Starting and Stopping Pro Tools from Venue

[Scott Fahy]

And just how does one do this. I know it can be done but until we got our PT set up it wasn't something we paid attention to.

Scott

[gcpsoundlight]

Probably with a foot switch and midi. Having never done it I can only speculate.


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[dstagl]

Originally Posted by Scott Fahy

And just how does one do this. I know it can be done but until we got our PT set up it wasn't something we paid attention to.

Scott

There are a couple ways you can do it. You can slave Pro Tools to MMC (Midi Machine Control) and use the MMC Midi commands to Play and Stop. Just arm the Pro Tools transport for record.

MMC doesn't work for me because we take Pro Tools online and sync to timecode when recording. So I use a free program called Midistroke that converts midi messages into keystrokes. I have a midi note and velocity programmed for the hotkey to go online, and I just fire that in a snapshot.

Dave

[Scott Fahy]

Thanks Dave, I think we have a MIDI to USB around here somewhere. Time to go dig thru the odds and ends pile. MMC it is since we're not being fancy like you guys are!!

[Scott Fahy]

and we have lift off...certainly helps when you select the correct button in Pro Tools. (remote not master)