AAF file, 324, 324–325, 326–327
importing, 330
Arrangement View, 164
developing and recording material, 164–168
recording into Pro Tools, 167–168
usage, with Pro Tools, 165–167
Absolute Grid mode, 239–240, 241–242
ACID files, 129–130
importing, 130–131
AES31, 324
Audio editing, 229
basic editing, 230–234
Edit modes, 234–242
Edit window, 248–255
regions, 255
Timeline selections, 242–248
using Workspace Browser, 100
from video, 104
Audio Interchange File Format (AIFF), 78, 129, 318–319
Audio MIDI setup (AMS) utility, 134
Audio recording, 210
Auto Input mode, 206
Destructive mode, 209
external mixer, 207
first edits, 214–215
first fixes, 213
existing region, 213–214
input gain levels, 205–206
Input Only Monitoring, 206
Loop Record mode, 209, 222–224
Low Latency Monitoring, 3–4, 207–208, 310
monitoring levels, 205–206, 281
non-destructive recording, 208, 219
punch recording, 221–222
Record Enabling, 208
Record Safe mode, 208
separating and moving regions, 215–218
sessions, saving, 226
sessions, tidying, 226–227
takes selection, 224
through plug-ins, 43–44, 209–210
zero latency monitoring, 9–10, 207
Audio transferring, into Pro Tools, 101–103
Audiophile 2496, 19–21
Audiosuite:
menu, 66
see also Real-Time AudioSuite
Auto Input mode, 206
Automation, 296
Auto Latch mode, 300
Auto Touch mode, 300
Auto Write mode, 300
creation, 297–299
creation, using mouse, 305–306
data, editing, 302–303
playlists, 301–302
Sends, 294
Thinning, 303–305
Auxiliary tracks:
backups, 315–316
Bar | Beat Markers, 123, 124, 125, 126
Bars, 175–176
Beat Detective, 122
features, 123–124
imported audio tempo adjustment, to session tempo, 126–129
session tempo adjustment, to imported audio tempo, 124–126
Bounce to Disk, 147, 152, 167, 276, 294, 309, 310–312, 323, 327
Broadcast Wave file (BWF), 318–319
Browser, 69
Task Window, 71
Relink Window, 71–72
Volume, 70
Buttons and status indicators, 31
Channel Scribble Strips, 29, 30–31, 33, 34
Channel Select, 31, 32, 33, 34, 33–34
Channel View, 31–33
Clear Special command, 180–181, 231, 303
Click features, 112–114
Clock ‘Ticks’, 175–176
Combinator, 153
Commands Keyboard Focus button, 53, 54–55
Console View Selectors, 29–30
Copy command, 230–231
Copy special command, 180–181, 231, 302, 303
Custom Shuttle Lock Speed, 339–340
Cut command, 230
Cut special command, 180, 231, 302
Default Preferences, 77
Delta 1010, 21
Delta 1010 LT, 21–22
Destructive editing, 229
Destructive recording mode, 208, 209, 222
Digi 001, 1
low latency monitoring on, 3–4
monitoring latency and MIDI, 4–5
Digi 002, 1, 5, 25, 135, 194, 207–208, 300
buttons, 31
Channel Scribble Strips, 30
Channel Select switch, 31
Channel View, 31–33
Console View Selectors, 29–30
control surface, 27–28
Display Mode switch, 30–31
Display Scribble Strips, 30–31
Fader Flip, 35
faders, 34
function/utility keys, 35–36
Home View, 30
Insert/Send Position Selectors, 30
keyboard modifier switches, 36
LED, 31
lower section, 34–36
Master Faders, 35
middle section, 29–34
multi-mono plug-ins, 33–34
navigation, 34–35
playback mode and window show/hide switches, 35
rotary encoders, 31
top section, 28–29
transport controls, 34
zoom, 34–35
Digi 002 modes, 36
Digi 002 Rack, 1, 5, 194, 207–208
front panel, 6
rear panel, 6–7
DigiBase browsers, 69, 72, 73, 130, 236–237, 267, 327, 330
Volume browser, 70
Workspace browser, 69, 70, 100, 119
Digidesign hardwares:
Digi 001, 1–5
Digi 002, 1, 25, 135, 194, 207–208, 300
Digi 002 Rack, 1, 5–7, 194, 207–208
Digidesign Intelligent Noise Reduction (DINR), 337–338
DigiTranslator, 60, 311, 325, 326, 327, 330, 335, 335–337
Display Mode switch, 30–31
Display Scribble Strips, 30–31, 33
Drag and drop:
audio file in Workspace, 100
MIDI data, 73
Duplicate region, 262
Duplicate Tracks, 62
DV Toolkit, 55, 60, 68, 237, 335
Custom Shuttle Lock Speed, 339–340
Digidesign Intelligent Noise Reduction (DINR), 337–338
DigiTranslator, 335–337
Scrubber tool, 339
Session Setup window, 341–343
Synchro Arts VocALign Project, 338
Time Code mapping options, 340
time code Setup commands, 343–344
Timebase Rulers, 339
Use Subframes option, 340–341
Dynamics switch, 33
Edit Decision List (EDL), 229–230
Edit markers, 246–247
Edit Menu, 60–61
Edit modes, 234
and Timeline, 243–246
and Track, 247–248
continuous zooming, 251–252
controls and displays, 53–55
Edit Modes, 49
Keyboard Focus, 54–55
location indicators, 53
Loop Playback, 252–253
Normal Zoom mode, 250–251
Playback Cursor Locator, 56–57
rulers, 55–56
selection, finding ends, 255
shortcuts, 254
Single Zoom, 251
Timeline Insertion Follows Playback, 253–254
Tool buttons, 49–51
Track View toggle, 249
waveforms repairing, using Pencil tool, 51–52
Zoom buttons, 49
Zoom Toggle, 249–250
EQ switch, 33
Ethernet, 319
External MIDI devices, 134, 148, 178
monitoring latency compensation, 194–196
triggering delays compensation, 196–198
Fader Flip, 35
Faders, 30, 31, 32, 34, 36, 206, 280, 281, 287, 288, 289, 295, 296
Feet+Frame rates, 341–342
File type choosing, 78
Filtered Dream demo session, 307, 308
FireWire, 5, 14, 25, 75, 83, 320
FireWire interfaces, 14
FireWire 410, 16–17
FireWire 1814, 16–17
FireWire Audiophile, 17–18
FireWire Solo, 18–19
Ozonic, 15–16
Flatten Performance, 187
Function/utility keys, 35–36
Grabber tool, 50, 128, 176, 177, 230, 235, 236, 240, 241, 296, 297, 305
Graphic Editing, 176–178
Relative, 240–241
Grid Quantize, 184
Groove Quantize, 184–185
Groove Template Extraction, 124
Group List Keyboard Focus, 55
Hard disk space allocation, 83–86
Heal Separation command, 218, 258
Help Menu, 69
Home View, 29
Identify Beat command, 115, 116, 117, 122
Import Session Data, 60, 73, 330–2, 334
Imported audio tempo adjustment, to session tempo, 119–122
using Beat Detective, 126–129
Importing:
AAF and OMF files, 330
audio from video, 101–103, 104
Loops and samples, 101
MIDI, 97
REX/ACID file, 130–131
tracks, 340
video, 103
Impulse, 164–165
Input Only Monitoring, 206
Inputs/Outputs Setup window, 88–91
Insert/Send Position Selectors, 30, 33
Insert Silence command, 275
Inserts, 44
Inserts switch, 33
Instrument tracks, 148–150, 162, 180, 234
inactivating, 172–173
playing back, 146–147
recording, 142–144
Keyboard commands, 58, 180, 182, 284
Commands, 54
Group list, 55
Region list, 54–55
Keyboard modifier switches, 36
Latch mode, 300
Link Timeline and Edit Selection button, 53, 221, 243–244
Link Track and Edit Selection button, 53, 247–248
Location indicators, 53
Lock region, 262
Loop Icon, 64
Loop Record mode, 209, 222–224
Loop recording MIDI, 144–146, 200–201
drum-machine style, 144
Loop Trimmer feature, 269–271
Looped regions, editing, 269–271
Looping, 63–65, 129–130, 267–269
Loops and samples importing, 101
Low Latency Monitoring, 3–4, 207–208, 310
M-Audio M-powered interfaces:
FireWire, 14
FireWire interfaces, 14–19
PCI cards and interfaces, 19–23
USB, 14
Mac/PC Compatibility:
Audio Interchange File Format (AIFF), 318–319
Broadcast Wave (BWF), 318–319
MacDrive, 320
Master Fader tracks, 35, 91–97, 284–285
Material Exchange Format (MXF) files, 311
Marquee Zooming, 181–182
back panel, 9
front panel, 8–9
Mix control, exploring, 10–11
zero-latency monitoring, 9–10
Mbox2, 12–14
front panel, 13
rear panel, 14
Mclass Mastering Suite, 153–154
Menu, 58
fat meters, 284
Volume Units (VU), 281–282
MIDI:
Ableton Live, 150–151, 164–168
Beat Clock, 136–137
Drum-machine style recording, 201–202
importing, 97–99
Input Devices, 138
Input Filter, 137–138
loop recording, 144–146, 200–201
monitoring latency, 4–5, 194–196
multiple output assignment, 147
and OMF, AES31, or AAF files, 324–25
playing back, 146–147
Propellerhead Reason, 153
Real-Time Properties, 193–194, 198
Reason Adapted, 150
ReWire, 151–153
SampleTank SE, 150
and separate audio files, 323–324
Setup, 133–138
Studio, 134–136
tracks, inactivating, 172–173
virtual instruments, 147–150, 173–174
MIDI Editing:
Bars, Beats, and Clock ‘Ticks’, 175–176
Edit menu commands, 180–181
Event List Editing, 178–179, 230
Graphic Editing, 176–178
individual vertical zoom, 182–183
keyboard commands, 180
keyboard zoom commands, 182
Marquee Zooming, 181–182
Remove Duplicate Notes, 179
Stuck Notes, 179–180
MIDI Operations Windows, 183
Change Duration, 188–190
Change Velocity, 187–188
Flatten Performance, 187
Grid Quantize, 184
Groove Quantize, 184–185
Input Quantize, 186
Restore Performance, 186–187
Select/Split Notes, 190–192
Step Input, 193
Transpose, 190
I/O Selectors, 45–47
Inserts, 44
Plug-ins, 43–44
Sends, 44
Tracks, 44
Mixing:
Auxiliary tracks, 289–290
Bounce to Disk command, 310–312
dither, 313
final mix, 306–308
Master Fader tracks, 284–285
metering, 281–284
monitoring system, 280–281
multiple output assignments, 285–286
Sends, 291–296
stereo mastering recorder, 309–310
track Output windows, 288–289
tracks, grouping, 287–288
tracks, inactivating, 286
tracks, recording to, 312–313
Monitoring system, 280–281
MPEG-1 Layer 3 compression format (MP3), 311
Multi-mono plug-ins, 33–34, 152
Multiple output assignments, 285–286
Multiple tracks, 93, 192, 233–234
Master Views, 234
Mute Region, 263
Navigation & zoom, 34–35
New Session opening, 78, 80, 81, 91–97
Noise floor, 282
Non-destructive editing, 229
Non-destructive recording, 208
Normal Zoom, 250
Nudging regions, 260–261
Import Session Data, 330–332
importing, 330
opening, into new Pro Tools session, 332–334
Open Media Framework Interchange (OMFI), 324, 326–327
Operator, 165
Ozonic, 15–16
Paste command, 230–231
Repeat to Fill Selection command, 181, 231, 303
Paste special command, 180–181, 231, 302
PCI cards and interfaces, 1, 19–23
Audiophile 2496, 19–21
Delta 1010, 21
Delta 1010 LT, 21–22
Pencil Tool, 51, 176, 177, 306
drawing automation breakpoints, 305
waveform repairing, 51–52
Playback Cursor Locator, 56–57
Playback Markers, 242, 246–247
Playback Mode switches, 35, 92
audio recording, 209–210
Audiosuite plug-ins, 44
Real Time Audiosuite (RTAS), 43–44
Preferences, 77
Pro Tools | HD systems, 320–322
Propellerhead Reason, 153
Pro Tools to Reason, MIDI routing from, 162–163
Reason into Pro Tools, recording from, 163–164
Reason synthesizers, 155–161
Reason synths, recording, 154–155
Prosumer, 25
Punch recording, 221–222
Quantize to Grid command, 263
Quick Start Editing Session:
manually correcting mistakes, 199–200
MIDI Drum-machine style recording, 201–202
MIDI Loop Recording, 200–201
Mirrored Edits, 202–203
Programming Beats, 198–199
Repeating Patterns, 202
Real-Time AudioSuite (RTAS), 15, 43–44, 152, 321
Reason Adapted, 150
Record allocation, 87–88
Record Enabling, 208, 209, 226, 247
Record Safe mode, 208
Redefine current Feet+Frames position, 344
Redefine current Time Code position, 343
Redefine External Time Code Offset, 344
Region List keyboard focus, 54–55
audio files, compacting, 276–277
consolidating regions, 276
Duplicate region, 262
groups, 263–267
Insert Silence, 275
List, 258
Lock region, 262
looped regions, editing, 269–271
looping, 267–269
Mute region, 263
nudging regions, 260–261
Quantize to Grid command, 263
Repeat region, 262
Shift region, 261
Strip Silence, 271–275
sync points, 258–260
Relative Grid mode, 240–241
Relink Window, 71–72
Renamed Audio Files, 320
Repeat region, 262
‘Repeat to Fill Selection’ command, 181, 231, 303
Restore Performance, 186–187
ReWire, 151–153
playback loop, 153
troubleshooting, 152
importing, 130–131
Rotary encoders, 29, 30, 31, 33
Round robin disk allocation, 86–87
Sample rates, 78–79
Saving the session, 80–82
Scrub Tool, 50
Selector Tool, 50, 115, 303, 305
Sends, 33, 37, 44, 95, 290, 291–296
automation, 294
and Return submixing, 295–296
returns, 294
Separation Grabber tool, 256–257
Session Setup window:
Feet+Frame rates, 341–342
pull up and pull down, 342–343
Time Code rates, 341–342
Session tempo adjustment, to imported audio tempo, 115–118
using Beat Detective, 124–126
Setup Menu, 68
Shift region, 261
Shuffle mode, 49, 235–236, 262, 275
signal-to-noise ratio, 205, 282
Simpler, 164
Single Zoom, 251
Sneakernet, 320
Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE), 236, 237, 281
Software installation, 75–77
Song Start Marker, 109
Spot mode, 236–239
Standalone mode, Digi 002, 37
external sources, hooking up, 37–38
Stereo mastering recorder, 309–310
Strip Silence feature, 271–275
Stuck Notes, 179–180
Sync points, 258–260
Synchro Arts VocAlign Project, 338
Tab to Transients button, 53
Task Window, 71
TDM plug-ins, 321
Tempos:
adjustment, 114–122
Beat Detective, 122–129
Click feature, 112–114
events, 109
manual mode, 108–109
maps, building, 110
operations, 110–112
Thin Automation command, 303–305
Time Code mapping options, 340
Time Code rates, 341–342
Time code Setup commands:
Redefine Current Feet+Frames Position, 344
Redefine Current Time Code Position, 343
Redefine External Time Code Offset, 344
Time Grabber tool, 230, 235, 242, 258, 259, 261, 262
Timebase Rulers, 55, 233, 243, 339
Timeline Insertion Follows Playback, 92, 253–254
Timeline selections, 242–248
Playback and Edit Markers, 246–247
Timeline and Edit selections, linked, 243–244
Timeline and Edit selections, unlinked, 244–246
Track and Edit selections, linked, 247–248
To Current Automation Type, 181, 303
Touch mode, 300
Track and Edit selections, linked, 247–248
Track input/output Selector popups, 45–46
Track menu, 62
Track Output windows, 288–289
Track priority and voice assignment, 42–43
Track View Toggle, 249
grouping, 287–288
recording to, 312–313
Transfers:
audio into Pro Tools, 101–103
to earlier versions, 322
file, between computer platforms, 319–320
Mac/PC compatibility, 318–319
offline media, 322–323
OMF and AAF, 326–334
Pro Tools | HD and M-powered, session interchange, 320–322
Pro Tools | HD and Pro Tools LE, session interchange, 320–322
Pro Tools sessions movement, between systems, 318
Pro Tools sessions preparation, 316–318
projects preparation, 325–326
projects Transfer, between applications, 323–325
types, 318
Transport controls, 34, 39, 41–42, 151, 208
Transport window, 57–58
Trimmer tool, 50, 177, 203, 256, 271, 305
USB, 14
Use Subframes option, 340–341
Video importing, 103
Virtual instruments:
and MIDI recording, 147–150
recording, as audio, 173
Voice assignment and track priority, 42–43
Volume browser, 70
Waveforms repairing:
using pencil tool, 51–52
Window menu, 69
Window show/hide switches, 35
Workspace browser, 69–70, 100, 119
Zero latency monitoring, 9–10, 207
Zoom buttons, 49
Zoom Toggle, 249–250
Zoomer Tool, 250