November 2009

Combination Edit Modes

by Major on November 23rd, 2009 in Features, Keyboard Shortcuts

New in Pro Tools 8 is the ability to combine grid mode with all of the other edit modes.  These modes function exactly like they normally would, but the selector tool (and the selector portion of the super-tool) function in grid mode.  Utilizing these combination edit modes will help streamline your workflow and avoid excessive switching of edit modes.

To enter into combination modes, you can shift click on grid mode when you are in another mode. You can also hit both function keys at the same time (for example F1+F4 for Shuffle-Grid mode) Or if you are in an edit mode and press Shift+F4 you can add grid mode to it.

Add the grid clutch to these edit modes to enhance your workflow even more!

Note: Slip-Grid mode has been broken after 8.0.0 cs3 and is still not working in 8.0.1 cs1

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Name yourself some tracks.

by Major on November 17th, 2009 in Keyboard Shortcuts

When naming large numbers of tracks, navigating between them can be a pain. There’s a few ways to quickly move from track to track to name them.

When in the track naming dialog, hit Apple+Return to confirm and move to the next track. Also, you can hit Apple – Right arrow to move to the next track and confirm. Press Apple-Left Arrow to confirm and move to the previous track.

Happy renaming.

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Toggle Tab to Transient

by Major on November 3rd, 2009 in Keyboard Shortcuts

lg_tabThis bad-boy was introduced back in Pro Tools 7.4 but we overlooked it until now!  Command+Option+Tab toggles the “tab to transient” setting!  Hooray!

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