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setting an automatic record timer??? possible?
Hey everyone,
I am recording alone at home. I have a vocal booth and I need to record vocals. However, I don't want to have to press play and record and then hurry and run into my booth, throw the headphones on..and get all ready and be off time or out of breath by the time the part comes up..especially if it's the intro...so...is there a way in Pro Tools to setup an automatic timer or something, that will kick off the recording in like 10 seconds..so i have time to get comfortable in my booth?? chal7ds |
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Re: setting an automatic record timer??? possible?
What I do in that situation is use "Loop Record". You'll miss the first pass or two but it works when you record yourself.
Shane
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Re: setting an automatic record timer??? possible?
use a pre roll
on ur transport click on pre roll to turn it on, type in how long you want, then press record. if you do this in the middle of the song, it will start playing back, what ever the amount of time you typed in, then it will start recording once it hits the part where you selected it to start recording
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Re: setting an automatic record timer??? possible?
HI. I think, the best way is to use pre-roll and post-roll function. Its really cool function! Or , even better way is to set “countoff“. For example: 20, 40 or 99 bars. A click will count 20,40 or 99 bars before rec begins. COOL. All settings you can do on Transport bar window. (for “countoff’ settings double click with mouse on Bars button) . Also as mentioned Shane, You can use Loop REC function, but remember, how many loops Pro tools made so many memory from your Hard disc have been taken… A lot.
Darius Kalinauskas |
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Re: setting an automatic record timer??? possible?
ahh, so you just have to wait through the first version..and it'll repeat again hah? ok...
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Re: setting an automatic record timer??? possible?
If you can spare the $200 for it, a Frontier Design Tranzport could be interesting. Basically a wireless remote control.
http://www.frontierdesign.com/ You could also hook up an extra monitor and keyboard. For the monitor you woulld also need a vga-splitter
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Re: setting an automatic record timer??? possible?
All good workarounds ...
my 2 pennies ... I have a wireless usb keyboard and mouse ($100) and a honkin' long usb cable ($15). I also have a honkin' long monitor cable running into my booth to an old monitor. When I need to be in the booth (drums usually) I plug in my monitor cable from the booth, pickup the keyboard, mouse and wireless reciever and go into the booth. Gives me full control just as if I were in the control room. Ter |
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Re: setting an automatic record timer??? possible?
Yea. I agree with Bastiaan on the Tranzport. I mean I can do the same thing with my wireless keyboard but the tranzport is great as a handheld recording assistant to me. It just feels better ergonomically because its smaller and mentally great as far as workflow. Everything is now more spontaneous and better session wise and thats whats its all about. Just my own opinion.
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