, 326Pitch correction
Pitch doctor plug-in, 325Pitch shifting, 108, 326Pitch transposition, elastic audio
region-based, 107–108Pitched tracks, 104Play Start Marker, 26–27, 271–273
Play Start Marker Follows Playback, 26, 43
Play Start Marker Follows Timeline Selection, 27
Playback cursor locator, 58–59Playback engine, 8–10
Playlists, 276–277
Playlists Track View, 278–279Plug-ins, opening sessions with, 18Pop-up selectors, 12
Pre Fader Listen (PFL), 14
Pro Tools 48-Bit Mixer, 311Pro Tools
Pulses per quarter note (PPQN), 91, 134
Punch recording
Punch-in and punch-out
QQuantize to Grid command, 265QuickPunch mode, 200,
210–211, 213
QuickStart dialog, 17–18
RReal Time AudioSuite (RTAS) plug-in, 8,
188, 303
Reamping, 327–328
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Index
Record mode, 129–130, 199–200
Record safe mode, 200Recording and playback
Recording audio, 197–201
Region Editing commands, 261–270Region List Keyboard Focus, 60Regions, 252
Regions List, 253
Relative grid mode, 244Repeat region, 263Repeat to Fill Selection command, 230Reserve voices, 27Restore Last Selection command, 229Reverb, 322
RMS metering, 301, 308Roland MKS80, 111, 114Room acoustics, 287Ruler and tickbased time, 74
SSample-based audio, 89–90Sample-based time, 74Score editor, 163–178
Scrolling behavior, 58Scrolling windows, 57–58Scrub tool, 41Scrub/shuttle mode, 30Scrubbing, 28
Selector tool, 39–40Sends, 33–34
Separate Region command, 254–255Separation Grabber tool, 255Shift region, 261Shuffle mode, 37, 239–240
Shuttle lock mode, 30–31
Sibilant frequencies, 319–320Slave track, 335–338Slip mode, 37, 239Smart tool, 40–41Society of Motion Picture and Television
Engineers (SMPTE), 74, 84, 240–241Softube Vintage Amp Room, 327Solo buttons, 155–156, 337Solo in Place (SIP), 64Solo mode, 64, 66Sound pressure level (SPL), 289Sounds
Speaker Soak
Spot mode, 37, 240–243SSL AWS 900 series, 182Stereo mastering recorder, 343Stereo mixes, 305, 316–317Stereo panorama, 315, 317
Index
359
Stop keys, 28Strip Silence, 231
StroboSoft tuner, 328–329StroboStomp Pedal, 328Sub counter time scale, 77Summing mixer, 286, 310, 313–314,
349–351
Surround sound, 4Sync points, 258Synchronization controls, 25System Exclusive (SysEx) data, 116
TTab to transients button, 42TCE Edit to Timeline Selection, 237TD-1, 330
features, 330
Speaker Soak using, 330
stage, 330Tempo edit density (Dens) selector, 88Tempo, 81
Tempo ruler, 48Test tone
Tick-based audio, 90–91Time lock region, 264Time operations, 97–101Time scales, 77
Time signature, 79Time Stamp Selected command, 241
Timebase rulers, 74–77Time-division multiplexing (TDM)
plug-ins, 191, 193, 325–326
Timeline Insertion Follows Playback, 58Timeline selection, 27, 270, 272
TL MasterMeter, oversampling metering, 302–303
Toolbar display and controls, rearranging, 36–37
Toolbar zoom buttons, 38Track compensation indicator, 124, 126Track compositing, 275–281Track position numbers, 68Track timebase, changing, 88TrackPunch mode, 200, 211, 214–218
Tracks, 61grouping, 334
input selector, 34
output selector, 34
Transformer mixing, 351Transient peak levels, 292Transport RecordLock option, 224Transport window, 64–67
Transposing instruments, 172–173
Trimmer tool, 39, 156, 169
UUltra-Channel, 326Unity gain level, 297Universe view, 23–24Use separate play, 28User interface, 17–24User Time Stamp, 241–242
VVCA channel fader, 335VCA Groups, 334
VCA Master tracks, 335
360
Index
Virtual instrument, recording audio from, 132–133
Voice borrowing, 62Voice limits, 62Voice modeling techniques, 325Voiceable tracks, 61–64Voices, playback and recording,
61–64Voltage controlled amplifier. See VCAVolume automation view, 246Volume controls, on self-powered
monitors, 288VU meters, 292, 308
WWaveform view, 246–247Window configuration list, 19Window configurations, 18–20
Window display settings, 22–23Window layout configuration, 23
XX-Form plug-in, 237, 326
YYamaha DX7, 111, 119Yamaha DX7II, 111, 114Yamaha KX88, 111, 114Yamaha TX816, 114, 118
ZZoom presets, 38Zoom Toggle, 41–42, 54–57
Zoom Toggle Follows Edit selection, 56Zoomer tool, 39