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Old 03-14-2021, 09:56 AM
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Hi everyone,

I've recently upgraded to PT 2020.12.0 (system details below) having successfully used PT First on a separate Windows desktop (i.e. I'm familiar with basic recording and editing procedures).

I have two problems when attempting to record in PT 2020:

1. The countoff does not work, i.e. recording starts as soon as play is enabled. The loop function is off (suggested in previous thread on this subject).

2. Irrespective of where I place the cursor in a track, recording defaults to the start of the track, i.e. instead of picking up where I left off, it started overwriting from the beginning.

I've tried to resolve these using the PT Help and guidance docs but not got anywhere - any help / suggestions very much appreciated!


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Old 03-14-2021, 04:42 PM
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Hi welcome to DUC

This sounds like classic not having Options > "Link Timeline and Edit Selections" checked.
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Old 03-14-2021, 05:30 PM
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And a few more things to remember:
1-Loop Playback will not work if any track is in Record-ready.
2-When in Loop-Record, Post-roll doesn't work(I wish it would)
3-You can set(in Preferences) to create a new playlist for each pass when in Loop-Record
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Old 03-15-2021, 01:14 PM
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Hi welcome to DUC

This sounds like classic not having Options > "Link Timeline and Edit Selections" checked.
Thank you! This has solved the problem of recording defaulting to the beginning of the track, but the countoff is still not working. Any further suggestions for this would be very much appreciated :)
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Old 03-15-2021, 02:52 PM
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Hi welcome to DUC

This sounds like a classic case of having Options > "Dynamic Transport" checked.
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Old 03-16-2021, 01:12 PM
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This sounds like a classic case of having Options > "Dynamic Transport" checked.
Hi - no, Dynamic Transport is not checked. No matter what I try, recording starts when I hit 'play'
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Hi - no, Dynamic Transport is not checked. No matter what I try, recording starts when I hit 'play'
I don't usually use count off But I will check on my system later today or tomorrow
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Old 03-16-2021, 05:20 PM
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Hi - no, Dynamic Transport is not checked. No matter what I try, recording starts when I hit 'play'
Can you post a screenshot of your Edit window showing count in/out markers, and all the transport controls area. Please trim that so it's not scaled when posted here so we can see stuff clearly.

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Can you post a screenshot of your mix window showing count in/out markers, and all the transport controls area. Please trim that so it's not scaled when posted here so we can see stuff clearly.
You mean "Edit" window?
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You mean "Edit" window?
Doh yes indeed I do. Edited in original.
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