This is a short introduction to the different ways to zoom in Pro Tools LE

Those buttons (located at different parts of both the edit and mix window) turn on/off keyboard focus, which is an editing mode that greatly reduces the need for modifier keys (like ctrl, option, and command).  Each editing command is set to a single keystroke.

Try checking out this page for an article explaining keyboard focus

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Click here for a few more related articles and videos

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This is a short introduction to DB33, Digidesign’s new B3 organ instrument in Pro Tools LE. I go through the basic functions of each section and show you how each alters the organ’s sound.

If you need to change the sample rate of your Pro Tools session or need to save a session in an earlier version of Pro Tools, this video will show you how. Both actions are done from the same file menu option.

This video will show you how to quickly access your favorite plug-ins in Pro Tools. By selecting default dynamics and EQ, these plug-ins will show up in the first drop down insert menu (saving you lots of time searching through menus)

This quick video will show you how to import audio using Pro Tools LE (version 8).  I show how to import audio into your session timeline (edit window) as well as add imported audio to the region list.

Elastic audio is a very powerful tool to use while editing drums. I show you how to manually create warp markers and move drums into sync.

SansAmp is an extremely powerful distortion plug-in.  In this video,I will show you the basic functions of each knob while affecting a vocal track.

This video is a quick introduction to using Boom (Digidesign’s new drum machine in Pro Tools 8).  I show how to select different kits (as well as individual drums), program hits, and change the speed.

This is a quick introduction to Mini Grand (Digidesign’s new grand piano virtual instrument in Pro Tools 8).

Woo!

Expect articles and videos from TheStudioFiles.com soon!

(And, if there are any bugs…. we’ll try to cover them)

Also remember to keep your browser on thestudiofiles.com after December 10th.  Pro Tools 8 ships on the 10th, and as soon as we get our copies, expect articles and videos covering all of the new features.

- A Review of Sontronics Microphones (a fairly new, UK-based microphone company)

- Another article in the Guerilla recording series.  This one will be about quickly converting an average room in your house into a “Recording-ready” room very quickly and cheaply

- Mixing 101 videos (we’ll start with the basics, and then get to some very in-depth concepts and techniques)

- And as always, we will keep you up to date on Pro Tools and Leopard news.  The word on the street is that the pre-release (7.4.2pr) is rather buggy, and isn’t really that much better than running 7.4cs2 on Leopard 10.5.1.

Stay Tuned

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This is just like the Pro Tools video on automating tempo tracks, except now I show you how to make tempo changes in Logic Pro.Transcript:

In this video from The Studio Files .com, I show you how to automate the tempo track in Logic Pro. I have a four bar loop here, let’s listen to it. Now let’s say halfway through (or in bar 3), I wanted to automate the tempo so that it would go a lot slower. First go up to the tempo drop down and click the arrow. I have my pencil tool assigned to command+click. Just put your pencil tool where you want to change the tempo and click. It lowered my tempo to 117, which isn’t what I want. You can grab the line and move up and down to make the tempo either slower or faster. Let’s listen back now. Sounds good. That’s how to automate tempo changes in Logic Pro.

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