Moving from Cubase to Pro Tools

[CJ1973]

I did it too...then came back because cubase helped as a production tool. I still have PT and logic for clients.
I think just play with it. PT is very similar, if not easier to use.

[DAW PLUS]

2 ways:
-tutorials from Youtube or commercial vendors (Kenny Gyoia here on GS)
-put the manual on your lap and do hands on chapter after chapter

Both ways will show you the things you need to know. Either eay, you need to take the time and get hands on.

[Realziment]

thanks yea, im mixing my clients current stuff in PT. to make sure hands on and get my speed back up. its really just navigation and know whats what on the spot i suppose. Got a couple of good books and i have the lynda and groove3 movies also.

[traumerei1838]

R & T for zoom

P
L : " are like your up down left right arrows

Dude I hate Cubase. I still use it for PC VST garbage.
WElcome to PT. It ain't perfect, but man I bet you'll feel the difference quickly.

Luckily the keyboard shortcuts have a fairly succinct PDF.
Can you tell me the difference between concise and succinct after a few beers?

In a studio setting you need tab to transients, which is the P. L. : . " I showed you

Keyboard focus mode. THere is a stupid little icon that has A-Z
but there's 3 or 4 of deez. Figure out what they do.
When they're in the right window, they speed up keyboard shrtcuts nicely

Identify beat is pretty fast. Use tab to transients, select a 4 bar loop, then press Apple I
specify 4 exact measures, then it calulates the tempo for you.

theres a bunch of ways to chop audio
shift+opt+3 is the least bueno. it clogs up your hard drive
apple + E just slices. nice n quick

shift+opt+7 and shift+opt+8 is da bomb. it doesnt rewrite files. just trims the audio start or audio end to your selection.

and get to know your fades. the F button works on its own with keyboard focus mode enabled (A-Z)

or Apple F for sutom, mind blowing fades

[psycho_monkey]

Originally Posted by traumerei1838

R & T for zoom

P
L : " are like your up down left right arrows

Dude I hate Cubase. I still use it for PC VST garbage.
WElcome to PT. It ain't perfect, but man I bet you'll feel the difference quickly.

Luckily the keyboard shortcuts have a fairly succinct PDF.
Can you tell me the difference between concise and succinct after a few beers?

In a studio setting you need tab to transients, which is the P. L. : . " I showed you

Keyboard focus mode. THere is a stupid little icon that has A-Z
but there's 3 or 4 of deez. Figure out what they do.
When they're in the right window, they speed up keyboard shrtcuts nicely

Identify beat is pretty fast. Use tab to transients, select a 4 bar loop, then press Apple I
specify 4 exact measures, then it calulates the tempo for you.

theres a bunch of ways to chop audio
shift+opt+3 is the least bueno. it clogs up your hard drive
apple + E just slices. nice n quick

shift+opt+7 and shift+opt+8 is da bomb. it doesnt rewrite files. just trims the audio start or audio end to your selection.

and get to know your fades. the F button works on its own with keyboard focus mode enabled (A-Z)

or Apple F for sutom, mind blowing fades

Lots of those are the older short cuts.

B slices, d and g fade to start/end, a/s are quicker trim options. You need command focus mode for this.

Shift/alt/3 isn't slicing, it's consolidating.

Tab is the tab to transient key. Not sure if that's what you meant, but it's not clear.

E is zoom toggle - I used to find this a pain, but get to know how to use it and it's a really quick way to focus on problem areas.

[Richard62SX]

Originally Posted by psycho_monkey

E is zoom toggle - I used to find this a pain, but get to know how to use it and it's a really quick way to focus on problem areas.

+1
I find this one of the most useful shortcuts.

I have changed the settings in Preferences/Editing/Zoom Toggle to:
Track Height: fit to window
Track View: waveform/notes

Then - select an area of audio or MIDI.
Press E - the selection fills the screen.
Press E - back to normal zoom.

This also works if multiple tracks of audio and/or MIDI are selected.

The Keyboard Focus mode icon (az) near the top-right of the edit screen should be highlighted for the E shortcut to work.

[Richard62SX]

This video shows some very useful shortcuts:
Pro Tools Shortcuts & Key Commands Best Of - YouTube

[Suda Badri]

same thing really, now that it has clip volume and hitpoints ... you might miss a few things but you wont find it hard and shortcuts will come easily just use help all the time haha

[FakeOnMercy]

Macvideopro has also pretty good Pro Tools video's and inexpensive.

[djloekee27]

i like lynda.com essential training. some of them are on youtube for free.

[Realziment]

Originally Posted by Richard62SX

This video shows some very useful shortcuts:
Pro Tools Shortcuts & Key Commands Best Of - YouTube

Wow i never knew Joe Jonas was a french recording engineer?

Great little video thank you!

[Realziment]

thanks guys!