PT 101: Lesson 8: Selecting and Navigating: Review and Discussion Questions

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  1. What does the Universe view display? How can you use this view to scroll in the Edit window? (See “using the universe view” beginning on page 166.) It shows an overview of your entire session. The universe few displays a miniature representation of all video, audio and MIDI clips on your tracks.
  2. What are the Timeline Selection In/Out points? How can you use them to adjust a selection? (See “selecting with the Timeline Selection In/Out” beginning on page 169.) The Timeline Selection In Point sets the selection start. The Timeline Selection Out Point sets the selection end. With any tool selected move your pointer over the blue Timeline Selection In Point or Timeline Selection Out Point in the Main Timebase Ruler – the Time Grabber tool will become active – drag either point to set selection start or end
  3. How can you make an Edit selection using the Grabber tool? (See “selecting with the grabber tool” beginning on page 170.) You can use the Grabber tool to make an Edit selection on any clip that exists on a track playlist. To select a clip with the Grabber tool, click once on the clip you want to select. The selected clip will be highlighted. To select multiple clips, click on the first of the clips you want to select and then shift+click on another clip – both clips will be selected along with all clips in-between them. (The shift modifier is commonly used for making and extending selections in Pro Tools)
  4. Describe two ways to make an Edit selection using the Selector tool. How can the the Selector tool be used to easily select an entire clip? (See “selecting with the Selector tool” beginning on page 170.) To make an Edit Selection with the Selector tool do one of the following 1. Click and drag across the area on the track you want to select. 2. click once to define a starting point of the selection and then shift+click to define an ending point
  5. How can you make a selection across adjacent tracks using the Selector tool? How can you extend a selection to a non-adjacent track? (See “making selections on multiple tracks” beginning on page 172.) By dragging vertically to select the same area across several adjacent tracks. Selecting material on non-adjacent tracks is a two-step process. After creating a selection on one or more tracks, you can add the selection to an adjacent track by shift+clicking on the track playlist with the Selector tool.
  6. What does the Link Track and Edit Selection setting do? (See “selecting material based on selected tracks” beginning on page 173.) This provides an option for sharing edit selections among tracks by selecting or deselecting the tracks themselves.This option allows you to copy a selection to another track, remove a selection from an individual track, and move a selection among tracks by selecting or deselecting track nameplates as needed.
  7. How does the Tab key affect the cursor position when working in a track? How does this behaviour change when the Tab to Transients button is active in the Edit window? (See “using the Tab key to navigate with clip boundaries” and “Tabbing to transient points” beginning on page 174.) `Use Tab To advance the cursor to the next adjacent clip boundary to the right. To withdraw the cursor to the previous clip boundary to the left plus press option+Tab. Furthermore, to select from the current cursor position or to extend the selection to the next clip boundary to the right press shift+Tab. To select from the current cursor position or extend the selection to the previous clip boundary to the left press option+shift+Tab. Tab to Transients is extremely useful for finding the initial peak or modulation in an audio waveform, saving time and hassle in locating the exact starting point of a sound or louder transition.
  8. How can the track height be adjusted for a track? How can all tracks be set to the same height? (See “adjusting track height” beginning on page 176.) You can select a track height at any time by clicking on the Track Options menu or the amplitude scale area of the track. You can also adjust height incrementally by dragging the lower boundary of the track. To set all tracks in the session to the same height, hold the option key while selecting the desired height on any track.
  9. Describe three ways to change the order of tracks on Pro Tools. (See “changing the track order” beginning on page 177.) 1. Click on a Track nameplate and drag the track above or below other tracks in the Edit window. 2. Click on the Track Nameplate and drag the track to the left or right of other tracks in the Mix window. 3. Click on a track name and drag it to a higher or lower position in the Track List
  10. Describe the button in the Edit window to activate Zoom Toggle. What does the Zoom Toggle function do? (See “using zoom toggle” beginning on page 180.) The Zoom Toggle button is located to the left of the Zoomer tool in the toolbar are. Use the Zoom Toggle Button to toggle between the current zoom settings and a zoomed in state.
  11. What is the function of the buttons number one through five beneath the Zoom buttons? (See “storing and recording zoom presets” beginning on page 181.) Zoom preset buttons, which are used to store and recall commonly used zoom magnifications. To store a zoom setting use either the Zoom buttons or the Zoomer tool and set the screen to the desired zoom display. Hold cmd+ click one of the five Zoom Preset Buttons (or click and hold a button and select Save Zoom Preset from the pop-up menu.)
  12. What are the two main types of memory locations provided in Pro Tools? How many memory locations can you add to a session? (See “about memory locations” beginning on page 181.) Memory locations come in two main varieties – markers and selections. Markers are used to store locations on the timeline (Playback locations), while selections are used to store edit selections (Edit locations). In this lesson we will work only with memory locations. 999.
  13. How can you add a marker at the current cursor location? How can you add markers on the fly during playback? (See open “adding markers at specified points” and “adding markers during playback and recording” beginning on page 182.) Press Enter on the numeric keypad. You can also add markers on the fly in the same way
  14. Describe three ways to recall a memory location. (See “recalling a market location” beginning on page 184.) 1. Click the corresponding marker symbol in the Markers Ruler. 2. In the Memory Locations window click the entry for the desired marker location. 3. On the numeric keypad type a full stop, followed by the marker location number (1 to 999) and another full stop.