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One newly created track has gray wave and no sound
Fairly new to PTF and learning as I go...
I'm working on a project that has 12 stereo tracks. I recorded a vocal track using my microphone on input 1 (left side), then did the following: 1. split track into mono (creating 2 additional tracks, 1 with vocal and 1 with nothing) 2. copied left side (vocal) and pasted to blank right side (creating two identical mono tracks) 3. dragged both mono tracks back into original stereo track (overwriting the left-side-only version) Now, the new stereo track is muted/silent/unlinked (not sure what to call it). The wave is there but it's gray instead of black and the track is completely silent when played. All other tracks are functioning properly. I have done this process to create stereo vocals several times before with no problems. What's happening? Also, if the wave is there but just not visible, is the file not linked somewhere? How can I find it and re-link? |
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One newly created track has gray wave and no sound
Duplicating the same track, panning it left and right or placing it on a stereo track track does NOT make it a stereo file. There’s nothing remotely stereo about the audio. All you have is a dual mono file. The audio is still straight down the middle of the stereo spectrum.
Why are you doing this? What are you hoping to achieve? Also, in PT, when a track is grey, it means the clip is muted. You can have muted clips on a track. When the play head crosses that file, no audio is heard. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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Re: One newly created track has gray wave and no sound
Indeed, record a mono source to a mono track(examples of mono sources: vocal, bass, guitar combo amp, saxophone....).
Sardi's mention of the clip being muted is likely and Ctrl+M (on Windows) will toggle that(not sure what the Mac version is, probably Cmd+M with the clip highlighted/selected). If that's not it, check that the track has a valid output.
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I tried CTL+M with no luck, I know Pro Tools | First is limited to make me upgrade so I'm not sure if that's a missing feature. Either way, I selected the track in question, clicked CTL+M and nothing noteworthy happened. As for the output, it's the same as all other tracks (including one that I recorded and "dual monoed" the exact same way). All of those other tracks are monitoring properly. What's troubling me is that I did the process once, then repeated it exactly and got different results. |
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As I mentioned at the top, I'm a PTF newbie, so I'm learning its possibilities and limits as I go. |
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First thing is to learn keeping it simple. Learn tricks once you hit the wall.
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If that’s why you’re doing it, I’d strongly suggest either paying for the full version of PT or switch to a less expensive and full featured alternative DAW. Heck, just use Reaper. You won’t be hamstrung by those limits. Wait til you want to start using plugins and run j to those limitations with PT First. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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