OPTION – assigns all the channels in the session to the same input/output.Ģ. SHIFT + CTRL – ADDS a duplicate path assignment (output only) You want to send all tracks back through their respective channels on the board, but don’t want to spend 10 minutes clicking on each channels IO path. –You’ve finished tracking an entire song and are ready to mix back through an analog console. Simply add specific output busses, select the stem channels you want to bus and cascade away! Then go to ‘bounce to disk’ and in Pro Tools 11HD, you can bounce up to 16 stems all at once! MAJOR time saver. –You need to print stems with EFX and VIs and you have Pro Tools 11. –You’ve set up a 32 channel session with tempo maps and are ready to track drums basics! But when you get to the studio you’ve booked to record and you set up your IO settings, every track defaults to no input path.

While holding, click on the first track and assign the input or output to the first of the series of IO busses and viola! the remaining selected channels will be assigned in sequential order. Select the group of tracks you want to cascade inputs or outputs However, what happens if you import tracks from another session, or switch I/O settings in a new studio, or even want to cascade the outputs to bounce printed stems? This is a newer one for me and I’ll also give you a couple of example of scenarios in which I’ve used this.įirst of all make sure you have a cascading input or output set as the FIRST in the series of IO busses in your IO setup dialogue. One of the coolest automated features of Pro Tools is the fact that when starting a new session, if you add a multitude of tracks at once to your session, Pro Tools automatically sets the output of each channel to the default monitor path and cascades the inputs based on your I/O settings.

So without further ado, it’s time to geek out. If, on the other hand, you’re totally lost and have no idea what I’m talking about, don’t be afraid! Shoot me an email and I’d be happy to explain in more detail. If you have already been using some of these commands, congratulations, you’re an expert, but NO eye rolling or subtle “Duh, everyone knows that one…” Instead, share your favorite keyboard shortcuts are in our Music & Audio Facebook page. To save you the time and embarrassment, here are a list of the top five somewhat hidden keyboard shortcuts for Pro Tools that will save you time, energy, and frustration. You either calmly pretend you know exactly what they’re doing to save face (while trying to glance over their shoulder next time they aren’t looking) or blurt out “WHOA! What did you do just there?” There is that 'SSL Pro Convert' program, but I have never tried it and I don't know if it supports REAPER projects.Any producer or engineer that’s visited another studio or worked with someone new has had the moment where you glance out of the corner of your eye as someone else sits down in front of the console and whips out some super-slick Pro Tools shortcut you’ve never seen before. There is no direct way to export/import projects between REAPER and PT.Ĭonsolidated audio wave files in PT and rendering tracks in REAPER would be the best way, I think. Sorry for the thread hijack, i was just wondering if what you are referring to above can help in this regard at all, or if you have any imput to whether what i need is possible? Thanx.

Also, none of the tracks lined up appropriately, which i though should/would. There was project we tried moving to him at one point, i thing i had seperate wavs made of each reaper-made track, i also tried using the export function, but several things went wrong so we abandoned trying until i learned more.įor example, any effects i used didn't export obviously, so if he had the same vst's i would have to recreate the effect settings which would be time consuming. The reason being is my drummers engineer used protools. I have always wondered if he possibility exists of exporting to protools from reaper. Sorry, I am new to this concept and am not too knowledgeable, so pardon my ignorance, but.

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