Pro Tools - Searching for Sound Effects Workflow

NOTE IF YOU ARE NOT ON THE UT CAMPUS YOU NEED TO CONNECT TO THE VPN BEFORE CONNECTING TO THE CLASS FOLDERS SERVER THAT THE SOUND FX ARE STORED

SEE THIS WIKI FOR THAT WORK FLOW

How to Access College of Communication Servers Out of Network Using Cisco AnyConnect VPN

Mount the class_folder

Enter in your EID and PW

Launch ProTools
Open your session and go to Window>Workspace

Double click on class_folders

Then Click on Stock

Then Click on Audio

Click on the Magnifying Glass to search the volumes for sound effects

Type in the item to search and then click on Search

ProTools will begin searching our Sound EFX library for files.

When you have found enough results you can hit stop to stop the search

The search results are found and you can audition the audio on the files by clicking on the "Play Icon"

If you like the sound effect then you can right click on the file and select Reveal in Finder to locate the file so you can download and


Drag the file from the workspace to the ProTools track in your ProTools session and it will copy the file to your Audio folder in your session and place it in your track for editing