Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
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contents
Chapter 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
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Chapter 4. Edit Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Undo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Redo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Restore Last Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Cut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Paste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Clear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Cut Special . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Copy Special . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Paste Special. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Clear Special . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Select All . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Duplicate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Repeat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Shift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Insert Silence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Snap To. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Trim Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Separate Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Heal Separation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Consolidate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Mute/Unmute Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Copy Selection To . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Strip Silence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
TCE Edit to Timeline Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Automation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Fades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
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Chapter 5. View Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Mix Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Narrow Mix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Edit Window Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Rulers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Other Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Waveforms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Automation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Sends AE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Sends FJ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Track Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Main Counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
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Chapter 7. Region Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Edit Lock/Unlock Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Time Lock/Unlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Send to Back . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Bring To Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Ungroup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Ungroup All . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Regroup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Loop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Unloop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Capture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Rename . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Identify Sync Point and Remove Sync Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Quantize to Grid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Elastic Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Conform to Tempo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Remove Warp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Remove Pitch Shift. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
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Chapter 9. AudioSuite Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
EQ Plug-ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Dynamics Plug-ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Pitch Shift Plug-ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Reverb Plug-ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Delay Plug-ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Modulation Plug-ins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Harmonic Plug-ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Noise Reduction Plug-ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Instrument Plug-ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Other Plug-ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
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Solo Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Edit/Tool Mode Keyboard Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Calibration Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Delay Compensation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Activate HEAT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Low Latency Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
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chapter 1
Introduction
Chapter 1: Introduction 1
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chapter 2
Preferences
Pro Tools Preferences are available from both
Quit Pro Tools
the Pro Tools Menu and the Setup menu. For
more information, see Preferences on page 66. The Quit Pro Tools command ends your
Pro Tools session and closes the Pro Tools appli-
cation.
File Menu
File menu commands are used to create and Before the session is created, you must also
maintain Pro Tools sessions. name the session and choose its Audio File Type,
Sample Rate, Bit Depth, and I/O Settings in the
New Session dialog.
New Session
The New Session command creates a new
Pro Tools session. You can choose to either cre-
ate a session from a template (Create Session
From Template) or create a blank session (Create
Blank Session).
Close Session
The Close command closes the current session
without quitting Pro Tools. Pro Tools prompts
you to save changes before closing the session.
Save
The Save command saves changes made since
the last time the session was saved. You cannot
undo the Save command. Save Copy of Session In dialog
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The Items To Copy section of this dialog pro- When this option is not selected, the Save Copy
vides several options for copying a session along In command copies all files of the same type, re-
with its associated files. gardless of their location, into a single destina-
tion folder.
All Audio Files When selected, all audio files are
copied to the new location. Selecting All Non-
file type Audio Files copies all audio files ex-
cept audio files of the specified audio file type. Save As Template
This options file type will always be the default
The Save As Template command allows you to
audio file type of the session; so if the sessions
save the current session as a Pro Tools Session
default audio file type is WAV, the option will
Template (a .ptt file).
read All Non-WAV Audio Files. Selecting Dont Copy
Fade Files omits fade files from the copied data. The Save Session Template provides several op-
tions for saving the session as a template.
Session Plug-in Settings Folder When selected,
the sessions Plug-in Settings Folder is copied to
the new location. The references to these plug-
in settings in the session are redirected to the
copied files.
Bounce to Commands
Send via DigiDelivery
The Bounce to commands let you mix tracks to-
Aspera DigiDelivery is a system for efficient gether into one file.
and reliable transfer of digital media files over
the Internet. Send via DigiDelivery lets you send a Bounce to Disk
Pro Tools session and all of its related files using
DigiDelivery from within Pro Tools. The Bounce to Disk command allows you to mix
together the outputs of all currently audible
Anyone can send and receive files from a tracks routed to a common output path to create
DigiDelivery system, even if they do not own a a new audio file. You can use the Bounce to Disk
DigiDelivery network appliance, as follows: command to create a submix or to create a final
To send a delivery, senders must have an In-
mix in any of several audio file formats.
ternet connection, an account on a DigiDelivery
network appliance, and the DigiDelivery client
application.
To receive a delivery, recipients only need an
Internet connection and the DigiDelivery client
application. An account on the network appli-
ance is not needed.
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Bounce Source Selects the audio output path to Import After Bounce Automatically imports the
bounce. Only audio routed to the selected path audio after it is bounced and adds it to the Re-
will be included in the bounce. gion List so that it can be used in the session.
Enforce Avid Compatibility Creates frame-accu- The Import After Bounce option is only
rate edits, wraps the files as OMFI (unless File available if the target file type and sample
Type is MXF), and limits the sample rate options rate for the bounce are the same as the file
to 44.1 kHz or 48 kHz. Dithering without noise type and sample rate of the current session,
shaping will be applied to files being exported and the target resolution (bit rate) is the
from 24-bit to 16-bit. same or lower than the resolution of the ses-
sion. In addition, tracks bounced to a Stereo
File Type Selects the audio file type. Choices on
Interleaved file cannot be imported after a
all systems are WAV (BWF), AIFF, MP3, Quick-
bounce.
Time, and MXF. Windows systems also include
Windows Media (Windows). Mac systems also Additional Bounce Options
include SD II.
The following Bounce options are only available
Certain file types are restricted in regards to for- when bouncing to a different file type, format,
mat, resolution, and sample rate. resolution, or sample rate.
Format Selects the channel format (number of Conversion Quality Selects the quality, with op-
channels). Choices are mono (summed), multi- tion ranging from Low to Tweak Head, when
ple mono, or interleaved. bouncing to a new sample rate.
Bit Depth Selects the bit depth. Choices are 24, Use Squeezer Optimizes the dynamics of the
16, or 8 bit resolution. bounced audio before conversion to 8-bit reso-
lution.
Sample Rate Selects the sample rate (from 8 kHz
to 192 kHz). Convert During Bounce Automatically performs
file type, sample rate, and bit resolution conver-
Whenever a Bounce to Disk is configured to sion as the file is being bounced.
a different file type, file format, resolution,
or sample rate, additional options become Convert After Bounce Automatically performs
available to convert during or after the file type, sample rate, and bit resolution conver-
bounce. See Additional Bounce Options sion after the file has been bounced.
on page 9 for more information.
Import
Pro Tools provides several menu commands to
import files and regions into an open session.
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Import MIDI Import VENUE Channel Names as Track
Names
The Import MIDI command imports all tracks
from a Standard MIDI file into Pro Tools. MIDI This command lets you import VENUE channel
files can be imported into a new track (and the names as track names into the current session.
Region List) or the Region List only. VENUE system channel names, channel order-
ing, and all I/O routing is transferred to the
Options are provided for importing the Session Pro Tools session. This information corresponds
Start or Song Start Marker (if the marker is not to channel names and bussing configurations
located at the session start), importing tempo found in the VENUE system Patchbay.
map data contained in the sequence, and re-
moving existing Instrument or MIDI tracks. Output routing mirrors input routing in
Pro Tools one-for-one, so that when playing
Import Video back Pro Tools tracks through the VENUE sys-
tem, the Pro Tools tracks appear in the same
This command lets you import Avid Video channels as the corresponding Stage inputs.
(Pro Tools|HD systems with an Avid video pe-
ripheral only) or QuickTime into the main video
track (and the Region List), a new track (and the
Region List), or the Region List only. Export
The Import Video command can also be used to Pro Tools provides several menu commands to
extract (import) audio from a Quicktime Movie. export session tracks or data as files.
This command lets you import region groups The Export Selected Tracks as AAF/OMF com-
into the current session. Region groups can be mand exports selected tracks in AAF and OMFI
imported into a new track (and the Region List) format. Advanced Authoring Format (AAF) and
or the Region List only. Open Media Framework Interchange (OMFI) are
industry standard file formats that facilitate the
transfer of digital media between applications
Import Sequence from Avid Interplay
(such as Pro Tools and Avid Video editing soft-
This command opens the Interplay Access ware).
browser for accessing files on Interplay servers
(for more information, see the Pro Tools Avid In-
terplay Guide).
Export Sibelius
This command exports the score from your ses-
sion as a Sibelius (.sib) file. You can then open Export Session Info as Text dialog (Pro Tools HD shown)
your score in Sibelius as transcribed by
Pro Tools, edit the notation in Sibelius as de-
sired, and print the score and parts from Sibel- Get Info
ius.
This command lets you enter and save informa-
tion about the session.
Export Session Info as Text
Left-column text fields are topic fields. Text en-
This command exports the current session as a
tered there is saved with your Pro Tools Prefer-
tab-delimited text file that can contain region
ences and will appear in all sessions, allowing
and file names, extended timestamp informa-
you to preset the field to topics that you com-
tion, and information about crossfades.
monly use.
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Information
Score Setup
Title Enter the Title for the score. This appears at
Selecting Score Setup opens the Score Setup win- the top of the first page.
dow. This window lets you set up the page lay-
out and staff spacing of your score, viewable in Composer Enter the Composer for the score.
the Score Editor window. You can also enter the This appears in the upper right-hand corner of
Title and Composer for the score and select what the first page.
elements of the score to display. Changes to the
Score Setup update dynamically in the Score Ed- Display
itor.
The Display options determine which score ele-
ments you want displayed in the score. Deselect
the elements you do not want displayed in the
score.
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Edit Menu
Copy
Redo
This command copies a selection (leaving the
After undoing a command or action, you can
original intact) and stores it in memory so that
redo it by choosing the Redo command. This is a
you can paste it elsewhere.
good way to compare before and after states of
edits.
Cut Special Merge Pastes MIDI controller data from the clip-
board to the selection and merges it with any
The Cut Special commands let you cut just auto-
current MIDI controller data in the selection.
mation data from the current selection (without
This can be useful for consolidating MIDI data
associated audio, video, or MIDI notes) and
from several tracks into a single MIDI track.
place it in memory to paste elsewhere. Choices
include: Repeat to Fill Selection Pastes multiple itera-
tions of audio, video, or MIDI data from the
All Automation Cuts all automation or MIDI con-
Clipboard to fill the selection. If you select an
troller data whether it is shown or not.
area that is not an exact multiple of the copied
Pan Automation Cuts only pan automation or region size, the remaining selection area is filled
MIDI pan data whether it is shown or not. with a trimmed version of the original selection.
This allows you to easily create drum loops and
Plug-in Automation Cuts only plug-in automa- other repetitive effects. Before the data is pasted,
tion that is shown. Pro Tools prompts you to specify a crossfade to
smooth transitions between regions.
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Clear Special Selection
The Clear Special commands let you clear just The Selection commands are for copying or
automation data from the current region. playing Edit or Timeline selections.
Choices are:
Change Timeline to Match Edit When the Edit
All Automation Clears all automation or MIDI and Timeline selections are unlinked, this com-
controller data whether it is shown or not. mand copies the current Timeline selection to
the an Edit selection.
Pan Automation Clears only pan automation or
MIDI pan data whether it is shown or not. Change Edit to Match Timeline When the Edit
and Timeline selections are unlinked, this com-
Plug-in Automation Clears only plug-in automa- mand copies the current Edit selection to the
tion that is shown. Timeline.
Previous Snaps a region (or Edit selection con- Start to Fill Selection This command lets you
taining whole regions) to the end of the preced- automatically reveal underlying material in the
ing region gaps between the region start and selection start
points.
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Separate Region Consolidate
These commands separate a region from adja- This command consolidates multiple regions
cent data in the track where it was created. By into a single region. When an audio track is con-
separating a region you will also create by-prod- solidated, a new audio file is written that en-
uct regions from data on either side of the sepa- compasses the selection range, including any
ration. The Separate Region commands auto- blank space or fades.
matically unloop and flatten looped regions
before separating.
This command repairs separated regions, pro- Copy Selection to New Playlist Creates a new,
vided that the regions are contiguous and their empty main playlist and copies and pastes the
relative start and end points havent changed selection to the new main playlist
since they were originally separated. If you have
trimmed or changed the start and end points of Copy Selection to Duplicate Playlist Duplicates
the two regions, or moved them away from each the current main playlist and copies and pastes
other, they cannot be repaired with the Heal the selection to the duplicate of the main play-
Separation command. list. The previous main playlist moves to a new
Playlist lane.
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Write to Current and Write to All Trim to All Enabled Parameters
Enabled
This command trims the current settings for all
(Pro Tools HD and Pro Tools with automation parameters enabled in the Automa-
Complete Production Toolkit 2 Only) tion Enable window.
Fades dialog
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View Menu
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Original Time Stamp This option displays the
Region Original Time Stamp of all regions in all tracks.
When a region is created, it is time stamped rel-
These options selectively display various data in
ative to the SMPTE start time specified for the
regions.
session. This original time stamp is permanently
Sync Point This option lets you display or hide stored with the region and cannot be changed.
sync points in regions. Regions will align to a If a region is ever moved, it can easily be placed
sync point regardless of its display status. at its original position using the Spot dialog.
Processing State This option lets you display or User Time Stamp This option displays the User
hide the Processing State Indicator on Elastic Time Stamp of all regions in all tracks. When a
Audio regions. When selected, any regions on file is first recorded, its User Time Stamp is iden-
Elastic Audioenabled tracks that have been tical to its original time stamp. You can change
warped or transposed display the Processing the User Time Stamp using the Time Stamp Se-
State Indicator icon. lected command in the Region List. This allows
you to use a custom time stamp for spotting or
Name This option lets you display or hide a re- re-spotting the region to a time location differ-
gions name in tracks in the Edit window. Hid- ent from its Original Time Stamp.
ing a display is useful if you are working at a
zoom level where region names obscure the No Time This option disables the time stamp dis-
view of audio waveforms. play in regions.
Channel Name This option lets you display or Display on All Channels This option displays the
hide channel names in regions. selected Region display option on all channels
of a multi-channel region that was imported
Scene and Take This option lets you display or from a field recorder.
hide scene and take information in regions.
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Feet+Frames (Pro Tools HD and Pro Tools with
Track Number Complete Production Toolkit 2 Only) This option
displays the Time Scale in feet and frames for
This command assigns each track a number cor-
referencing audio-for-film projects. The
responding to its position in the Mix and Edit
Feet+Frames time display is based on the 35 mil-
windows. When tracks are reordered, track
limeter film format.
numbers stay in positional sequence.
Samples This option displays the Time Scale in
samples. This format is useful for high-resolu-
tion sample editing.
Transport
These options selectively display Counters, MIDI
Controls, Synchronization, and Expanded controls
in the Transport window.
Main Counter
These view options set how the Time Scale is dis-
played in the Main Counter.
Track Menu
Group dialog
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Make Inactive or Make Active Set Record Tracks to Input
This command makes selected tracks inactive,
Only or to Auto Input
so that they no longer play back or use any DSP Monitoring
resources or voices. Inactive tracks can be made (Pro Tools HD Only)
active again by choosing the Make Active com-
mand. Set Record Tracks to Input Only
This command changes all record enabled tracks
to monitor audio input only, regardless of any
Delete punch in or out selection.
This command removes tracks from a session.
While audio or MIDI region data will remain in Set Record Tracks to Auto Input
the Region List, the track and its arrangement of (Pro Tools HD Only)
the regions on the deleted track (the tracks
playlist) will be lost. This command changes all record enabled tracks
to automatically switch from monitoring input
If the track contains playlists that are not as- signals to monitoring recorded tracks. When set,
signed to any track, you will be prompted to de- record enabled tracks monitor audio input
lete or retain them. when the transport is stopped. When playback
Deleting a VCA Master track will coalesce auto- is started for a punch-in, Pro Tools monitors ex-
mation from the VCA Master to all of its slave isting track material up until the punch point.
tracks. While punched in, the input signal is moni-
tored. On punch-out, monitoring switches back
to the existing track material. This is similar to
the auto-switching logic found on digital and
Write MIDI Real-Time analog multitrack tape machines.
Properties
This command applies MIDI quantization, dura-
tion, delay, velocity, and transposition parame-
ters during playback, as set in Real-Time Proper-
ties View (in the Edit window) or in the MIDI
Real-Time Properties dialog.
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Region Menu
Ungroup Loop
The Ungroup command unpacks the currently The Loop command lets you loop audio, video,
selected region group, revealing all underlying and MIDI regions.
regions and any nested region groups. When
there are multiple nested region groups, the Un-
group command will ungroup the front-most
top-layer region group only, preserving any un-
Unloop
derlying region groups. The Unloop command lets you switch looped re-
gions back to standard (unlooped) regions so
You can also use the Region > Ungroup com- that they can be edited individually.
mand on looped regions to unloop and
maintain all loop iterations as individual
regions.
Capture
This command defines a selection as a new re-
Ungroup All gion and adds it to the Region List. From there
the new region can be dragged into a track. You
The Ungroup All command removes all layers of
cannot capture selections across multiple re-
region groups and nested region groups in the
gions unless the data is contiguous material
currently selected region in one step.
v from the same file.
You can also use the Region > Ungroup All
command on looped regions to flatten the
looped regions into one region.
Rename
This command lets you rename the selected re-
gion. When renaming a region that was auto-
created during editing, the region becomes a
user-defined region and is displayed in the Re-
gion List even when auto-created regions are
hidden.
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Identify Sync Point and Conform to Tempo
Remove Sync Point This command lets you conform regions on
This command places a Sync Point at the cur- Elastic Audioenabled tracks (both sample- and
rent cursor location. When you identify a sync tick-based) to the session tempo. If necessary,
point, a small down arrow appears at the bottom the Conform to Tempo command analyzes the
of the region, with a vertical, light grey line in- selected region to determine its tempo and dura-
dicating the location of the sync point. This tion (in bars and beats), and then applies Elastic
Sync Point can then be used as the reference Audio processing to conform the region to
pointnudge, spot, move, and so oninstead match the session tempo.
of the region start or end. When you choose this
command, the current SMPTE time is automati-
cally entered as the SMPTE location for the Sync Remove Warp
Point.
This command removes warping applied to a re-
To remove a Sync point from a region, select the gion, but leaves underlying Warp markers in-
region with the Grabber and choose Region > Re- tact. This feature will only remove warping cre-
move Sync Point. ated by Warp markers (that is, warping caused
by quantization or tempo mapping). This can be
useful if you are not satisfied with the results
Quantize to Grid and want to revert to the pre-warped region.
Elastic Properties
This command lets you view the Elastic Audio
properties of any region on an Elastic Audioen-
abled track. You can also edit Event markers for
Elastic Audio.
Event Menu
Time Operations
Pro Tools provides several commands for defin-
ing meter and time over a range of time (or mea-
sures). The Time Operations options include:
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Parabolic
Tempo Operations
This command lets you create tempos that ac-
Pro Tools provides several commands for defin- celerate or decelerate following a tempo curve,
ing tempo events over a range of time (or mea- which changes the tempo more rapidly or less
sures). The Time Operations commands include: rapidly over the selection time.
Event Operations
Pro Tools provides several commands for chang-
ing event data over a range of time (or mea-
sures).
Constant
This command lets you create a constant tempo
over a selected range of time.
Linear
This command lets you create tempos that
change evenly over a selected range of time.
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Groove Quantize lets you adjust the place- Change Duration
ment of selected MIDI events, Elastic Audio
events, or audio regions in a track so that their This command lets you adjust the duration for
timings, durations, and velocities align to the selected MIDI notes. It can be used to make mel-
selected groove template grid. Pro Tools in- odies and phrases more staccato or more legato.
stalls several pre-defined groove templates for
use on all Pro Tools systems. With Pro Tools
HD, DigiGroove templates can be created us-
ing Beat Detective.
Change Velocity
This command lets you automatically adjust
Note On (attack) and Note Off (release) veloci-
ties for selected MIDI notes. Use it to make notes
louder or softer, or to create a crescendo or di-
minuendo.
Transpose
This command transposes selected MIDI notes
in key up or down by scale steps.
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Step Input For MIDI, one or more of the following note at-
tributes can be restored: Timing (Quantization),
This command lets you use a MIDI controller to Duration, Velocity, and Pitch. For audio, only
enter notes individually, one step at a time. This Timing (Quantization) can be restored.
gives you precise control over note placement,
duration, and velocity. With MIDI step input
you can also create musical passages that might
be difficult to play accurately, or at a fast tempo.
Flatten Performance
This command lets you lock the specified cur-
rent note parameters as the restore to state,
overriding the original performance. One or
more of the following note attributes can be flat-
tened: Timing (Quantization), Duration, Veloc-
ity, and Pitch. Flatten Performance can be un-
done.
Restore Performance
This command lets you restore the original
MIDI or audio performance regardless of how
many edits you have made or whether or not
the undo queue has been cleared (for example,
Event Operations window, Flatten Performance page
by saving the session). Restore Performance can
also be applied to quantized Elastic Audio
Events or quantized audio regions.
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for the calculated tempo are inserted and appear
Add Key Change in the Tempo Ruler at the beginning and end of
the selection. in addition, meter events are in-
This command opens the Key Change dialog,
serted into the Meter Ruler.
which lets you specify the mode (major or mi-
nor), the key (from seven flats to seven sharps),
the range affected (for example, from Bar 1 to
the next key change), and whether existing
notes on pitched MIDI and Instrument tracks
are transposed.
AudioSuite Menu
On the 7 Band EQ and the 24 Band EQ, the The Limiter is used to prevent signal peaks from
HPF, LPF, LF, and HF sections have EQ Type se- ever exceeding a chosen level so that they do
lectors to toggle between the two available filter not overload amplifiers or recording devices.
types in each section.
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Reverb Plug-ins Modulation Plug-ins
D-Verb Chorus
D-Verb is a studio-quality reverb. Reverberation The Chorus plug-in modifies an audio signal by
processing can simulate the complex natural re- combining a time-delayed, pitch-shifted copy
flections and echoes that occur after a sound has with the original signal. It is ideal for thickening
been produced, imparting a sense of an acoustic and adding a shimmering quality to guitars,
environment. D-Verb artificially creates a sound keyboards, and other instruments.
space with a specific acoustic character.
Flanger
Sci-Fi
Multi-Tap Delay
Sci-Fi adds synth-like effects such as ring mod-
The Multi-Tap Delay plug-in adds up to four in-
ulation, resonance, and sample & hold to your
dependently-controllable delays or taps to the
audio region. These effects are typically found
original audio signal. By allowing you to indi-
on older, modular analog synthesizers. Sci-Fi is
vidually control the delay time and number of
ideal for adding a synth edge to a track.
repetitions of each of the four taps, the Multi-
Tap delay provides greater flexibility than stan-
dard single-delay devices.
Ping-Pong Delay
Lo-Fi
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Gain
Invert
Normalize
Reverse
Signal Generator
Time Compression/Expansion
Options Menu
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Pre/Post-Roll Edit Window Scrolling
This option enables pre- and post-roll playback. Pro Tools provides several options for defining
Pre- and post-roll amounts can be entered in the how the contents of the Edit window scroll dur-
Transport window, set from a tracks playlist or ing playback and recording. These include:
Timebase Ruler, or by recalling a Memory Loca-
tion. No Scrolling
The No Scrolling option disables scrolling during
and after playback. With this option enabled,
Loop Playback the playback cursor moves across the Edit win-
This option continuously loops playback of a se- dow, indicating the playback location, up to the
lection until you stop playback. Looping play- right edge of the Edit window. When the play
back is a useful way to check the rhythmic con- point moves beyond the right edge of the Edit
tinuity of a selection when working with window, the Playback Cursor Locator icons ap-
musical material. Selections must be at least 0.5 pear at the right edge of the Main Timebase
seconds in length to use Loop Playback. Ruler.
After Playback
Dynamic Transport The After Playback option causes the Edit win-
dow to scroll to the final playback location after
This mode lets you decouple the playback start playback has stopped. With this option enabled,
location from the Timeline selection. This the playback cursor moves across the Edit win-
means that you can start playback from any- dow, indicating the playback location.
where on the Timeline without losing your
Timeline or Edit selections. For example, you
Page
can use Dynamic Transport mode in conjunc-
tion with Loop Playback mode to quickly audi- The Page option causes the Edit window to
tion loop transitions. scroll during playback. With this option en-
abled, the playback cursor moves across the Edit
window, indicating the playback location.
When the right edge of the Edit window is
reached, its entire contents are scrolled, and the
playback cursor continues moving from the left
edge of the window.
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MIDI Thru Pre-Fader Metering
Enabling the MIDI Thru command routes MIDI This option toggles track metering between pre-
from your controllers to the devices and chan- and post-fader operation. When set to Pre-Fader
nels assigned to the MIDI track currently record- Metering, level meters show levels independent
enabled. This allows you to monitor MIDI tracks of fader position. With post-fader metering, the
while recording. level meters respond to fader position. This op-
tion only affects on-screen meters.
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Setup Menu
Synchronization
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Machine Control Ethernet Controllers
This page configures MIDI Machine Control This page configures D-Control, D-Com-
(MMC) and 9-pin machine control devices for mand, C|24, or EUCON for use with
use with Pro Tools. Slaving Pro Tools to MIDI Pro Tools.
Machine Control is supported on all Pro Tools
systems. 9-pin Machine Control (Deck Control)
and 9-Pin Remote (Deck Emulation) modes re-
quire the MachineControl software option.
Mic Preamps
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Machine Track Arming Profiles Session
(Pro Tools HD with MachineControl Option This Session Setup window lets you configure
Only) various session parameters including Pan
Depth, session start frame, SMPTE frame rate,
This dialog provides extensive control over
offset settings, SYNC settings (clock and pull-
Pro Tools Track Arming. You can customize
up/pull-down), and several time code parame-
arming, track naming and mapping, and save
ters.
configurations for different machines as Track
Arming Profile files. These Profiles can be im-
ported to quickly reconfigure Track Arming as
needed for future projects. You can also test
track mapping, and remap tracks if needed.
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Input Filter Input Devices
This command provides settings for filtering out This command enables selected MIDI control-
selected MIDI messages from your recording. lers and control surfaces so that MIDI data re-
The Input Filter can be set to record all messages, ceived from them can be recorded. Disabling de-
only the specified messages, or all except the vices in this dialog will ensure that unwanted
specified messages. When using the Only op- notes (such as those from drum machines or an
tion, only the MIDI messages that are selected arpeggiator) are not recorded.
will be recorded. Conversely, when using the All
Except option, the selected messages will not be
recorded.
Display Preferences
Basics Section
Track Position Numbers Stay with Hidden Tracks
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Edit Window Default Length listed in the category submenus. The bottom
menus display plug-ins by manufacturer, with
This preference sets a default length for the Edit
individual plug-ins listed in the manufacturer
window in hours, minutes, seconds, and frames.
submenus.
This is useful if you want to assemble a session of
a particular length or leave extra room to ex-
pand the Edit windows work area in your ses-
Meters Section
sion. The maximum length is 12 hours and 25
Peak Hold Options
seconds at 48 kHz, and proportionally less at
higher sampling rates. For best scrollbar sensi- These options determine how long the peak in-
tivity, set the length to slightly longer (a minute dicators on track meters stay lit after a peak is de-
or more) than the total session or song length. tected.
Organize Plug-In Menus By Options 3 Second Peak Hold When selected, track meters
display the last peak level for three seconds.
These option customize how plug-in menus are
organized in the Insert selector or Plug-In selec- Infinite Peak Hold When selected, track meters
tor. display the last peak level until you click them
to clear them.
Flat List Organizes plug-ins in a single list, in al-
phabetical order. No Peak Hold When selected, track meters do
not hold the peak level.
Category Organizes plug-ins by process category
(such as EQ, Dynamics, and Delay), with indi- Clip Indication Options
vidual plug-ins listed in the category submenus.
Plug-ins that do not fit into a standard category These options determine how long the clip indi-
(such as the DigiRack Signal Generator), or cators on plug-in, send, and track meters stay lit
third-party plug-ins that have not had a cate- after a clip is detected.
gory designated by their developers, appear in 3 Second Clip Hold When selected, meters dis-
the Other category. Plug-ins can appear in more play the last clip indication for three seconds.
than one category.
Infinite Clip Hold When selected, meters display
Manufacturer Organizes plug-ins by their manu- the last clip indications until you click them to
facturer, with individual plug-ins listed in the clear them.
manufacturer submenus. Plug-Ins that do not
have a Manufacturer defined will appear in the No Clip Hold When selected, meters do not hold
Other manufacturer folder. the clip indication.
Most Avid-distributed third party plug-ins will Show Meters in Sends View
be grouped under Digidesign when Manufac-
turer view is enabled. When the Sends View is displaying individual
send controls, you can select this option to show
Category and Manufacturer Organizes plug-ins send level meters. Deselecting this option can
in two levels of menus. The top menus display help speed up screen redraws and processing.
plug-ins by process category (such as EQ, Dy-
namics, and Delay), with individual plug-ins
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Transport Section I/O Setup determines the number of voices re-
served for preview in context. The number of
Timeline Insertion/Play Start Marker Follows available playback voices for tracks is reduced by
Playback When selected, the Timeline Insertion
that same number. For example, if the number
and the Play Start Marker both move to the
of playback voices is set to 48 in the Playback
point in the Timeline where playback stops.
Engine, and you have a stereo audition path se-
When deselected, the Timeline Insertion and
lected in the I/O Setup, only 46 voices are avail-
Play Start Marker do not follow playback, but re-
able for tracks. If you have a 5.1 audition path,
turn to the point in time where playback began.
only 42 voices are available. When this option is
Press Control+N (Mac) or Start+N (Win- disabled, you will not be able to preview in con-
dows) to toggle the Timeline Insertion/Play text if there are not enough available voices.
Start Marker Follows Playback preference
Custom Shuttle Lock Speed Sets the highest fast-
on and off.
forward Shuttle Lock speed (key 9) for Shuttle
Edit Insertion Follows Scrub/Shuttle When se- Lock modes (Classic or Transport). The range for
lected, the edit cursor automatically locates to this setting is 50800%.
the point where scrubbing stops. Back/Forward Amount Sets the default length of
Audio During Fast Forward/Rewind When se- Back, Back and Play, Forward and Forward and
lected, audio is audible during fast forward or re- Play. The timebase of the Back/Forward Amount
wind. settings follows the Main Time Scale by default,
or you can deselect Follow Main Time Scale and
Latch Forward/Rewind When selected, fast for- select another timebase format: Bars:Beats,
ward and rewind latch and continue until you Min:Sec, Time Code, Feet+Frames, or Samples.
start or stop playback. When disabled, the Fast
Forward and Rewind only last as long as you Numeric Keypad Mode
hold down the mouse after clicking either but-
Numeric Keypad mode determines how the nu-
ton on the Transport (or hold down the corre-
meric keypad functions. You can always use the
sponding switch on a Control Surface).
numeric keypad to select and enter values in the
Play Start Marker Follows Timeline Selection Event Edit Area, Edit Selection indicators, Main
and Sub Counters, and Transport fields.
When enabled, the Play Start Marker snaps to
the Timeline Selection Start Marker when you Classic Selects a Shuttle Lock mode that emu-
move the Timeline Selection, draw a new Time- lates the way Pro Tools worked in versions lower
line Selection, or adjust the Timeline Selection than 5.0. With the Numeric Keypad mode set to
Start. When disabled, the Play Start Marker Classic, you can play up to two tracks of audio in
doesnt move with the Timeline selection. Shuttle Lock mode. Press Control (Mac) or press
the Start key (Windows), followed by 09 for dif-
Reserve Voices for Preview in Context (Pro Tools ferent play speeds. Press Plus (+) or Minus () to
HD Only) When enabled, Pro Tools reserves the
reverse direction. Recall Memory Locations by
appropriate number of voices for preview in
typing the Memory Location number, followed
context (previewing audio files in DigiBase
by Period (.).
during session playback). The current selected
Audition Paths setting in the Outputs page of the
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Auto Backup Section Transport RecordLock (Pro Tools HD Only) This
option lets the Transport Record (the Record En-
Enable Session File Auto Backup When se- able button in the Transport controls) be config-
lected, Pro Tools automatically saves backups of ured to either emulate a digital dubber, or to
your Pro Tools session file while you work. Back- maintain legacy behavior for the Transport mas-
ups are saved to in the Session Files Backup ter Record.
folder in your session folder.
When selected, the Transport Record re-
Keep Specifies the total number of incremental mains armed when playback or recording
backups that are kept. stops. This saves having to re-arm the
Transport between takes, emulating digital
Backup Every Specifies how often the session is dubber behavior.
saved. When not selected, the Transport Record
disarms when Pro Tools is manually
Record Section stopped or stops due to a loss of time code.
This replicates standard Pro Tools record-
Latch Record Enable Buttons When selected,
ing behavior.
multiple audio tracks can be record-enabled.
When not selected, multiple audio tracks can- The Transport RecordLock preference is auto-
not be record-enabled. Record-enabling an au- matically disabled and greyed out when De-
dio track takes other audio tracks out of record- structive record mode is enabled.
enabled mode.
Disable Input When Disarming Track (In Stop)
Link Record and Play Faders When selected, (Pro Tools HD Only) For flexibility, TrackInput
Pro Tools does not remember separate fader lev- monitoring can be customized to remain se-
els for tracks when they are record-enabled, al- lected regardless of track record status, or to au-
lowing you to maintain the same monitoring tomatically switch to Auto Input monitoring af-
level for tracks during recording and playback. ter a recording pass. This lets you optimize
monitoring for a typical dubbing workflow (in
Audio Track RecordLock (Pro Tools HD Only) This
which you might want tracks to remain in Input
option configures Pro Tools tracks to either em-
Only mode until explicitly switched to Auto In-
ulate a digital dubber, or to maintain legacy be-
put monitoring) or a typical music tracking
havior for track record status.
workflow (in which leaving a track in Input
When selected, the record-enabled audio Only monitoring mode after recording can re-
tracks remain record-enabled when play- sult in accidental double-monitoring).
back or recording stops.
When selected, taking an audio track out of
When not selected, record-enabled audio record enable (any mode) takes it out of In-
tracks are taken out of record enable when put Only mode, regardless of the global
Pro Tools is stopped. This prevents tracks monitor mode, and switches it to monitor
from remaining armed from pass to pass, audio from disk only.
emulating track record behavior of a digital
When not selected, audio tracks remain in
dubber.
Input Only monitoring mode until explic-
itly switched to Auto Input monitoring.
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Misc (Miscellaneous) Section Editing Preferences
Show Quick Start Dialog When Pro Tools Starts
Sets a default calibration reference level in dB Edit Selection Follows Region List Selection
when Pro Tools is in Calibration mode. For au-
dio interfaces that have trims (such as the When selected, selecting a region in the Region
192 I/O), see the interfaces guide for calibration List causes Pro Tools to highlight that regions
instructions. occurrence in a track.
Delay Compensation Time Mode This option lets Auto-Name Separated Regions When selected,
you choose whether information in the Delay Pro Tools automatically names newly separated
Manager is displayed in milliseconds or samples. regions by appending a number to the regions
This option is only available when Delay Com- name. Disabling this option can be useful when
pensation is enabled (Options > Delay Compensa- importing region groups, REX files, or ACID
tion). files, because these file types can contain so
many separate regions that it becomes difficult
to read the Region List.
New Tracks Default to Tick Timebase When se- Fade In Selects the default envelope shape for
lected, all new tracks default to ticks. When de- fade-ins.
selected, audio, Auxiliary Input, Master Fader,
Fade Out Selects the default envelope shape for
and VCA (Pro Tools HD only) tracks default to
fade-outs.
samples.
Crossfade Selects the default envelope shape for
Memory Locations Section crossfades.
Auto-Name Memory Locations When Playing REX Selects the default envelope shape for fades
and crossfades between regions (slices) in im-
When selected, Pro Tools gives new Memory Lo-
ported REX files.
cations default names based on their time loca-
tion in the session. The time units currently
chosen in the View menu determine the units Zoom Toggle Section
for the names.
Vertical Zoom Select Selection or Last Used for
Recall Memory Location Selection at Original the Zoom Toggle Vertical Zoom.
Track When selected, Memory Locations that re-
Horizontal Zoom Select Selection or Last Used for
call a selection also recall the track in which the
the Zoom Toggle Horizontal Zoom.
selection was made.
Remove Range Selection After Zooming In When
Fades Section selected, the current Edit selection collapses into
an insertion point after zoom toggling in. Zoom
Crossfade Preview Pre-Roll This option specifies
toggling back out reverts to the previous selec-
the amount of pre-roll to be added when you are
tion.
auditioning crossfades in the Fades dialog.
Track Height Select Last Used, Medium, Large,
Crossfade Preview Post-Roll This option speci-
Extreme, or Fit To Window for the Zoom Toggle
fies the amount of post-roll to be added when
Track Height.
you are auditioning crossfades in the Fades dia-
log. Track View Selects Waveform/Notes, Last Used,
or No Change for the Zoom Toggle Track View.
QuickPunch/TrackPunch Crossfade Length Spec-
ifies a default length for crossfades created by Separate Grid Settings When Zoomed In When
QuickPunch or TrackPunch (Pro Tools HD only) selected, this option retains the same (current)
recordings. Crossfades occur before the punch grid setting when zoom toggling in or out.
in and after the punch out. When this option is deselected, the grid setting
stored with Zoom toggle is recalled when zoom
Preserve Fades when Editing This option pre-
toggling in.
serves fade-ins and fade outs, and converts sepa-
rated crossfades into corresponding fade-ins and
fade-outs.
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Zoom Toggle Follows Edit Selection When se- Send Pans Default to Follow Main Pan When se-
lected, zoom toggle automatically follows the lected, newly created sends have Follow Main
current edit selection. When disabled, changing Pan turned on, so the Send Pan controls follow
the edit selection has no affect on the currently the pan controls of the track. When not se-
toggled-in track. lected, newly created sends have Follow Main
Pan turned off.
Levels of Undo
Link Mix and Edit Group Enables When selected,
This preference sets the maximum number of this option links enabling and disabling of Mix
actions that can be undone with the multiple and Edit Groups. For example, enabling Group
undo feature. Setting this to a lower number can A in the Mix Window automatically enables
speed up the performance of slower computers. Group A in the Edit window.
Pro Tools supports up to 32 Levels of Undo.
Use Absolute Pan Linking (Pro Tools HD and Com-
plete Production Toolkit 2 Only) This option af-
Mixing Preferences fects behavior of grouped pan controls.
When selected, grouped pan controls do
not maintain relative offsets when any of
the grouped pan controls is adjusted. All
grouped pan controls snap to the absolute
value of the adjusted control.
When not selected, grouped pan controls
maintain relative offsets when any of the
linked controls is adjusted.
Default EQ
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Latching Behavior for Switched Controls in Standard VCA Logic for Group Attributes
Touch This option determines the behavior of (Pro Tools HD and Complete Production Toolkit 2
switched controls (such as mute or plug-in by- Only) This option determines which Mix group
pass) when writing automation in Touch mode. attributes may be selected in the Group dialog
When selected, controls in Touch mode when the group is assigned to a VCA Master.
will latch in their current state. If an exist- When selected, Main Volume, Mute, Solo,
ing breakpoint is encountered, writing of Record Enable, and Input Monitoring con-
automation stops. If the transport is trols on slave tracks follow the VCA Master
stopped while writing, the control will Au- only and are not available to be indepen-
toMatch to the underlying value. dently linked. (This emulates the behavior
When not selected, controls in Touch of analog console VCA masters.)
mode will not latch. When deselected, Main Volume, Mute,
Solo, Record Enable, and Input Monitoring
Allow Latch Prime in Stop (Pro Tools HD and Com- controls follow the VCA Master, but also re-
plete Production Toolkit 2 Only) When selected main available for independent linking
and any tracks are in Latch mode, any automa- with groups.
tion-enabled controls on those tracks can be set
to new values while the transport is stopped by Include Sends in Trim Mode (Pro Tools HD and
touching or moving controls, to prepare for the Complete Production Toolkit 2 Only) This option
next automation pass. determines the Trim status of Send faders when
a track is put in Trim mode.
Coalesce When Removing Slaves from VCA Group
When selected, Send faders go into Trim
(Pro Tools HD and Complete Production Toolkit 2
mode along with the Main Volume fader.
Only) This option determines the behavior when
removing slave tracks from a VCA-controlled When deselected, the Main Volume fader
group. goes into Trim mode, but the Send fader
stays in the corresponding standard Auto-
When selected, any automation on the
mation mode.
VCA Master is automatically coalesced
(without confirmation) to its slave tracks Include Control Changes in Undo Queue This op-
when the tracks are removed from the tion determines whether certain mixer control
group. changes, such as moving a fader or pan control,
When not selected, a confirmation dialog are entered into the Undo queue.
lets you choose whether or not to coalesce When selected, mixer control changes ap-
the VCA Master automation to the slave pear in the Undo queue, and are undone if
tracks. any prior operation is undone.
When deselected, mixer control changes
will not appear in the undo queue, allow-
ing you to undo other types of operations
without losing the current mixer settings.
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Import Section Drag and Drop From Desktop Conforms to
Session Tempo
Convert Imported WAV Files To AES31/Broad-
castWave When selected, this option applies to The Drag and Drop From Desktop Conforms to
all newly imported WAV files, making them Session Tempo options determine whether or
compliant with the AES31/EBU Broadcast stan- not REX, ACID, and audio files are imported as
dard. tick-based Elastic Audio and conformed to the
session tempo.
Automatically Copy Files on Import When se-
lected, all audio files that are imported by drag- None When enabled, REX and ACID files, and
ging and dropping are copied to the current ses- all other audio files are not conformed to the
sions Audio Files folder, regardless of whether session tempo when imported by drag and drop
the files need to be converted to the current ses- from Windows Explorer or the Mac Finder. They
sions file type, bit depth or sample rate. Addi- are imported as sample-based files and con-
tionally, when selected, the Import Session Data verted to the sessions audio file format.
dialog defaults to Copy from Source Media.
REX and ACID Files Only When enabled, only
The Automatically Copy Files on Import prefer-
REX and ACID files are conformed to the session
ence does not affect the Import Audio com-
tempo when imported by drag and drop from
mand.
Windows Explorer or the Mac Finder. REX files
Import REX Files as Region Groups When se- are imported either as tick-based Elastic Audio
lected, REX flies are imported as region groups, or, if the Import REX Files as Region Groups op-
all the underlying slices are imported as individ- tion is enabled, as tick-based region groups.
ual regions contained within the region group.
All Files When enabled, all audio files imported
When this option is not selected, importing REX
imported by drag and drop from Windows Ex-
files into a session converts them to the sessions
plorer or the Mac Finder are imported as tick-
audio file format, the individual slices are con-
based Elastic Audio and conform to the session
solidated, and the slice information is used for
tempo.
Elastic Audio analysis. These files remain tick-
based after import and conversion.
Sample Rate Conversion Quality
Automatically Create Fades When selected,
The Sample Rate Conversion Quality preference
crossfades are applied automatically to the
lets you select the default sample rate conver-
sliced regions within region groups created by
sion quality for importing audio files by drag
importing REX files. If the Import REX Files as
and drop from any DigiBase browser, or Win-
Region Groups option is not selected, the Auto-
dows Explorer, or Mac Finder. The higher the
matically Create Fades option is not available.
quality of sample rate conversion you choose,
To change the default fade settings for REX files, the longer Pro Tools will take to process the au-
click the REX button in the Default Fade Settings dio file.
section on the Editing Preferences page.
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MIDI Preferences Default Thru Instrument Sets the default MIDI
Thru instrument. You can select a predefined
device from your available MIDI instruments, or
select First Selected MIDI Track to use the as-
signed MIDI output of the first selected MIDI or
Instrument track. When multiple MIDI or In-
strument tracks are selected, the instrument in
the selected track that is closest to the top of the
Edit window (or closest to the left edge of the
Mix window) will be used.
Use F11 Key for Wait for Note When selected, Score Editor Opens the MIDI region in the Score
pressing the F11 Function key puts MIDI record- Editor window.
ing in Wait for Note mode.
MIDI Event List Opens the MIDI region in the
Automatically Create Click Track in New Sessions MIDI Event List.
When enabled, Pro Tools automatically creates Name Dialog Opens the Name dialog for the
a new click track in new sessions. MIDI region.
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Machine Cues Intelligently (Pro Tools HD Only) Remote Mode (9-Pin Deck Emulation)
Section
When selected, if you navigate to a cue point
that is more than 10 seconds from the current (Pro Tools HD Only)
location, Pro Tools will command a connected
Ignore Track Arming Sets Pro Tools to ignore in-
transport to fast wind to the new location at full
coming track arming (record enable) com-
speed to within 10 seconds of the cue point.
mands. This is useful if you are using a master
Cueing will then slow to normal speed until the
controller to arm tracks on other machines, but
point is reached. This can significantly speed up
you do not want to arm tracks in Pro Tools.
tape cueing with certain video transports.
Set Servo Lock Bit at Play Enable this option
Stop at Shuttle Speed Zero (Pro Tools HD Only)
when using a synchronizer to control Pro Tools
Causes Pro Tools to send a Stop command in Remote mode to minimize lock-up times dur-
whenever you stop shuttling. This is useful if ing recording.
you have a machine that requires an explicit
stop command to park correctly. Allow Track Arm Commands in Local Mode Sets
Pro Tools to respond to incoming track arming
Non-Linear Transport Error Suppression (Pro Tools (record enable) commands even when the sys-
HD Only) When Transport = Pro Tools, keeps tem is not in Remote Mode. This is useful if you
Pro Tools from sending a Stop command when are using a paddle device to control Pro Tools
taken offline. This prevents Pro Tools from stop- track arming or punching.
ping any other 9-pin devices connected to the
system. Punch In Frame Offset Sets an offset (in frames)
to compensate for punch in timing advances or
Delay Before Locking to Time Code (Pro Tools HD delays.
Only) Sets the amount of time (in frames) for
Pro Tools to wait before attempting to lock to Punch Out Frame Offset Sets an offset (in frames)
machines that issue servo lock messages. This to compensate for punch out timing advances
setting allows time for the servo mechanisms to or delays.
achieve stable lock.
Delay After Play Command Sets the amount of
time (in frames) for Pro Tools to wait after re-
ceiving a Play command before starting the au-
dio engine. This can prevent false starts when
locking to synchronizers that are not fully sup-
ported by Pro Tools.
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Window Menu
MIDI Editors
MIDI Editor These commands allow you to choose which
Midi Editor or Score Editor window is foremost
This command displays a MIDI Editor window, on the screen.
which is used to display and edit MIDI data for
one or more MIDI or Instrument tracks. A check Bring to Front This command brings the MIDI
mark indicates that the MIDI Editor is the fore- Editor or Score Editor window to the front.
most window in the display. A diamond indi-
Send to Back This command sends the MIDI Ed-
cates that the MIDI Editor is not in front. You
itor or Score Editor window to the back, behind
can have multiple MIDI Editor windows open.
the Edit window.
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Task Manager Transport
This command displays the Task Window, used This command opens the Transport window.
to monitor, pause, or cancel ongoing tasks. This window can display counters, MIDI con-
trols, and basic or expanded transport controls
(configure the Transport window from View >
Transport).
Workspace
This command displays the Workspace browser,
which can be used for searching, sorting, audi-
tioning, and importing data. The Project, Vol-
ume, and Catalog browsers can be accessed from Transport window
the Workspace browser.
Big Counter
Project This command opens the Big Counter window.
This window provides a large, easy to see refer-
This command displays the Project Browser,
ence for the current session time location. Time
used for Pro Tools file management with the
is displayed in the currently chosen Main Time
current session.
Scale format.
For more information on the Task window,
Workspace, Project, and other browsers, see
the DigiBase and DigiBase Pro Guide.
Browsers
Use the Browsers command to select a currently
open browser and bring it to the front. The
Browsers submenu can also be used to bring all
currently open browsers to the front, or send all
browsers to the back. Choices include Bring to
Front, and Send to Back.
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Video Universe Color Palette
(Pro Tools HD, and Pro Tools with This command opens the Color Palette window.
Compete Production Toolkit 2 Only) Use this window to make color selections for
tracks, regions, groups and markers.
This command opens the Video Universe win-
dow. The Video Universe lets you view, navi-
gate, zoom, and select video regions on the
main video track.
System Usage
This command opens the System Usage win-
dow. This window provide meters that indicate
how much of your systems processing power is System Usage window (Pro Tools HD shown)
being used in processing audio, and when writ-
ing and playing back automation. With Pro Tools|HD systems, there is also the DSP
Cache pop-up menu, that lets you choose Use
All Pro Tools systems have four common system DSP Cache (facilitating quicker session loading
activity meters: times) or Purge Cache (giving you a more accu-
PCI rate display of current DSP usage).
CPU (RTAS)
CPU (Elastic)
Disk
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Eleven Rack
(Eleven Rack Only)
The Eleven Rack window is a special window in Pro Tools that lets you control Eleven Rack entirely
from your computer. It can be accessed when using Eleven Rack as an interface with Pro Tools, as well
as when connected to a Pro Tools HD system for control over USB. The Eleven Rack window is only
available when an Eleven Rack is connected to your Pro Tools system.
Help Menu
Region List
Find
Region List
Use the Find command to display all regions in
The Edit Window displays all audio regions, a list whose names contain a particular word or
MIDI regions, video regions, and region groups phrase. The Find command opens the Find Re-
in a single, comprehensive Region List. gions dialog, which lets you filter searches by
name or to include only those regions added to
The pop-up menu at the top of the Region List
the session since the previous search.
provides general menu commands and tools for
for managing the contents of the list.
Clear Find
This command returns the Region List to dis-
playing regions as they were displayed before
the last Find.
File Type Shows whether regions are audio, Offline Selects regions whose parent files cannot
MIDI or video files. be located, or are not available, when opening a
session or importing a track. Offline regions ap-
Timebase Shows whether regions are tick-based pear in the Region List as italicized and dimmed;
or sample-based. they appear in playlists as light blue regions
Processing State The icon indicates that a re- with italicized names.
gion is an Elastic Audio region.
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Sort By Options Clear
The Sort By options let you sort regions to help This command lets you remove unwanted re-
keep track of large numbers of regions. gions from the session. Whole-file regions can
also be removed permanently from your hard
Audio regions can be sorted by: drive.
Region Type
Name Clearing whole-file regions is destructive
and cannot be undone. It permanently re-
Length
moves the file from your hard drive. There is
Original Time Stamp
no way to recover files deleted with this
User Time Stamp command.
Timebase
Start in Parent Rename
End in Parent
This command lets you rename selected regions.
File Name
File Length When you rename a whole-file audio region,
File Creation Date you can specify whether to rename just the re-
gion, or both the region and the disk file.
File Modification Date
Disk Name (audio and region groups only
Track Format/Width Auto Rename
By Channel Name This command lets you specify the auto-naming
By Scene and Take options for a region when new regions are cre-
ated from it in the course of editing.
MIDI regions can be sorted by:
Name, Length Auto-naming of regions does not affect the
names of parent audio files. Instead, it stores
Original Time Stamp
pointers to the regions within the parent source
User Time Stamp
file.
Timebase
Start in Parent The Auto Rename command opens a dialog
with the following fields:
End in Parent.
Name Determines the root name for the auto-
Regions can also be sorted by Region Type (Au-
created regions.
dio and MIDI), or in Ascending or Descending
order. Number Sets the start number for the sequen-
tially numbered new regions.
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Export Region Groups Timeline Drop Order
This command lets you export region groups as This command sets whether tracks dragged from
files. Use this command if you intend to use a re- the Region List are dropped sequentially in a sin-
gion group in other sessions. gle track or spread across multiple tracks.
If you are exporting region groups to another Top to Bottom When enabled, regions are spread
hard drive, you may want to copy any refer- across multiple destination (drop) tracks, or on
enced audio files as well. This way you can move new tracks (when dragging to the area below the
region groups not only from one session to an- last track or to the Track List).
other, but from one system to another.
Left to Right When enabled, regions are placed
sequentially in a single destination (drop) track
Recalculate Waveform Overviews or a newly created track (when dragging to the
area below the last track or to the Track List).
This command re-creates the sessions wave-
form overview data (the data used to create
waveform displays). Use this command if you
think overview data for a session has become
corrupted, or if you import audio files which
have no overview data into a session.
Index 101
Bounce options Color Coding options 68
Bit Depth 9 Color Palette Window command 89
Conversion Quality 9 Compact command 98
Enforce Avid Compatibility 9 Compressor plug-in 47
File Type 9
Conductor rulers 24
Import After Bounce 9
Configurations menu
Sample Rate 9
Window Configuration List 85
Use Squeezer 9
Conform to Tempo 35
Bounce to Disk command 8
Consolidate command 19
Bounce to QuickTime Movie command 10
Constant Tempo command 39
Bring Region to Front command 33
Continuous Scrolling option 56
Browsers Window commands 87
Conversion Quality option 9
Convert After Bounce option 9
C
Convert During Bounce option 9
cabinet simulation 50
Convert WAV files to AES31/BroadcastWave
Calibration Mode 58
option 79
Calibration Reference Level preference 73
Copy command 15
Capture Region command 34
Copy Selection To commands 19
Center Playhead Scrolling option 56
Copy Special commands 16
Change Duration command 41 All Automation 16
Change Edit to Match Timeline Selection command Pan Automation 16
17 Copy To Send command 20
Change Meter command 38 Counters Transport view option 27
Change Timeline to Match Edit Selection command Create Click Track command 32
17 Create Fades command 22
Change Velocity command 41 Crossfade preference for Pre/Post-Roll option 74
Chorus plug-in 49 Current Feet+Frame Position command 63
Classic Numeric Keypad mode 69 Current Time Code Position command 64
Clear All Clip Indicators 32 Custom Shuttle Lock Speed preference 69
Clear command 16 Cut command 15
Clear Find command 95 Cut Special commands 16
Clear Region List command 97 All Automation 16
Clear Special commands 17 Pan Automation 16
All Automation 17 Cut Time command 38
Pan Automation 17
Clear Trim Automation command 32
D
Click Setup command 66
DC Offset Removal plug-in 50
Click/Countoff Options command 56
Default Dynamics preference 76
Clip Indication options 67
Default EQ preference 75
clip remover 50
Default Fade Settings 74
Close Session command 6
Default Input Gain preference 80
Coalesce Trim Automation command 32
Default Plug-in preference 80
Coalesce Trim Automation options 78
Default Region Color Coding options 68
Coalesce VCA Master Automation command 32
Default Settings, for TC/E plug-in 80
Coalesce When Removing Slaves from VCA Group
Default Thru Instrument preference 81
option 77
Index 103
Event menu Flanger plug-in 49
Add Key Change command 45 Flatten Performance command 43
Beat Detective command 45
Event Operations commands 40
G
Identify Beat command 45
MIDI Real-Time Properties command 44 Gain plug-in 51
Remove Duplicate Notes command 44, 45 Get Info command 12
Tempo Operations commands 39, 37 Glide to All Enabled command 21
Event Operations commands 40 Glide to Current command 21
Change Duration 41 Global MIDI Playback Offset preference 81
Flatten Performance 43 Group Region command 34
Input Quantize 42, 43 Group Track command 29
Quantize 40
Restore Performance 43
Transpose 41
H
Hardware Setup dialog 59
Exit command 14
harmonic generation 50
Expanded Transport view option 27
Harmonic plug-ins 50
Expander-Gate plug-in 48
Heal Separation command 19
Export commands 11
help
Export MIDI command 12
Tool Tips 66
Export Region Definitions command 98
Help menu
Export Region Groups command 99
Pro Tools documentation 93
Export Regions as Files command 98
Hide All Floating Windows command 86
Export Selected Tracks as OMF/AAF command 11
Hide Others command 3
Export Session Info as Text command 12
Hide Pro Tools command 3
External Time Code Offsets command 64
I
F
I/O Setup dialog 62
Fade To End command 22
Identify Beat command 45
Fade to Start command 22
Identify Sync Point command 35
Fades commands 22
Ignore Track Arming option 83
Create 22
Import Audio command 10
Delete 22
Fade to Start 22 Import commands 10
Feet.Frames Time Scale 27 Import MIDI command 11
File menu 5 Import Region Groups command 11
Bounce to commands 8 Import REX Files as Region Groups option 79
Close Session command 6 Import Sequence From Avid Interplay command 11
Exit command 14, 11, 12, 11, 12 Import Session Data command 10
Get Info command 12 Import VENUE Channel Names as Track Names
Import Audio command 10, 11, 10, 11 command 11
New Session command 5 Import Video command 11
Open Recent command 6 Include Control Changes in Undo Queue option 77
Revert to Saved command 8
Include Sends in Trim Mode option 77
Save As command 6, 7, 6, 13, 14, 8
Infinite Clip Hold option 67
Find Region List command 95
Infinite Peak Hold option 67
First Selected MIDI Track preference 81
Input Devices command 65
Index 105
New Track command 29 P
New Tracks Default to Tick Timebase option 74 Page Scrolling option 55
No Clip Hold option 67 Parabolic Tempo command 39
No Peak Hold option 67 Paste command 15
No scrolling option 55 Paste Special commands
Noise Reduction plug-ins 50 Merge 16
Nondestructive Record mode 53 Repeat to Fill Selection 16
Non-Linear Transport Error Suppression option 83 To Current Automation Type 16
Normalize plug-in 51 Peak Hold options 67
Numeric Keypad modes 69 PEC/Direct Style Input Monitoring option 72
Pencil Tool Resolution When Drawing Controller
O Data preference 81
Peripherals dialog 60
OMFI 11
Ethernet Controllers page 61
Online options 72
Machine Control page 61
Open Ended Record Allocation preference 72 Satellite page 62, 60
Open Media Framework Interchange (OMFI) 11 PFL (Pre Fader Listen) mode 57
Open Recent command 6 Ping-Pong Delay plug-in 49
Open Session command 6 Pitch Shift plug-in 48
Open Unresourced TDM Plug-ins as RTAS Play Edit Selection command 17
preference 80
Play Timeline Selection command 17
Operation Preferences 68
Playback Engine dialog 59
Options menu
Playhead 56
Automation Follows Edit option 56, 57
Playhead Marker Follows Loop Selection option 69
Calibration Mode 58, 56
Delay Compensation option 58, 53, 55 Plug-In Controls Default to Auto-Enabled option 76
Edit/Tool Mode Keyboard Lock 58 Pre Fader Listen mode 57
Link Timeline and Edit Selection option 56, Pre/Post Roll option 55
55, 53, 58 Pre-Fader Metering option 57
MIDI Thru command 57, 56, 57 Preferences
Pre/Post Roll option 55, 57 Zoom Toggle 74
QuickPunch mode 53 Preferences command 3
Scrolling options 55, 54, 57 Preferences dialog 66
TrackPunch mode 53, 54
Preserve Fades when Editing option 74
Video Out FireWire command 54
Preserve Folder Hierarchy command 7
Organize Plug-In Menus By options 67
Print Score 14
Other plug-ins 50
DC Offset Removal 50
Pro Tools documentation 93
Gain plug-in 51 Pro Tools Help 93
Invert plug-in 51 Pro Tools Knowledge Base 93
Normalize plug-in 51 Pro Tools menu 3
Reverse plug-in 51 About Pro Tools command 3, 93
Signal Generator plug-in 51 Hide Others command 3
Time Compression/Expansion plug-in 51 Preferences command 3
Quit Pro Tools command 3
Services command 3
Processing Preferences 78
Project browser 87
Index 107
Save Copy In command 6 Setup menu 59
Items To Copy 7 Click command 66, 63, 64
All Audio Files 7 Disk Allocation dialog 60
Movie/Video Files 7 External Time Code Offsets command 64
Root Plug-in Settings Folder 7 Hardware Setup dialog 59
Session Plug-in Settings Folder 7 I/O dialog 62
Scale Tempo command 39 Machine Track Arming Profiles dialog 63, 64
Score Setup 13 Peripherals dialog 60, 59, 66
Scroll to Track Banks Controllers option 76 Session Setup window 63
Video Sync Offset command 63
Scroll to Track command 32
Shift command 18
Scrolling options 55
After Playback 55 Show All command 3
Center Playhead 56 Show Meters in Sends View option 67
None 55 Show Region List options 96
Page 55 Shuttle Numeric Keypad mode 70
Scrub in Video Window command 54 sibilants 48
S-Curve Tempo command 39 side-chain 47
Select All command 17 Signal Generator plug-in 51
Select Parent in Project Browser command 95 SIP (Solo In Place) mode 57
Select Region List options 96 Smooth and Thin Data After Pass option 76
Selection commands 17 Snap To commands 18
Change Edit to Match Timeline 17 Next 18
Play Edit 17 Previous 18
Send Pans Default to Follow Main Pan option 75 Solo In Place mode 57
Send Region to Back command 33 Solo Latch options
Send To Sibelius command 8 Latch 58
Send via DigiDelivery command 8 Momentary 58
Sends A-E view options 26 X-OR (Cancels Previous Solo) 58
Sends Default to -INF option 75 Solo Mode options
AFL (After Fader Listen) 57
Sends FJ view options 26
PFL (Pre Fader Listen) 57
Separate Region commands 19
SIP (Solo In Place) 57
At Selection 19
Solo modes and options 57
On Grid 19
Sort By options 97
Separate Region Operates On All Related Takes
preference 73 Split into Mono Track command 30
Services command 3 Standard VCA Logic for Group Attributes option 77
Session Setup window 63 Step Input command 43
sessions Stop at Shuttle Speed Zero option 83
backups 71 Stretch Tempo command 39
Set Record Tracks to Auto Input command 31 Strip Silence command 20
Set Record Tracks to Input Only command 31 Suppress Automation Write To Warnings option
Set Servo Lock Bit at Play option 83 76
Synchronization page 60
Synchronization Preferences 82
System Usage Window command 90
Index 109
View menu 23
Automation view options 26
Edit Window view options 23
Main Counter view options 27, 23
Region view options 25, 24
Sends A-E view options 26
Track Number command 27
Waveform view options 26
W
Waveform view options
Outline views 26
Peak view 26
Rectified view 26
Window Configuration List 85
Window menu 85
Automation command 88
Big Counter command 87
Color Palette command 89
Disk Space command 90
Edit command 86
Machine Track Arm command 88, 86
Project command 87
System Usage command 90
Task Manager command 87
Undo History command 89
Video command 89
Workspace command 87
Windows menu
Hide All Floating Windows command 86
Workspace browser 87
Workspace Window command 87
Write MIDI Real-Time Properties command 31
Write to All Enabled Automation command 21
Write to Current Automation command 21
X
X-OR (Cancels Previous Solo) Latch option 58
Z
Zoom Toggle preferences 74