Specifications

Chapter 25: Pro Tools Recording and Playback 267
Creating a Pro Tools Marker from a
Snapshot
With VENUE Link enabled, you can set individual snapshots to
create a new Marker in the Pro Tools Timeline. While Pro Tools
is recording, whenever that snapshot is recalled, a new Marker is
created and named according to the recalled snapshot.
Once the marker is created, subsequent recalls of that snapshot
can locate (cue) the Pro Tools playback cursor to the associated
Marker while Pro Tools is playing back. In performance, this is a
great way to precisely control Pro Tools playback for sound ef-
fects, beds, or backup material. For subsequent mixdown or for
Virtual Soundcheck, you have a fully archived session in which
you can quickly navigate to specific songs or cues.
In VENUE, you can enable or disable individual Snapshots from
creating Pro Tools Markers. In Pro Tools, you can edit
VENUE-generated Markers to rename them, move them to a dif-
ferent location in the Timeline, disable snapshot “chase,” and re-
associate a Marker with a different snapshot.
To create a Pro Tools marker from a VENUE snapshot:
1 On the VENUE System, go to the Snapshots page.
2 In the Snapshots list, click the Marker icon to enable that snap-
shot to create a Pro Tools Marker when that snapshot is re-
called during recording.
3 In Pro Tools, locate the Markers ruler. If you do not see it,
choose
View > Rulers > Markers.
4 Click the track’s Record Enable button. The Record Enable
button flashes when enabled, and is lit solid when engaged.
5 In the Edit window toolbar, or in the Transport window (Win-
dow > Transport
) click the Record button to arm the Transport.
6 In Pro Tools, press the Spacebar to start recording.
7 On your VENUE system, select a snapshot from the snapshot
list and click
Recall to recall that snapshot.
8 Recall any other Snapshots on your VENUE system as re-
quired. Markers appear in the Pro Tools Markers ruler for any
recalled VENUE Snapshots, and are automatically named to
match the corresponding VENUE snapshot.
To locate to a Pro Tools marker when recalling a snapshot:
1 Make sure Pro Tools is launched and a session is loaded with
Markers created from snapshots.
2 In VENUE, go to the Snapshots page.
3 In the Snapshots list, select a snapshot that is associated with a
Pro Tools Marker, click its Marker icon so that it is lit green,
and click
Recall.
If Pro Tools is playing back, playback continues when recalling
any snapshot associated with a Pro Tools Marker.
Editing Markers Created from VENUE Snapshots
A Marker linked to a VENUE snapshot can be edited like any
other Pro Tools Memory Location. You can rename Markers, and
move Markers, disable snapshot “chase,” and re-associate a
Marker with a different VENUE snapshot.
To rename a Memory Location for a Marker:
1 In the Edit window, double-click the Marker in the Markers
ruler to open the Edit Memory Locations dialog.
2 Enter the new name for the Memory Location, and click OK.
The edited marker remains linked to the VENUE snapshot.
To move a VENUE snapshot-generated Marker:
 In the Markers ruler in Pro Tools, drag the Marker left or right.
If the Marker icon is not displayed, right-click one of the
Snapshots in the list and choose Unhide Marker.
VENUE Snapshots list showing Marker icon enabled
Shift-click multiple Snapshots and toggle the Marker icon to
enable or disable multiple consecutive Snapshots in the
Snapshots list. Control-click multiple Snapshots to select
multiple non-consecutive Snapshots. Right-click in the
Snapshots list and choose Select All to select all Snapshots.
To record enable all tracks at once, Alt-click (Windows) or
Option-click (Mac) one track Record Enable button.
Marker icon
Pro Tools Markers ruler showing snapshot-generated Markers
For complete information on Memory Locations, see the
Pro Tools Reference Guide.
If you move a VENUE snapshot in the Snapshot list, it
will still remain linked to the associated Marker.