How to play X seconds before record Protools 8

[Matt Darcy]

in protools 7.4 I'd position the blue marker at the top of the screen, then position the first red marker say 3 seconds after it, to show the start of the recording, then the final red marker to position the end of the recording.

eg:


x (start player) | (start recording) blah blah blah | (end recording) blah blah blah

In protools 8 I can only get blue markers in play mode, and red markers in record mode, I can't figure out how to set a playing start point and then highlight the record section, or even how to just play say 3 seconds of the track then drop in recording in pro-tools 8.

This was straight forward in 7.x but I'm not getting it in 8.

[RussUK]

Originally Posted by Matt Darcy

in protools 7.4 I'd position the blue marker at the top of the screen, then position the first red marker say 3 seconds after it, to show the start of the recording, then the final red marker to position the end of the recording.

eg:
x (start player) | (start recording) blah blah blah | (end recording) blah blah blah

In protools 8 I can only get blue markers in play mode, and red markers in record mode, I can't figure out how to set a playing start point and then highlight the record section, or even how to just play say 3 seconds of the track then drop in recording in pro-tools 8.

This was straight forward in 7.x but I'm not getting it in 8.

This should happen if you adjust the pre and post roll in the transport.

[Matt Darcy]

interesting, I'll look at that now.

thanks

[Matt Darcy]

sorry to be dumb on this, but I can't see the settings in pro-tools 8 where are the pre/post settings ?

[gdugan]

Originally Posted by Matt Darcy

sorry to be dumb on this, but I can't see the settings in pro-tools 8 where are the pre/post settings ?

In the Transport Window.

Choose "Window>Transport." See page 134-137 in the PT 8 Reference Guide.

[Matt Darcy]

perfect, thanks for the help/reference guide,