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The trim function is a life saver, however i feel that when manually checking the crossfades before each transient, it would be great to be able to highlight all of the separated regions and trim the start of each region back say 40 samples using the trim tool. It would be a HUGE timesaver after using beat detective and correcting phase on sampled tracks.

Please add it!

Thanks!
The ability to adjust the brightness of the Edit Window Background would be make long sessions much easier on the eyes. Adjustable all the way from white to black would be ideal.
order.

Top to Bottom or Left to Right should be selectable when importing not something that needs to be pre chosen before initiating the Import Audio command.

Being able to do both when importing large lists of audio would be fabulous, ie:
files 1, 2, and 3 Left to Right on a new track
4 -9 Top to Bottom on new tracks
10 - 15 Left to Right on a new track
16 - 19 Left to Right on a new track
20-30 Top to Bottom on new tracks
what would be bad ass super cool neatorific? A PT app for the IPad... remote control of PT.
basic, no frill's transport/faders/pan/record arm/mute/solo. maybe the option to automate...
im sure you've seen the remote apps in the app store already... and you coming out with an actual DIGI branded app would be huge! this could be really slick. you know... I'm sure you guys are already all over this so never mind.
Every time after I use my Micro, my MBP has a kernel panic. Pretty sure this is a known issue... i think I've read about it on the DUC.

After a year I've kinda gotten used to it, I know it's going to happen so I prepare. But It's still a pain.
thank's guys.
The change from white to slightly gray is just not enough. There needs to an option to make the edit window background as dark as Logic. Some of us edit all day on large screens and our eyes just want to explode! Adding a slider to preferences would be perfect, like in iPhoto.
The track list itself always is open on the mix window when opening a session, it doesn't matter if the user had it closed when saving and closing the session! This should really be fixed. This only started happening in 8.0, before then it remember how we saved it!
Conforming PT Windows to user dual screens.

For example look at this:

http://i44.tinypic.com/xgk16o.png

I always have to move the window over each time I open Protools.
and fix where they are at.
even after making a Template for sessions.

Instead I wish AVID would conform both windows to
users actual Screen monitors.

And make the large container window holding both smaller windows invisible.
and placing the menus on both smaller 2 windows.

If you need an example.
look at how Propellerheads Reason does it.
But instead of having 2 icons in the Taskbar
It would still be just one.

Just one Icon would appear in the taskbar, but you would now have 2 confinning windows to users monitor screens.

instead of the one large container window holding both windows within.

Protools would then remember the windows exact location and position when PT opens.

So people dont have to keep moving the windows to position them where they suppose to be.


sorry guys, but this one is hard to plain over text.
I would need to speak to a Digidesign Staff Live
to actually show them.

this is why they need to come to NYC.


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This is my mock up in photoshop for my looping idea.
Logic 9 already does this.

I mocked it up in case you get lost and say you don't understand.


Basically there will be a new BAR on the top in orange called LOOPING or LOOP.
a user can drag each end of the orange bar to their desired location of the arrangement window.

For example here

[url]http://i39.tinypic.com/2sbrce9.jpg[/url]

the loop starts on bar 5 and ends on bar 13.
If a user wants to loop a different section of the arrangement,
all they have to do is DRAG the orange bar to what ever location they want (left or Right) including
dragging how long the loop would be.
1, 2, 4 or 8 bars.
it does not matter.

The loop would then loop that particular section.
you would be able to work and click any where in the arrangement window without
having to worry about losing the loop.
the only way to turn off the loop would be to [Right Click] the PLAY Button.
and selecting to turn off loop.


hope AVID does not get lost on this one.
lmao


.:rolleyes:

There is so many idea's I have that would make Protools a DJ friendly DAW.



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Built in professional sampler.
something like MOTU Mach-5 sampler.

We the users would like to import a sound for a keyboard and be able to keyspan it and use it
like a virtual keyboard.
but it would actually be a sampler.

We qwould also be able to import as many sound layer samples as we wish into such sampler.
to create a unique sound as we see fit.
with all the features of the MOTU Mach-5 sampler has.

http://www.thesevensteps.net/attachments/Image/MOTU-Mach5.jpeg

Would make it for a better DJ friendly DAW.
Better Pitch Shifting Methods.

Poeple want to pitch shift without having to tamper with the tempo of the audio.

If I have a singer and she sings in the key of B
and later I want to change her to G key.
4 semitones down.
It should not sound odd or weird.
it should sound exactly like if she resang the part in G instead of B.

We need far better tools in Protools.
This is why its called PROTOOLS.
its suppose to have built in great tools.

We need better vocal tools

come on AVID your killing us here.
Song Information in session.
Something along the lines of Propellerhead reason song information section.

Even aplace to put a CD Cover of the song you are working on.
and can be usedwhen exporting to MP3 format as well.
Protools wouldtake the picture embeded within Protools in that specific session and use it when exporting to MP3 or the mp3 file

also,
When I open Protools I can have the option to go into the File Menu and select Song information
and I can know everything about the song within
the information center.

Any notes about the song itself along with special keyboard progressions
and artist vocal information etc etc.

what ever I want to put in the song information section I can.

One of the most desired thing for me and my colleagues is the need for marker tracks. For example one track for adr notes, one track for director's notes, one track for scene marks, etc.
Since 8 version, SOMETIMES WHEN PUSH THE "3" (ON NUMERIC KEY) IT'S DON'T GET THE RECORD ON !!!! IT'S RIDICULOUS !!! I'm lost so many takes cause that BUG !!! HELP ME !!!
I know this feature request has been beaten to death but it's becoming a real drag.

I can't help but think that this is hurting RTAS dev's as much as us end users. It's tough trying to find a plugin bundle that doesn't induce latency.

I'd love to get Waves, Wave Arts, Sonnox plugs etc but the latency becomes a real PIA. The workarounds are a nightmare also.

Come on Digi....enough is enough!
Print to track feature that takes the plugins on your channel and performs the Audiosuite function on all of them.
If (in the ongoing Avid restructure) Pro Tools LE is to continue, I think it's about time to stop using USB 1.1 on Mbox interfaces to allow all Mbox users to take advantage of have 96k recording and playback. This would also make Micro far more useable to people who have a 003 or HD system and want to make edits on the move. I would have suggested 192k, but I am sure this would still be held back for HD users.
i know it's been said before, but its worth saying again... PLEASE!.... get us the faster bounce!!!... in our studio we have clients working on as many as 5-6 different songs in a 2 hours session, wanting to have working copies of what what accomplished that day to plan for their next session.... singing lesson students who only get an hour... every second counts.... this is why pt never caught on in the broadcast world.... variable export choices like the mp3 option's options.... the 32, 16, 8, 4, 2 or 1 to 1 bounce option.... would make my world a truly better place and be a dream come true....
As it is, if you export a selection of files you can only assign one value to the ID tags for all of them. Including track number, which is the most annoying. This means you have to go in after the export and re-tag the files with proper track numbers where appropriate. I suppose beyond track numbering, folks might say, "Just do different bounces and change the tags each time". And true, that WOULD work for all other tags (album, artist. etc). So MAINLY I'm talking about the track number tag, which now requires a separate bounce for every single file in order to have set correctly the first time. But I digress.
MP3 Tags should memorize to be used again if needed.

When exporting mp3 files the META DATA should be memorized and should be in a file within Protools main folder and a copy of that specific export META DATA info be within the session folder.

go here for more info as this was discussed in the DUC.
http://duc.digidesign.com/showpost.php?p=1551203&postcount=3
Lock Loop locators/location's so it wont move when clicking
in any part of the sequencer or arrangement window.

In order for the loop locators/location's to move
you would have to click hold and drag manually on the locator/location's itself and move it manually.

otherwise the loop locators/location's stay where they are at and can not move.

This will let a user click any where they wish and not worry about the loop locators/location's
moving and you losing the loop section.
Right click feature to change GAIN by +1 or -1 in region.

This is not for GAIN level in channel or track.
But rather a direct gain of the audio file itself.

You would be changing the level on the audio file itself.
Right click feature to normalize audio in the region.

This will change the audio file itself.
this will change the normalize level of the audio file itself in that specific section you have changed the
normalization levels to.
Audition audio file when scrolled or clicked on specific audio file, instead of having the press play each and every time for each audio file you want to audition before importing specific audio file.
This section needs much improvement.
I don't want to press [PLAY] each time I also click a audio file to audition the file before importing.
If I have 100 kicks and I am trying to choose one,
I should just [ARROW DOWN] or click on the audio
and it automatically auditions the file
so I can scim through the files to choose the one I want to import into protools.

Or at least place a button to engage auto audition
for audio files before import.
Be able to move and position Regions without having the playback jump or loop.
I should be able to arrange regions while in play mode to see how things sound when I change things around on the fly while doing arrangement.
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