Though we love Pro Tools, there are still several persistent bugs that are still not fixed in Pro Tools 8 cs3. Hopefully they will get fixed in cs4, but until then here are some possible work-arounds.
Sync
The Alternative to CoreAudio and Re-Wire!
by Major on May 4th, 2009 in Studio InfrastructureDon’t you wish you could just hear your system audio through your Pro Tools rig without the useless CoreAudio? Do you want to use Soundminer, but re-wire just doesn’t ever work? Client wants to watch a quicktime? You want to rock out to the latest Miley Cyrus single on iTunes? Here’s the fix!
kitchen sync points
by Evan on April 3rd, 2009 in Features, Keyboard ShortcutsSync points are, in my opinion, under-utilized by a lot of Pro Tools users. They have some pretty valuable and time-saving uses. The most helpful use of a sync point is snapping a region to your cursor using the sync point. Spotting sound effects in post production is one example. Drop the region onto the timeline and place the cursor right at the part of the sound you want to sync (usually the transient, but not necessarily). Press command-comma to insert the sync point. Navigate your cursor to the frame of video you wish to sync to. Now you can snap your region via it’s sync point to your cursor by control-shift clicking the region while in supertool or grabber mode. This is a fast, easy alternative to trimming the region, nudging to the video frame you want and then trimming it back out.
