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Combination Edit Modes
by Major on November 23rd, 2009 in Features, Keyboard ShortcutsNew 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
Name yourself some tracks.
by Major on November 17th, 2009 in Keyboard ShortcutsWhen 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.
Toggle Tab to Transient
by Major on November 3rd, 2009 in Keyboard Shortcuts
This 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!
Clean Your Edit Window
by Major on October 19th, 2009 in Keyboard ShortcutsGot too many things like inserts, sends, i/o, track comments, etc. making your edit space way too small? Do you hate the “Edit Window View…” menu? Well our old friend “Control+Option+Command+Click” to the rescue! EDIT: Well it seems I was mistaken… all you have to do is hold option and click on the headers of any column (such as “INSERTS A-E”) to make it disappear. Unfortunately there is no shortcut to get them back. (Thanks to Sebastien for pointing out our mistake!)
Be Gone Ye Fowl Inserts!
Pro Tools Official Leopard Compatibility With Video
by Evan on September 28th, 2009 in Keyboard ShortcutsLast week, Digidesign released, well… PRE-released their Pro Tools update that officially brings Pro Tools to Mac OS 10.6 (Snow Leopard) Pro Tools 8.03 will not only bring you official compatibility with OS X 10.6, but it also is the first Pro Tools release to not support some legacy hardware, such as: Original M-Box, All PowerPC Macs, Mix Era IO Peripherals (888 I/O, Adat Bridge) and The Expansion|HD Chassis.
Here’s a video of 8.03pr running on my mac with 10.6.
Fast Fading
by Major on September 22nd, 2009 in Keyboard ShortcutsHere are some useful shortcuts for the fade window (command + F with a selection). If you are doing some hardcore editing, where one fade type is not always appropriate for every edit, these will keep you from drowning puppies in a fit of frustrated rage.
Dominate the Region List… via Keyboard!
by Major on September 14th, 2009 in Keyboard ShortcutsThe region list is a very powerful ally in your quest for effective session management. Here are my 7 most used shortcuts that deal with the region list. (that’s not including this shortcut discussed earlier)
