Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
2013
Keyboard focus 5
Edit Selections 6
Resizing tracks 7
Zooming 7
Editing 8
Editing commands 9
Separate Clip 10
Heal Separation 10
Grouping clips 10
Consolidating clips 10
Trimming clips 10
Nudging clips 10
Fading clips 11
What is MIDI? 12
Xpand! 14
Boom 15
Structure Free 15
3
Pro Tools For Music Teachers
Label
tracks
Choose
order
of
tracks
carefully
(you
can
reorder
them
by
dragging
them
around)
Use
memory
loca=ons
(described
later
in
these
notes)
Work
at
a
zoom
level,
both
ver=cally
and
horizontally,
that
suits
the
task
youre
performing
Universe View
If
Universe
view
is
not
displayed,
go
to
View
>
Other
Displays
>
Universe.
The
Universe
view
area
can
be
resized
by
dragging
the
boLom
border
of
the
square.
What
is
currently
viewed
on
the
screen
is
the
framed
bright
rectangle
which
resizes
as
you
change
your
project
zoom,
track
heights
etc
and
also
scrolls
as
the
edit
window
scrolls.
Click
in
the
universe
view
to
move
the
current
view
indicator
or
click
and
drag
the
indicator
to
scroll
through
the
session.
Fig. 2. Current view indicator on the same session with =ghter zoom
4
Keyboard focus
In
order
to
simplify
the
use
of
Pro
Tools
using
keyboard
shortcuts,
Pro
Tools
has
a
mode
called
Keyboard
Commands
Focus
Mode.
When
keyboard
focus
mode
is
on,
the
QWERTY
keyboard
can
be
used
for
many
shortcuts.
Many
of
these
shortcuts
can
be
found
in
the
Useful
Pro
Tools
Shortcuts
documenta=on
accompanying
these
notes.
You
can
choose
keyboard
focus
for
a
number
of
windows,
when
it
is
on
in
a
window,
the
az
keyboard
focus
buLon
is
yellow.
The
usual
state
of
play
is
to
have
the
keyboard
focus
on
for
the
main
=meline
part
of
the
Edit
Window.
Keyboard focus buLons for Edit Window (on) and Clip Window (o)
Fig. 4. Making a =meline selec=on with the selector tool in the Timebase Ruler
5
The
Timeline
selec=on
points
are
also
displayed
on
the
Transport
Window
and
at
the
top
of
the
Edit
Window,
as
is
the
length
of
the
selec=on.
Values
can
be
input
manually
into
the
Start
and
End
elds
to
make
a
selec=on
also.
Edit Selections
Selec=ng
clips
with
the
Grabber
Tool
click
on
a
clip
to
select
it,
or
Shi[-click
on
the
rst
clip
then
the
last
clip
in
the
row
to
select
all
clips
in
between.
Using
the
Selector
Tool
Click
and
drag
on
the
=meline
to
make
a
selec=on.
Double
click
to
select
an
en=re
clip.
Triple
click
to
select
the
en=re
Track
Playlist.
Note:
You
can
unlink
the
=meline
and
edit
selec=ons.
This
is
not
recommended
un=l
becoming
an
advanced
Pro
Tools
user,
however
it
is
worth
knowing
which
buLon
does
it,
in
case
it
accidentally
gets
pressed!
To
make
a
selec=on
on
mul=ple
tracks,
drag
the
selec=on
over
mul=ple
tracks
with
the
Selector
Tool.
If
the
tracks
are
non-adjacent,
make
the
selec=on
on
one
track,
then
Ctrl(Command)-click
on
the
required
track
in
the
Track
Playlist
with
the
Selector
Tool.
Resizing tracks
There
are
8
track
heights
you
can
choose.
They
are
changed
using
the
buLon
illustrated
below.
To
change
all
track
heights,
Alt
(Op=on)
+
click
on
the
change
track
height
buLon.
Zooming
The
Zoomer
Tool
can
be
used
to
zoom
in
(one
magnica=on
with
each
click)
or
out
(Alt
(Op=on)
+
click).
If
you
click
and
drag
with
the
Zoomer
Tool,
the
area
you
drag
over
will
ll
the
screen
horizontally.
Shortcuts
for
horizontal
zooming
are
R
(out)
and
T
(in)
if
Keyboard
Focus
Mode
is
on.
Zooming
waveforms
horizontally
can
become
confusing,
as
you
lose
the
original
size
of
the
waveforms
and
are
not
sure
if
theyve
clipped
or
not
on
recording.
To
reset
the
size
of
the
waveforms
to
their
original
height,
hit
Alt
(Op=on)
+
A.
7
The
1
5
buLons
are
for
Zoom
Presets.
Set
your
screen
with
the
desired
zoom
and
Ctrl
(Command)
+
click
on
the
number.
Pro
Tools
has
what
are
called
memory
loca=ons.
These
can
be
either
markers
(playback
loca=ons)
or
selec=ons
(edit
loca=ons).
Markers
are
the
most
useful.
View
the
marker
ruler
by
going
to
View
>
Rulers
>
Markers.
Put
the
cursor
where
youd
like
the
marker.
Click
the
+
buLon
on
the
marker
ruler
to
bring
up
the
Memory
Loca=on
dialog
box.
Give
the
marker
a
name
and
a
number.
Choose
Absolute
if
youd
like
the
marker
to
stay
put
no
maLer
what
the
tempo
or
meter,
and
choose
Bar|Beat
if
youd
like
the
marker
to
move
if
the
tempo
or
meter
change.
Click
ok.
To
recall
a
memory
loca=on,
click
the
marker
symbol
in
the
Marker
Ruler,
or
bring
up
the
list
of
memory
loca=ons
from
Window
>
Memory
LocaAons
and
click
the
desired
marker.
You
can
also
click
the
period
(.)
on
the
numeric
keypad
and
then
press
the
marker
number.
Alt
(Op=on)
+
click
a
marker
to
delete
it.
Fig. 10. Memory loca=ons on the Markers ruler and the Memory Loca=on window
Editing
Edit
modes
have
already
been
discussed
in
Part
1
of
these
notes.
The
two
you
will
most
likely
use
the
most
are
Slip
and
Grid.
The
shortcuts
for
the
Edit
Modes
are:
Shue
Mode
F1
Slip
Mode
F2
Spot
Mode
F3
Grid
Mode
F4
There
are
two
op=ons
for
Grid
Mode,
Absolute
and
Rela=ve.
In
both
modes,
selec=ons
and
inser=on
points
snap
to
the
Grid
intervals.
The
move
and
trim
opera=ons
either
align
to
the
grid
(Absolute)
or
move
in
Grid
increments
rela=ve
to
the
origina=on
point
(Rela=ve).
8
Absolute
moving
a
clip
snaps
the
clip
start
to
the
Grid
and
trimming
a
clip
snaps
the
trimmed
edge
to
the
Grid.
Rela=ve
clips
are
moved
and
trimmed
by
grid
units.
If
a
clips
start
point
is
oset
from
the
grid,
this
will
be
preserved
during
moving
or
trimming.
This
mode
is
used
to
move
clips
by
bars
or
beats
whilst
preserving
an
oset
rela=ve
to
the
beat.
Note: Both Grid and Shue Mode can be ac=vate together if necessary.
The
Grid
value
is
set
on
the
toolbar
of
the
Edit
window
or
on
the
Transport
Window.
Click
on
the
drop
down
arrow
to
set
the
grid
=mescale
and
grid
size.
Editing commands
The
usual
shortcuts
apply
for
the
common
edi=ng
commands
such
as:
The
Duplicate
command
copies
a
selec=on
and
places
the
selected
audio
or
MIDI
data
immediately
a[er
the
end
of
the
selec=on.
It
is
like
a
copy
and
paste
in
one
sweet
shortcut.
The
Repeat
command
is
similar
to
the
Duplicate
command
but
you
can
specify
how
many
=mes
youd
like
the
material
repeated.
9
Separate Clip
Separa=ng
a
clip
means
breaking
it
in
two,
for
a
number
of
edi=ng
reasons.
Whenever
a
clip
is
separated
(or
split)
new
clips
are
created
and
added
to
the
clip
list.
To
split
a
clip
you
can
either
put
the
cursor
where
youd
like
to
split
it,
or
make
a
selec=on.
Then
press
Control
(Command)
+
E
to
split
the
clip.
You
can
also
split
a
clip
at
each
grid
line
by
going
to
Edit
>
Separate
Clip
>
On
Grid.
Heal Separation
If
you
need
to
undo
a
separa=on
later,
select
all
the
clips
to
put
back
together
and
press
Control
(Command)
+
H.
Grouping clips
If
you
are
happy
with
two
(or
more)
clips
edited
next
to
each
other
and
would
like
to
turn
them
into
a
group
so
they
move
together
and
essen=ally
become
one
clip,
select
the
two
clips
(click
one,
hold
Shi[
and
click
the
other),
right
click
and
select
group.
You
will
no=ce
that
a
grouped
clip
is
now
siqng
in
the
Clip
List.
Consolidating clips
Consolida=ng
clips
looks
like
grouping
clips,
but
it
turns
the
several
audio
clips
into
one.
You
can
then
rename
the
consolidated
clips
by
right
clicking
on
them
in
the
Clip
List.
Some
people
consolidate
a
whole
track
when
they
know
theyre
nished
with
the
edit
so
it
looks
=dy.
When
in
Grid
Mode,
the
clips
snap
to
the
grid
when
being
dragged
and
when
in
Shue
Mode,
clips
snap
to
each
other
like
magnets.
Their
order
can
be
shued
but
no
space
can
be
le[
in
between
them.
Dont
worry
about
Spot
Mode
for
the
moment.
Trimming clips
Select
the
Trim
Tool.
Move
the
cursor
over
the
clip
youd
like
to
trim
and
it
will
change
into
either
this
[
or
this
]
depending
on
the
side
to
be
trimmed.
If
you
make
a
selec=on
and
then
trim
whilst
holding
Control
(Command)
the
clip
will
trim
to
the
selec=on.
Nudging clips
This
is
probably
the
cutest
sounding
thing
in
Pro
Tools.
Nudging
a
clip
moves
it
a
small
amount
to
the
le[
or
right
depending
on
the
nudge
seqngs.
These
are
set
in
the
Nudge
Value
sec=on
of
the
toolbar
area
of
the
Edit
Window
or
the
Transport
Window.
Again,
like
the
Grid,
set
the
=me
scale
and
the
nudge
size.
10
Use
the
+
and
keys
on
the
numeric
keypad
to
nudge
clips
to
the
le[
and
right.
If
you
dont
have
a
numeric
keypad,
use
the
Func=on
key
and
the
+/-
keys.
If
Keyboard
Focus
is
on,
use
<
and
>.
You
can
also
nudge
selec=ons
by
making
a
selec=on
and
using
the
<
or
>
(or
+/-)
keys
to
move
the
selec=on
le[
or
right.
Holding
down
Shi[
will
make
the
selec=on
move
without
aec=ng
the
underlying
clips.
Give
this
a
go,
it
will
make
sense
when
you
try
it.
Fading clips
The
most
basic
way
to
make
a
fade
is
to
select
the
beginning
or
end
of
a
clip
and
press
Control
(Command)
+
F.
The
fade
dialog
box
will
open
and
you
can
choose
the
type
of
fade
you
desire.
A
quicker
way
is
to
just
press
F
which
will
put
in
a
fade
without
bringing
up
the
dialog
box.
An
even
quicker
way
to
put
in
a
fade
is
to
click
your
cursor
where
youd
like
the
fade
to
start
or
end.
Then
press
D
to
fade
from
the
start
of
the
clip
to
the
cursor
and
G
to
fade
from
the
cursor
to
the
end
of
the
clip.
To
make
a
crossfade,
drag
a
selec=on
across
the
end
of
one
le
and
the
start
of
the
next.
Then
press
Control
(Command)
+
F
and
click
Ok.
If
you
get
an
error
saying
there
is
insucient
audio
data
within
the
fade
bounds,
click
Adjust
Bounds.
It
means
the
clips
arent
long
enough
to
make
that
long
a
crossfade.
You
can
undo
anything
by
pressing
Control
(Command)
+
Z
or
going
to
Edit
>
Undo.
If
you
need
to
undo
many
steps,
go
to
the
Undo
History
by
going
to
Window
>
Undo
History.
What is MIDI?
MIDI
stands
for
Musical
Instrument
Digital
Interface
and
is
a
protocol
to
connect
a
controlling
instrument
and
a
computer
in
order
for
them
to
communicate.
If
this
sounds
weird,
dont
worry
too
much,
it
means
you
can
trigger
cool
sounds
with
a
keyboard
or
by
inpuqng
notes
into
a
so[ware
interface.
Its
much
easier
to
understand
in
prac=se.
To
record
MIDI
you
need
a
device/controller
that
inputs
MIDI
data.
This
is
most
likely
a
MIDI
keyboard.
It
must
be
plugged
in
before
Pro
Tools
is
open.
(These
days
the
keyboard
will
probably
connect
to
your
computer
via
USB
although
some
old
keyboards
need
an
adaptor
to
convert
MIDI
to
USB.)
Basically, in Pro Tools, the process for recording a MIDI track is this:
12
Fig.
13.
Adding
an
Instrument
track
The
MIDI
input
selector
for
Instrument
tracks
is
located
in
the
Instrument
MIDI
controls
sec=on
of
the
track
(Edit
window)
or
channel
strip
(Mix
window).
You
can
bring
this
sec=on
up
using
View
>
Edit
Window
>
Instrument
or
View
>
Mix
window
>
Instrument.
By
default
the
MIDI
inputs
are
set
to
ALL,
which
should
cover
your
device.
This
means
it
should
work
without
you
changing
anything
as
long
as
your
device
is
properly
connected
to
your
computer
and
it
is
connected
before
you
open
Pro
Tools.
You
put
these
Virtual
Instruments
in
as
Inserts
on
your
tracks.
Inserts
are
also
used
for
plugins
like
reverb,
delay
and
EQ
but
well
discuss
this
in
the
next
session.
If
you
cant
see
the
inserts
sec=on
on
your
tracks
or
channel
strips,
go
to
View
>
Edit
Window
or
View
>
Mix
Window
and
select
Inserts.
13
Then
to
add
the
Virtual
Instrument,
go
to
plug-in
>
Instrument
and
select
which
one
youd
like
to
try.
The
best
way
to
get
to
know
them
is
to
have
a
big
play
with
each
one.
Once
youve
added
it,
its
just
a
case
of
choosing
your
sound,
arming
your
track
and
pressing
record.
Depending
on
which
instrument
youve
chosen,
you
choose
the
sound
in
a
certain
part
of
the
instrument
window
that
opens.
Xpand!
A
classic
synthesiser
containing
many
patches
and
loops.
Go
to
the
Librarian
menu
to
change
sounds.
Librarian
Menu
Fig.
16.
The
Xpand
virtual
instrument
where
to
change
patches
(sounds)
14
Boom
A
simple
drum-machine-style
step
sequencer
with
10
classic
drum
kits.
Select
the
kit
using
the
kit
selector,
then
select
each
sound
and
program
where
in
the
step
sequencer
you
would
like
to
hear
it.
You
can
also
play
the
drum
patches
with
your
MIDI
keyboard
live
into
the
track.
Structure Free
Use
a
stereo
track
for
Structure.
This
is
a
free
version
of
the
instrument.
The
full
version
of
Structure
can
be
purchased.
15
Setting the Session meter
The
default
meter
is
4/4.
To
set
the
meter,
double
click
on
the
Current
Meter
display
in
the
Transport
window
or
click
on
the
+
buLon
on
the
Meter
Ruler
in
the
Edit
window.
Enter
the
desired
meter
and
1|1|
000
if
you
want
the
meter
to
start
right
at
Bar
1.
Fig. 19. Edit window Meter, Tempo and Key Change rulers
The
default
tempo
is
120bpm.
To
set
the
tempo,
change
it
in
the
Transport
window
(remember
to
turn
the
Conductor
o
if
you
want
to
set
the
tempo
manually)
or
click
on
the
+
buLon
on
the
Tempo
Ruler
in
the
Edit
window.
Enter
the
desired
tempo
and
1|1|000
if
you
want
the
tempo
to
start
right
at
Bar
1.
16
Setting the Session Key Signature
The
default
key
signature
is
C
major.
To
set
the
key
signature
click
on
the
+
buLon
on
the
Key
Signature
Ruler
in
the
Edit
window.
Enter
the
desired
key
signature
and
1|1|000
if
you
want
it
to
start
right
at
Bar
1.
A[er
making
a
recording,
MIDI
data
will
appear
on
the
tracks
in
the
Edit
Window
as
is
expected.
This
data
can
be
view
in
a
number
of
forms
including
as
clips,
notes
and
velociAes.
The
view
can
be
changed
by
clicking
on
the
liLle
arrow
next
to
the
track
view
selector
and
selec=ng
the
desired
view.
Clips
The
default
view,
these
clips
can
be
selected,
copied,
cut
and
trimmed
just
like
audio
clips.
The
shortcut
to
toggle
to
this
view
is
Start/Control
+
Minus.
You
may
need
to
press
this
twice
to
toggle
to
clips
view.
Notes
This
view
shows
individual
MIDI
notes
in
a
piano
roll
format.
Pitch
is
on
the
ver=cal
axis
and
dura=on
on
the
horizontal
axis.
In
this
view
notes
can
be
added
or
deleted
using
the
Pencil
Tool,
the
pitch
changed
with
the
Grabber
Tool,
or
the
dura=ons
changed
with
the
Trimmer
Tool.
Velocity
This
view
shows
the
aLack
velocity
of
each
note
as
what
is
called
a
velocity
stalk.
Drag
the
tops
of
these
up
or
down
with
the
Grabber
Tool
to
make
notes
louder
or
so[er.
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MIDI
Editor
Window
It
can
be
super
ddly
to
edit
MIDI
within
the
tracks,
so
usually
its
beLer
to
open
the
MIDI
Editor
window.
To
open
this
window
you
can
either
double
click
on
a
MIDI
clip
in
the
Edit
Window
or
go
to
Window
>
MIDI
Editor.
The
liLle
music
notes
buLon
allows
you
to
toggle
Notes
and
Nota=on
view.
You
can
also
display
MIDI
data
from
more
than
one
track
if
you
select
more
than
one
track
in
the
Track
Playlist
on
the
le[
hand
side.
The
MIDI
informa=on
from
dierent
tracks
then
display
overlayed
in
dierent
colours.
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