Show the Edit and Mix Windows

By TOM BOWSER

Can't see the Edit or Mix window in an open Pro Tools session? Not sure how to show (re-open) the missing window(s)?

Show (open) The Edit and Mix Windows:

1. Left click on "Window" on the Pro Tools menu bar then left click on either "Mix" or "Edit" to show your missing window.

   The windows that is currently active will have a check mark to the left of it's name. See the image below.

Show The Edit and Mix Windows - Method 2:

1. Press and hold down Ctrl key then press the = key on your keyboard. The Edit window will open.

Press the Ctrl then = key combination again to show the Mix window. Use this key combination to toggle between the Edit or Mix windows when they are open.

Clear All Automation From a Track

By TOM BOWSER

Clear All Automation From a Track

The following tip will clear ALL automation on a track. You DO NOT need to have the automation showing on the track to clear it using the directions below.

• Left click in the lower half of the track.

• Press and hold down the Ctrl key on your keyboard.
• Press then release the letter "a" key on your keyboard to select the entire track. The track/region background color becomes darker once selected. See image below.

• On the Pro Tools menu bar, left click on Edit > Clear Special > All Automation.

The Rock Band Kansas & The Room In The Basement

By TOM BOWSER

My high school friend Bob Mueller had invited Kevin Swanson and me over to his parents flat with a singular purpose in mind.

As I remember it the room in the basement had some comfortable old living room furniture in it. The single window was covered with a stained, ratty old shade. It was cool, dark, damp and a little musty smelling like most basements in older homes. A couple of posters were beginning to peel off the brick walls and a single "black light bulb" was the sole source of illumination. The room in the basement was a womb. There was no TV, no phone, it was quiet. An older home stereo system and a stack of Bob's favorite vinyl records were the only other thing in the room.

The room in the basement was where I discovered the American rock band Kansas. As a violinist in our highschool orchestra I was a bit shocked. Violin in a rock band? It sounded good, really good! Everything about it was right!

We went to see Kansas perform at the Coliseum in Madison, WI as they toured to support their album "Point of Know Return" in 1977 I believe. They were every bit as good live as on their albums.

I recently saw the movie Kansas: Miracles Out of Nowhere. It brought me back to the time my friends and I spent sharing our common love of music in the room in the basement.

Do you remember where you were when you first heard your favorite band or song?

At the time I wrote this post Kansas: Miracles Out of Nowhere was playing for FREE on tubi. If you are a fan of the band Kansas or a fan of American rock music you will probably enjoy the movie. I know I did!