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Originally Posted by albee1952
I'm guessing you have to log in to access "projects" that live in the cloud? If you create "sessions" instead of projects, sessions live on your local hard drive. Given how cloud-based projects are currently working(not very well), I would stick with local sessions.
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No these where sessions from my hard drive which I opened and was forced to convert as offline projects, I then imported the audio to create sessions, still tells me I have to be logged in to use pro tools, even lost session data while changing wifi spots.
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Originally Posted by albee1952
Re the solo issue, there are a couple of things to look for:
1-do you have multiple tracks made into a "group"? Group attributes allows for all tracks in a group to solo together(show groups and deactivate them).
2-In the regular versions of PT, its possible to Ctrl-click on a solo button so that it will be locked out(this is called "solo safe"). You might solo-safe an AUX track with a reverb or delay, so when you solo something like a vocal track, you would still hear the reverb/delay, even though you did not ALSO solo the AUX track.(I'm not sure if PTF also has this feature).
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I imported audio to a fresh sessions (no template etc) and upon hitting solo another track can be heard
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Originally Posted by albee1952
3-youtube has lots of tutorials for free(some are better than others). Groove3 is a site with very good tutorials, but you pay to have access.
4-PTF is very limited and is designed to give you an idea how PT works, but not give you enough versatility to do what most of us would call "real work". My own preference is to recommend either buying the regular version(usually called Pro Tools "vanilla", as opposed to Pro Tools "Ultimate", which you don't need), OR, look at some other DAW options(most of which are not filled with the shortcomings of PT First).
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This is what Avid says PT first is:
First is just a 'lite' version of the real deal, but it uses the same exact same format as the full version. The free version allows 16 audio tracks, 16 virtual instrument tracks, and lets you to record up to 4 tracks simultaneously. First also comes with the Xpand!
https://producelikeapro.com/blog/avid-pro-tools-first/
Im not trying to rant or replying to you this way to be obnoxious, everything I just posted is correct unless you know something I missed, please do advise.
As far as I can see
-You have to be online logged into a Avid account to use PT First, I can understand this with the trial but the PT Free?
-Then all sessions are converted to PT Free formats, assuming they can be opened by a full version of PT which I have never tried to do when I had used a trial at a friends studio.
-And AVID does not advertises Pro Tools Free as a introductory version, as above, fully functional limited to 16 tracks with no video support, you can even purchase plug ins and use them with it.
If I missed anything please do tell me,
thanks