Comments on: Locking Audio Regions

By: Chris Bryant

Chris Bryant — Sat, 15 May 2010 02:47:43 +0000

Tony ~ I'm not in front of PT at the moment. But you can achieve this by using a combination of keyboard shortcuts. Only thing is - I'm only 90% sure about the keys at the moment. I believe it's Shift+Option+Click+Drag the region from Track A to Track B (Shift+Alt+Click+Drag on Windows). The option/alt modifier copies the region, the shift modifier constrains the movement to vertical-only. I'll test it myself in the morning and update this if I'm remembering it incorrectly. As a side note: If you're attempting to create a doubled vocal track sound, without actually doubling the vocal, you may find you get a better result if there IS some variation in the timing (and even subtle pitch variation) between the two tracks. If they are exactly the same region - in the exact same time, having two of them will only make it louder. It's the differences in timing and pitch that give it the "doubled" sound. You might also want to try using a short delay (ie:30-50ms) and some sort of chorus effect on the main vocal, too. This is a decent quick way to at least get pseudo doubled vocal sound.

By: Tony Traxx

Tony Traxx — Fri, 14 May 2010 19:55:06 +0000

How do you lock a region yet move it around? Like let’s say you have a vocal track you like but you wanna leave it on the track its already at but copy and paste it to another track to double up your vocals. But here’s the thing, I want the track I copy to stay in the same time of the track I paste it to so it doesn’t sound off.

By: adoney

adoney — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 23:55:43 +0000

Very good tutorial. I learned it very easily. Thanks very much.

By: Chris Bryant

Chris Bryant — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 19:32:26 +0000

Winston ~ Thanks. I do have other training materials on the way. If you're signed up to the newsletter you'll be among the first to know. Feel free to email me via the contact page if you have any special requests.

By: Winston

Winston — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:47:44 +0000

This is really cool. Yeah different modes help about in different purposes. I was wondering if you do have any videos more to sound editing along with video for reference? Such as tutorials to guide because I’m a beginner. Thanks in advance

By: Chris Bryant

Chris Bryant — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 06:39:26 +0000

Joe ~ Thanks. Yes, you're right. Slip Mode is easier for all kinds of edits. The tutorial scenario describes being in Shuffle Mode by mistake (see caption below Figure 2). It's merely one example of why you might lock regions. The scenario being that when toggling through Edit Modes and Tools quickly it's easy to make edits in shuffle mode that inadvertently affect audio later in the session. If you miss it when it happens, it can be a mess. That said, any time you don't want regions to move inadvertently, Time Lock is useful. Why would I use Shuffle Mode to edit nonadjacent audio? Sometimes I'll use Shuffle Mode to perform certain edits on nonadjacent regions, usually when making timing related edits.

By: Joe Gilder

Joe Gilder — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:24:57 +0000

Cool tips! I rarely lock my regions…and sometimes I really should.

Quick question, though. Wouldn’t it be easier to just edit in Slip mode rather than staying in Shuffle and locking regions? I’m curious why you’d edit in Shuffle mode unless you really need the adjacent regions to move, too.