As a relative newbie to PT, I'm hoping there's a simple solution to this...
Here's the thing... generally when editing vocals (and indeed other parts), I like to have a loop set up over the section of the song I'm working on (e.g. the chorus). I often find it necessary to select part of a clip (using the selector tool in Slip Mode) and hear it on its own so I know where it needs separating (e.g. I may need to separate an individual word or phrase from a vocal take) or to hear that particular section more closely. My background (albeit some years ago now) was with Digital Performer and I'm pretty sure with this, it was a simple case of selecting the part of the clip you wanted to hear and you'd hear it as solo straightaway.
The only workarounds I've come up with so far are either too long-winded and/or don't do the job in a reliable way:
1. Linking Timeline & Edit Selection for the bit I want to check and potentially separate, and soloing the track I'm editing, thus then losing the loop I have over the section of the song, meaning I then have to go back and uncheck timeline/edit linking, switch back to Grid mode to get a clean loop, and then go over the same process again. It can also get quite annoying to have to listen to what might be a very short loop over and over again and actually makes doing the separation more difficult than I think it could/should be.
2. Using the Scrubber tool. This doesn't seem a reliable way of knowing exactly where the separation needs to be because dragging with the mouse so it plays back at normal speed straightaway seems impossible. For the first second or so I get the slow-motion thing which then makes hearing the actual word/start of phrase difficult (if there was a way of setting the Scrubber so it just started normally, that would be a help). It also means then switching between edit modes which would be nice to avoid because by then you've probably lost the exact starting point anyway.
I do fear I'm being over-picky and falling into the well-worn trap of moving from other DAWs and getting annoyed at PT not doing what I'm used to, but if DP3 (circa 2001) could do something as simple as this without all the fannying around with edit/grid modes etc. and the dodgy Scrubber tool, I'd be amazed if PT11 can't.
Any help or advice would be very very gratefully received. Thank you!
Here's the thing... generally when editing vocals (and indeed other parts), I like to have a loop set up over the section of the song I'm working on (e.g. the chorus). I often find it necessary to select part of a clip (using the selector tool in Slip Mode) and hear it on its own so I know where it needs separating (e.g. I may need to separate an individual word or phrase from a vocal take) or to hear that particular section more closely. My background (albeit some years ago now) was with Digital Performer and I'm pretty sure with this, it was a simple case of selecting the part of the clip you wanted to hear and you'd hear it as solo straightaway.
The only workarounds I've come up with so far are either too long-winded and/or don't do the job in a reliable way:
1. Linking Timeline & Edit Selection for the bit I want to check and potentially separate, and soloing the track I'm editing, thus then losing the loop I have over the section of the song, meaning I then have to go back and uncheck timeline/edit linking, switch back to Grid mode to get a clean loop, and then go over the same process again. It can also get quite annoying to have to listen to what might be a very short loop over and over again and actually makes doing the separation more difficult than I think it could/should be.
2. Using the Scrubber tool. This doesn't seem a reliable way of knowing exactly where the separation needs to be because dragging with the mouse so it plays back at normal speed straightaway seems impossible. For the first second or so I get the slow-motion thing which then makes hearing the actual word/start of phrase difficult (if there was a way of setting the Scrubber so it just started normally, that would be a help). It also means then switching between edit modes which would be nice to avoid because by then you've probably lost the exact starting point anyway.
I do fear I'm being over-picky and falling into the well-worn trap of moving from other DAWs and getting annoyed at PT not doing what I'm used to, but if DP3 (circa 2001) could do something as simple as this without all the fannying around with edit/grid modes etc. and the dodgy Scrubber tool, I'd be amazed if PT11 can't.
Any help or advice would be very very gratefully received. Thank you!
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