There are things known as markers but they are relative to the timeline rather than the audio file. Some people choose to use them and they can be helpful in a way. If you're editing audio and you're dealing with an essentially continuous file, I'd recommend splitting the audio (sometimes referred to as "separating" the audio into clips). Command E separates the clip at the insertion point. Pressing Tab and Option Tab moves the insertion cursor to the next or previous clip boundary. Adding Shift will make a selection. So, for example, a typical thing to do would be to go to bar 8, press Command E to separate the clip, go to bar 12 then press Option Shift Tab to select back to the previous clip boundary which would be at bar 8. Technically, a shorter workflow would be to simply go to bar 8, select 4 bars and just press the delete key. As you can imagine, it all depends on several factors, whether you know the exat bar numbers, etc. Using markers is a little different in the sense that, instead of splitting the audio, you're creating a memory location that references a point on the timeline. When you've moved to the second location, you then add Shift when entering the marker number to which you wish to select. For example, in the case of bar 8 to bar 12, assuming you have no other markers in the session, at bar 8, press the Enter key on the num pad and Memory Location 1 will be created. Press the Enter key to dismiss the dialog. Go to bar 12 then, while holding down the Shift key, recall Memory Location 1 by pressing decimal 1 decimal on the num pad. You will have selected from bar 12 back to bar 8. HTH, slau
> On Mar 22, 2019, at 3:43 PM, jimmie smith <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I understood what you meant. I hate to ask such redundant questions, but I > am new to this ProTools, and I want to get started pretty quickly. I love to > read, and have read a lot. So from time to time I may ask a question, and > thanks to you and all the rest for your help. > Is there a keystroke to press to put the insertion point at bar eight and > then after moving to Bar 12 put one again? Sonar used to call these markers. > In other words, after you make the marks does it automatically selected? Or > do you have to select the text in between before you copy? > > From: [email protected] on behalf of Slau Halatyn > <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, March 22, 2019 2:35 PM > To: PTAccess List > Subject: Re: Edit question > > LOL, yes—I was having an internal debate on whether to write out each > shortcut with the word "Command" in front of each function key, decided to > write command only once and separate the rest via commas and, in the process, > typed numbers only rather than f before each number. > Slau > > > > On Mar 22, 2019, at 12:25 PM, Martin (Punky) Sopart <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > Hi Slau! > > > > Isn't it Command+F1 etc.? > > > > Best! / Martin > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > >> On Behalf Of Slau Halatyn > >> Sent: Friday, March 22, 2019 4:35 AM > >> To: PTAccess List <[email protected]> > >> Subject: Re: Edit question > >> > >> If you're using Flo Tools, Command 1, 2, 3, 4, etc. on the numbers row > >> will > >> report counter values. So, for example, if you followed the steps I > >> explained > >> previously, Pressing Command 1 would tell you that the Start counter reads > >> bar 8 and the End counter reads bar 12. Pressing Command 3 would tell you > >> the length of the selection range is 4 bars. Of course, Flo Tools offers > >> the > >> option to double-tap the same commands to enter values. I simply described > >> the old-school Pro Tools numeric key pad commands for simplicity. > >> Hope that helps. Now that you've read the entire Pro Tools Reference > >> Guide, > >> the more specific the question, the easier it'll be to answer. > >> Slau > >> > >> > >> > >> On Mar 21, 2019, at 5:57 PM, jimmie smith > >> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > >>> wrote: > >> > >> Yes, I do understand that it is a broad question. But, I can't find the > >> answer. I am new to ProTools you're right, I was a master user of sonar. > >> These are quite different as you know. I have read everything that I can > >> read, > >> said everything that has been suggested to set. But I'm still having those > >> simple problems. I can record fine. But, I don't know what to do with it > >> after I > >> record it. I cannot tell where I am in the timeline. I also cannot find > >> any > >> videos on how to record using the special keys. I watched all of the flo > >> tools > >> videos. Everything should be configured and the OS and software should be > >> configured as well. > >> > >> > >> ________________________________ > >> > >> From: [email protected] > >> <mailto:[email protected]> on behalf of Slau Halatyn > >> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > >> Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2019 4:49 PM > >> To: PTAccess List > >> Subject: Re: Edit question > >> > >> Hi Jimmy, > >> You have no idea how potentially big that question is because you're > >> new to Pro Tools and nobody has any idea whether you've configured both > >> your OS and Pro Tools to work best. So any answer to your question has the > >> potential to not work because you might not have track and edit selection > >> linked or possibly insertion following playback, among many other things. > >> It's > >> like asking someone how to get from point A to point B by car and the > >> answer is drive from point A to point B. Meanwhile, nobody said anything > >> about how to steer or whether your parking brake is engaged not to mention > >> if it's a manual or automatic transmission. > >> > >> So, analogies aside, using the numeric keypad, press slash then 8 > >> then slash 12 and Enter. Boom. Easy peasy. Keep in mind, however, it might > >> not work for you if, say, you didn't have an insertion cursor in your > >> audio > >> track. Your next question might be something like, "How do you know if > >> there's an insertion cursor in the track?" See what I mean about how > >> potentially big a seemingly simple question can be? > >> Hope that helps, > >> Slau > >> > >> > >> > >> On Mar 21, 2019, at 5:18 PM, jimmie smith > >> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > >>> wrote: > >> > >> I want to move to bar 8 select there then move to bar 12 and > >> select there. Then, I want to copy those four bars five times. 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