Pinnacle Systems Pro Tools - 7.0 User's Guide

Pro Tools

Menus Guide

Version 7.0

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Product features, specifications, system requirements, and availability are subject to change without notice.

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Chapter 1. Pro Tools Menu (Macintosh Only)

About Pro Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Preferences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Macintosh Application Management Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Quit Pro Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Chapter 2. File Menu

New Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Open Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Close Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Save . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Save As . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Save Copy In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Revert to Saved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Send via DigiDelivery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Bounce to Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Import. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Export . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Get Info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Exit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

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Chapter 3. Edit Menu

Undo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Redo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Cut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Paste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Clear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Cut Special . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

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Copy Special . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Paste Special . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Clear Special . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Select All . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Play Edit Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Duplicate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Repeat. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Shift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Insert Silence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Trim Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Separate Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Heal Separation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Strip Silence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Consolidate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

TCE Edit to Timeline Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Thin Automation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Automation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Fades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Chapter 4. View Menu

Narrow Mix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Mix Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Edit Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Rulers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Sends A–E . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Sends F–J . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Track Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

System Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Disk Space. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Main Counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Pro Tools Menus Guide

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Chapter 5. Track Menu

New Track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Duplicate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Split Into Mono . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Make Inactive or Make Active . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Delete. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Write MIDI Real-Time Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Avid Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Set Record Tracks to Input Only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Set Record Tracks to Auto Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Auto Input Monitoring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Input Only Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Scroll To Track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Clear All Clip Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

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Chapter 6. Region Menu

Mute/Unmute Region. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Lock/Unlock Region. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Send to Back. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Bring To Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Ungroup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Ungroup All . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Regroup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Loop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Unloop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Rename Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Capture Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Identify Sync Point and Remove Sync Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Quantize to Grid. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Chapter 7. Event Menu

Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Tempo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

MIDI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

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MIDI Event List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

MIDI Track Offsets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

MIDI Real-Time Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Remove Duplicate Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Beat Detective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Identify Beat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Renumber Bars. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

All MIDI Notes Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Chapter 8. AudioSuite Menu

EQ Plug-Ins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Dynamics Plug-Ins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Pitch Shift Plug-Ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Reverb Plug-Ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Delay Plug-Ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Modulation Plug-Ins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Harmonic Plug-Ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Noise Reduction Plug-Ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Instrument Plug-Ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Other Plug-Ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Chapter 9. Options Menu

Destructive Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Loop Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

QuickPunch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

TrackPunch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Transport Online . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Video/Movie Track Online . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Movie Track Online . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

QuickTime DV Out FireWire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Pre/Post-Roll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Loop Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Scrolling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Link Timeline and Edit Selection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Link Track and Edit Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Mirror MIDI Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

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Pro Tools Menus Guide

Automation Follows Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Click . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

MIDI Thru . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Mute Frees Assigned Voice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Auto-Spot Regions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Pre-Fader Metering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Solo Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Calibration Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Delay Compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Low Latency Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Chapter 10. Setup Menu

Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Playback Engine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Disk Allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Peripherals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

I/O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Machine Track Arming Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

QuickTime Movie Offset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Current Feet+Frames Position. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Current Time Code Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

External Time Code Offset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

MIDI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Click . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Preferences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Chapter 11. Window Menu

Mix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Task Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Browsers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Big Counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

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Automation Enable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Memory Locations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Machine Track Arming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Universe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Avid Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

QuickTime Movie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Color Palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Undo History. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Disk Space. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

System Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Chapter 12. Help Menu

Chapter 13. Region List

Find . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Clear Find. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Select Parent in Project Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Show Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Select Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Sort By Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Clear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Rename . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Auto Rename . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Time Stamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Replace Region. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Compact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Export Region Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Export Regions as Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Export Region Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Recalculate Waveform Overviews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Timeline Drop Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

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chapter 1

Pro Tools Menu (Macintosh Only)

Pro Tools Menu

(Macintosh Only)

The Pro Tools Menu commands include links to Pro Tools Preferences, access to Mac OS X application management, and the Quit command.

Pro Tools menu

About Pro Tools

The About Pro Tools command launches the Pro Tools banner, which includes the version number of your Pro Tools software.

Macintosh Application Management Commands

(Services, Hide Pro Tools, Hide Others, Show All)

The Pro Tools menu also provides access to the following Macintosh OS X application management commands: Services, Hide Pro Tools, Hide Others, and Show All. For more information about these and other Mac OS X features, refer to your Apple Macintosh documentation.

Quit Pro Tools

The Quit Pro Tools command ends your Pro Tools session and closes the Pro Tools application.

Preferences

Pro Tools Preferences are available from both the Pro Tools Menu and the Setup menu. For more information, see “Preferences” on page 58.

Chapter 1: Pro Tools Menu (Macintosh Only)

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chapter 2

File Menu

File menu commands are used to create and maintain Pro Tools sessions.

File menu

New Session

The New Session command creates a new Pro Tools session. Before the session is created, you must name the session and choose its Audio File type, Sample Rate, Bit Depth, and I/O Settings in the New Session dialog.

New Session dialog

Chapter 2: File Menu

Open Session

Save Copy In

The Open command opens a session previously created with Pro Tools. Only one session can be open at a time.

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 As

The Save As command lets you save a copy of the current session under a different name, or in a different location. Because the Save As command closes the current session and allows you to keep working on the renamed copy, it is useful for saving successive stages of the session.

The Save Copy In command lets you save a copy of the currently selected session under a different name or in a different location. Session media can be included in the copy that you save, with options to save the media at a different bit depth, sample rate, fader gain level, or file format type. Sessions can be saved in a variety of session formats for compatibility with older systems. This command is useful for archiving sessions.

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Save Copy In dialog

Unlike the Save As command, Save Copy In does not close the original session, so subsequent edits are made to the original session. The saved copy becomes a backup copy, and gives you the option of returning to the earlier version.

When you Save Copy In with a lower bit rate, Pro Tools Dither with Noise Shaping will be applied. The Dither setting used for any conversion is the Digidesign Dither plug-in with Noise Shaping enabled.

For information on sharing sessions between different platforms, Pro Tools systems, or Pro Tools software versions, see the Pro Tools Reference Guide.

The Items To Copy section of this dialog provides several options for copying a session along with its associated files.

Root Plug-In Settings Folder

contents of the root-level Plug-In Settings Folder are copied into a folder named

tings Folder

to be moved to the root level plug-in settings folder on the destination system before you can use them. The references to these settings files in the session are ied files.

Movie/Video Files

video files are copied to the new location, and the references in the session are redirected to the copied movie or video file.

, indicating that these files will need

not

redirected to point to the cop-

When selected, the session’s

When selected, the

Place in Root Set-

All Audio Files

copied to the new location. Selecting All Non“file type” Audio Files copies all audio files

cept

audio files of the specified audio file type. This option’s file type will always be the default audio file type of the session; so if the session’s default audio file type is WAV, the option will read All Non-WAV Audio Files. Selecting Don’t Copy Fade Files omits fade files from the copied data.

Session Plug-In Settings Folder

the session’s Plug-In Settings Folder is copied to the new location. The references to these plugin settings in the session are redirected to the copied files.

When selected, all audio files are

ex-

When selected,

Revert to Saved

The Revert to Saved command restores the most recently saved version of a session, discarding all changes made since the last time you saved. Reverting to the last saved version of a session is like closing the session without saving changes and reopening it.

Chapter 2: File Menu

Send via DigiDelivery

Bounce to Commands

DigiDelivery is Digidesign’s system for efficient and reliable transfer of digital media files over the Internet. Send via DigiDelivery lets you send a Pro Tools session and all of its related files using DigiDelivery from within Pro Tools.

Anyone can send and receive files from a DigiDelivery system, even if they do not own a DigiDelivery network appliance, as follows:

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To send a delivery, senders must have an Internet connection, an account on a DigiDelivery network appliance, and the DigiDelivery client application.

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To receive a delivery, recipients only need an Internet connection and the DigiDelivery client application. An account on the network appliance is not needed.

For more information about DigiDelivery, see the DigiDelivery Guide.

The Bounce to commands let you mix tracks together into one file.

Bounce to Disk

The Bounce to Disk command allows you to mix together the outputs of all currently audible tracks routed to a common output path to create a new audio file. You can use the Bounce to Disk command to create a submix or to create a final mix in any of several audio file formats.

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Bounce to Disk dialog

Bounce Source

bounce. Only audio routed to the selected path will be included in the bounce.

Enforce Avid Compatibility

rate edits, wraps the files as OMFI (unless File Type is MXF), and limits the sample rate options to 44.1 kHz or 48 kHz. Dithering without noise shaping will be applied to files being exported from 24-bit to 16-bit.

Selects the audio output path to

Creates frame-accu-

File Type

all systems are BWF (.WAV), AIFF, MPEG-1 Layer 3 (MP3), and QuickTime. Windows systems also include Windows Media (Windows). Macintosh systems also include SD II and Sound Resource. Systems with the DigiTranslator option also support MXF audio files.

Certain file types are restricted in regards to format, resolution, and sample rate.

Format

channels). Choices are mono (summed), multiple mono, or interleaved.

Resolution

24-bit, 16-bit, or 8-bit resolution.

Sample Rate

Selects the audio file type. Choices on

Selects the channel format (number of

Selects the bit depth. Choices are

Selects the sample rate.

Whenever a Bounce to Disk is configured to a different file type, file format, resolution, or sample rate, additional options become available to convert during or after the bounce. See “Additional Bounce Options” on page 7 for more information.

Import After Bounce

audio after it is bounced and adds it to the Region List so that it can be used in the session.

Automatically imports the

The Import After Bounce option is only available if the target file type and sample rate for the bounce are the same as the file type and sample rate of the current session, and the target resolution (bit rate) is the same or lower than the resolution of the session. In addition, tracks bounced to a Stereo Interleaved file cannot be imported after a bounce.

Additional Bounce Options

The following Bounce options are only available when bouncing to a different file type, format, resolution, or sample rate.

Conversion Quality

tion ranging from Low to Tweak Head, when bouncing to a new sample rate.

Use Squeezer

bounced audio before conversion to 8-bit resolution.

Convert During Bounce

file type, sample rate, and bit resolution conversion as the file is being bounced.

Convert After Bounce

file type, sample rate, and bit resolution conversion after the file has been bounced.

Selects the quality, with op-

Optimizes the dynamics of the

Automatically performs

Bounce to QuickTime Movie

This command compiles a new QuickTime movie with the current session as the audio soundtrack. Pro Tools will convert the audio tracks to the selected sample rate and bit resolution, then create a new flattened movie with the bounced audio. As a QuickTime file, the new movie is supported by all software applications that support QuickTime video.

Chapter 2: File Menu

Import

Pro Tools provides several menu commands to import files and regions into an open session.

Import Session Data

This command lets you import selected session data from an existing session into the current session. Options are provided for time code mapping, track offset options, sample rate con-

version, and copying, converting, and referencing audio and video source files. The Import Session Data command also lets you import the Tempo Meter Map and any Markers/Memory Locations.

With Pro Tools HD, you can select specific session data (such as automation and routing) to import. You can also import main playlist options—either replacing existing options or overlaying elements onto existing tracks.

Figure 1. Import Session Data dialog

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Import Region Groups

Import MIDI to Region List

This command loads region groups into the Region List without creating a new track.

Import Audio to Track

This command loads audio files or regions into the current session. Each imported audio file will appear on its own individual track.

Import Audio to Region List

This command lets you import audio into the Region List without automatically creating new tracks.

Import Audio from Current Movie

This command imports audio directly from a QuickTime movie currently loaded into a session. Pro Tools will convert the audio to the current session sample rate and bit resolution.

Import Audio from QuickTime Movie

This command imports audio from a QuickTime movie on your hard drive. If necessary, Pro Tools will convert the audio to the current session sample rate and bit resolution. This command can also be used to import audio files from audio CDs.

This command imports all tracks from a Standard MIDI file into Pro Tools without automatically creating new tracks for them. Imported tracks appear in the Region List and can then be dragged into a MIDI track.

Options are provided for importing the Session Start or Song Start Marker (if the marker is not located at the session start), importing tempo map data contained in the sequence, and remove existing Instrument or MIDI tracks.

Import QuickTime Movie

(Pro Tools Systems without an Avid DNA Video Peripheral Only)

This command imports a QuickTime movie into the current session. Once imported, the QuickTime movie is displayed in its own Movie track in the Edit window, and in a floating Movie window. With a QuickTime movie in a session, Pro Tools serves as a fast, random-access visual reference for “sweetening” the movie by adding sound effects, music, Foley, dialog, or other audio.

Import Avid Movie or QuickTime Movie

(Pro Tools HD with an Avid DNA Video Peripheral Only)

Import MIDI to Track

The Import MIDI to Track command imports all tracks from a Standard MIDI file into Pro Tools and automatically places them in new MIDI tracks.

This command imports a QuickTime movie (or Avid Video) into the current session. Once imported, the QuickTime movie (or Avid Video) is displayed in its own Movie track in the Edit window, and in a floating Movie window. With a QuickTime movie (or Avid Video) in a session, Pro Tools serves as a fast, random-access visual reference for “sweetening” the movie by adding sound effects, music, Foley, dialog, or other audio.

Chapter 2: File Menu

Export

Pro Tools provides several menu commands to export session tracks or data as files.

Export Selected Tracks as OMF/AAF

(DigiTranslator Option Only)

The Export Selected Tracks as OMF command exports selected tracks in AAF and OMFI format. Advanced Authoring Format (AAF) and Open Media Framework Interchange (OMFI) are industry standard file formats that facilitate the transfer of digital media between applications (such as Pro Tools and Avid Video editing software). If the DigiTranslator option is not installed, the Export Selected Track as OMF command will be greyed out in the File menu.

For more information, see the DigiTranslator 2.0 Integrated Option Guide.

You can export to any of several different text file formats (including Microsoft Word and Excel).

Export Session Info as Text dialog

Export MIDI

This command exports all currently audible MIDI tracks in a session as a standard MIDI file. Muted MIDI tracks will not be exported. You can export the file as a Type 1 (multitrack) or Type 0 (merged) Standard MIDI file.

Export Session Info as Text

(Pro Tools HD Only)

This command exports the current session as a tab-delimited text ﬁle that can contain region and ﬁle names, extended timestamp information, and information about crossfades.

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Get Info

This command lets you enter and save information about the session.

Left-column text fields are topic fields. Text entered there is saved with your Pro Tools Preferences and will appear in all sessions, allowing you to preset the field to topics that you commonly use.

Right-column text fields are information fields and are session specific and will be saved with the session.

Exit

(Windows Only)

The Exit command ends your Pro Tools session and closes the Pro Tools application.

chapter 3

Edit Menu

Edit menu commands are used to edit and manipulate the current selection and affect data in the timeline.

Undo

The Undo command lets you sequentially undo up to 32 of your previous actions. Certain commands and actions (such as saving) are not undoable. The last command in the undo queue will appear in the menu (for example, “Undo Paste”).

Redo

After undoing a command or action, you can redo it by choosing the Redo command. This is a good way to compare before and after states of edits.

Cut

This command cuts a selection out of its current location and stores it in memory so that you can paste it elsewhere.

Copy

This command copies a selection (leaving the original intact) and stores it in memory so that you can paste it elsewhere.

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Paste

This command inserts cut or copied data into a location specified with an Edit tool (such as the Selector tool).

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Clear

This command removes the contents within a selection in the Edit window.

The Paste Special commands let you paste automation data into another region (without affecting associated audio or MIDI notes) in the following ways:

Cut Special

The Cut Special commands let you cut just automation data from the current selection (without associated audio or MIDI notes) and place it in memory to paste elsewhere. Choices include:

All Automation Cuts all automation or MIDI controller data whether it is shown or not.

Pan Automation Cuts only pan automation or MIDI pan data whether it is shown or not.

Plug-In Automation Cuts only plug-in automation that is shown.

Copy Special

The Copy Special commands let you copy just automation data from the current selection (without associated audio or MIDI notes) and place a copy of it in memory to paste elsewhere.

All Automation Copies all automation or MIDI controller data whether it is shown or not.

Merge Pastes MIDI controller data from the clipboard to the selection and merges it with any current MIDI controller data in the selection. This can be useful for consolidating MIDI data from several tracks into a single MIDI track.

Repeat to Fill Selection Pastes multiple iterations of audio or MIDI data from the Clipboard to fill the selection. If you select an area that is not an exact multiple of the copied region size, the remaining selection area is filled with a trimmed version of the original selection. This allows you to easily create drum loops and other repetitive effects. Before the data is pasted, Pro Tools prompts you to specify a crossfade to smooth transitions between regions.

To Current Automation Type Pastes the automation or MIDI controller data from the clipboard to the selection as the current type of automation or continuous MIDI data. This lets you copy one type of automation data to another, or one type of continuous MIDI date to another type of contiguous MIDI data.

Pan Automation Copies only pan automation or MIDI pan data whether it is shown or not.

Plug-In Automation Copies only plug-in automation that is shown.

Paste Special

The Paste Special commands let you paste automation data into another region (without affecting associated audio or MIDI notes) in the following ways:

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Clear Special

The Clear Special commands let you clear just automation data from the current region. Choices in the Clear Special submenu are All Automation, Pan Automation, and Plug-In Automation.

Select All

This command selects all audio and MIDI data in one or more tracks.

◆ To select all regions in a single track, select a

portion of the track, or click the Selector anywhere in a track and choose Select All.

◆ To select all regions on multiple tracks, Shift-

click a region on each track with the Selector or Grabber and choose Select All.

◆ To select all regions on all tracks, Select the

“All” Edit Group in the Groups List, click the Selector anywhere in a track, and choose Select All.

Selection

(Pro Tools HD Only)

The Selection commands are for copying or playing Edit or Timeline selections.

Play Edit Selection

(Pro Tools LE and M-Powered Only)

This command plays an Edit selection.

Duplicate

This command copies a selection and places it immediately after the end of that selection in a track.

Repeat

This command is similar to Duplicate, but allows you to specify the number of times the selected material is duplicated. To use this command, select the material you want to repeat, choose Repeat, then enter the number of repetitions.

Shift

Change Timeline to Match Edit

When the Edit and Timeline selections are unlinked, this command copies the current Timeline selection to the an Edit selection.

Change Edit to Match Timeline

When the Edit and Timeline selections are unlinked, this command copies the current Edit selection to the Timeline.

Play Edit

(Pro Tools HD Only)

This command plays an Edit selection.

Play Timeline

(Pro Tools HD Only)

This command plays a Timeline selection.

This command moves track material earlier or later in time by a specified amount. To use this command, select the material you want to move, choose Shift, then enter the desired direction and time value.

Insert Silence

This command creates regions of silence. Make a selection on one or more tracks, choose Insert Silence, and precisely that amount of silence will be inserted.

Trim Region

This command provides several options for editing region boundaries (including looped regions).

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To Selection

This command removes data before and after a region or MIDI note selection, leaving only the selection. This command lets you quickly remove all data in a region (and in some instances the entire track) except for the current selection.

Separate Region

These commands separate a region from adjacent data in the track where it was created. By separating a region you will also create by-product regions from data on either side of the separation.

Start to Insertion

This command lets you trim a region or MIDI note by automatically removing the material between the Edit insertion point and the start point.

End to Insertion

This command lets you trim a region or MIDI note by automatically removing the material between the Edit insertion point and the end point.

Start to Fill Selection

This command lets you automatically reveal underlying material in the gaps between the region start and selection start points.

End to Fill Selection

This command lets you automatically reveal underlying material in the gaps between the selection end and region end points.

To Fill Selection

This command lets you automatically reveal underlying material in the gaps before and after the selection.

The Separate Region commands automatically unloop and flatten looped regions before separating.

At Selection

This command creates new region boundaries at the selection start and end points.

On Grid

This command constrains newly created regions to start and end on grid points.

At Transients

This command automatically creates region boundaries on detected transients within a selection.

Heal Separation

This command repairs separated regions, provided that the regions are contiguous and their relative start and end points haven’t changed since they were originally separated. If you have trimmed or changed the start and end points of the two regions, or moved them away from each other, they cannot be repaired with the Heal Separation command.

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Strip Silence

This command opens the Strip Silence window. Use this window to remove areas of silence from a selection. Strip Silence automatically divides a selection into regions, which can be useful for quantizing audio to musical values or SMPTE locations.

Strip Silence window

Consolidate

This command consolidates multiple regions into a single region. When an audio track is consolidated, a new audio file is written that encompasses the selection range, including any blank space or fades.

TCE Edit to Timeline Selection

(Pro Tools HD Only)

Automation

(Pro Tools HD Only)

With Pro Tools HD, multiple Automation commands are available.

Copy to Send

This command lets you copy either the current values or automation of a selected track’s volume, pan, mute, or LFE automation to the corresponding playlist for the send. This is useful when you want a track’s send automation to mirror automation on the track itself.

This command uses the Time Compression/Expansion plug-in to fit an audio selection to a Timeline selection. This is only possible when the Edit and Timeline selections are unlinked.

Thin Automation

(Pro Tools LE and M-Powered Only)

This command lets you selectively thin areas in a track where automation data is too dense and adversely affecting CPU performance. The amount of thinning performed is determined by the amount you have selected in the Automation page of the Preferences dialog. Avoid overthinning data or it may no longer accurately reflect the original automation.

Copy to Send dialog

To copy a track’s current control settings to a send on that track, select Current Value. To copy the entire automation playlist for the track to a send, select Automation.

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Trim to Current and Trim to All Enabled

Write to Current and Write to All Enabled

These commands let you write automation states for one or more parameters to specific session locations in a single step. This saves you the trouble of performing multiple automation passes for different parameters in real time, or having to graphically draw automation state changes on individual automation playlists.

Write to Current Parameters

This command writes the current value only to the currently displayed automation parameter.

Write to All Enabled Parameters

This command writes the current settings for all automation parameters enabled in the Automation Enable window.

These commands let you use trim values as snapshots and apply the relative changes or delta values to the selected automation. This is similar to the Write Automation command, except that it writes delta values instead of absolute values to automation data. You can use trim values in writing snapshot automation to any automatable parameter.

Trim to Current Parameter

This command trims the current value only to the currently displayed automation parameter.

Trim to All Enabled Parameters

This command trims the current settings for all automation parameters enabled in the Automation Enable window.

Glide to Current and Glide to All Enabled

These commands let you manually create an automation transition (or glide) from an existing automation value to a new one, over a selected area.

Glide Automation can also be used for automating the Surround Panner.

Glide to Current Parameter

This command applies Glide Automation only to the currently displayed automation parameter.

Glide to All Enabled Parameters

This command applies the Glide Automation for all automation parameters enabled in the Automation Enable window.

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Fades

Create

These commands let you create (or delete) a crossfade between two adjacent audio regions, or a fade-in or fade-out of a single region. Crossfade duration, position, and shape are all selectable. A selection that crosses multiple regions will create crossfades for each of the region transitions. If a selection includes regions that already contain crossfades, the existing crossfades will be modified.

The Create command produces a crossfade between adjacent regions according to parameters you specify with the Fades editor.

Delete

The Delete command removes a crossfade between adjacent regions.

Fade to Start

The Fade to Start command creates a fade-in from the current insertion point to a region’s start point.

Fade to End

The Fade to End command creates a fade-out from the current insertion point to a region’s end point.

Fades dialog

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View Menu

View menu options and commands control the display of Pro Tools windows, tracks, and track data. Some View menu options toggle the display of various Pro Tools windows or data: selecting the option displays the data, and deselecting the option hides the data.

View menu

Narrow Mix

This option reduces the width of Mix channels on-screen, allowing you to display the maximum number of tracks on your computer monitor. In this view, track names, names of sends, and plug-in names are abbreviated to accommodate the smaller view. To return to normal view width, choose this command again.

Mix Window

These options selectively display Mic Preamps (Pro Tools HD only), Instruments, Inserts, Sends A–E, Sends F–J, Delay Compensation (Pro Tools HD only), Track Color, and Comments views in the Mix window. You can also select All of the displays, or None of them.

Edit Window

These options selectively display Comments, Mic Preamps (Pro Tools HD only), Instruments, Inserts, Sends A–E, Sends F–J, I/O, Real-Time Properties, Track Color, and Transport views in the Edit window. You can also select All of the displays, or None of them.

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Rulers

These options selectively display various Timebase and Conductor rulers in the Edit window. In addition to providing a timing reference for track material, Timebase rulers are used to define Edit and Timeline selections.

Besides selecting individual rulers, you can select All of the rulers, or None of them.

Timebase Rulers

Any or all of the following Timebase rulers can be displayed at the top of the Edit window:

• Bars:Beats

• Minutes:Seconds

•Time Code (Pro Tools HD and Pro Tools LE with DV Toolkit only)

• Feet+Frames (Pro Tools HD and Pro Tools LE with DV Toolkit only)

• Samples

In addition to providing a timing reference for track material, the Timebase rulers are also used to define Edit selections for track material, and

Timeline selections for record and play ranges.

With the Selector, drag in any Timebase ruler to select material across all tracks in the Edit window. To include the Conductor Tracks in the selection, press Alt (Windows) or Option (Macintosh) while dragging.

Conductor Rulers

Any or all of the following Conductor rulers can be displayed:

• Markers

•Tempo (and Tempo Editor)

• Meter

The Meter and Tempo rulers indicate changes in meter and tempo within the Session. The Markers ruler displays Markers to important track locations.

The Tempo Editor is an expansion of the Tempo ruler, opening in the rulers section of the Edit window.

Region

Sync Point

This option lets you display or hide sync points in regions. Regions will align to a sync point regardless of its display status.

Name

This option lets you display or hide a region’s name in tracks in the Edit window. Hiding a display is useful if you are working at a zoom level where region names obscure the view of audio waveforms.

Overlap

This option lets you display or hide the region overlap “dog-ear” corner that indicates overlapping region boundaries.

Current Time

This option displays the time stamp of all regions placed in all tracks according to their current location in the track.

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Original Time Stamp

Track Number

This option displays the Original Time Stamp of all regions in all tracks. When a region is created, it is time stamped relative to the SMPTE start time specified for the session. This original time stamp is permanently stored with the region and cannot be changed. If a region is ever moved, it can easily be placed at its original position using the Spot dialog.

User Time Stamp

This option displays the User Time Stamp of all regions in all tracks. When a file is first recorded, its User Time Stamp is identical to its original time stamp. You can change the User Time Stamp using the Time Stamp Selected command in the Region List. This allows you to use a custom time stamp for spotting or re-spotting the region to a time location different from its Original Time Stamp.

No Time

This option disables the time stamp display in regions.

Sends A–E

These options display either send assignments for all sends, or the controls for individual sends (Sends A–E). Select Assignment to display all five of these send assignments.

This command assigns each track a number corresponding to its position in the Mix and Edit windows. When tracks are reordered, track numbers stay in positional sequence.

Transport

These options selectively displays Counters, MIDI Controls, and Expanded controls in the Transport window.

System Usage

(Pro Tools HD Only)

These options set the display format for the System Usage window: Small, Large, Detailed, Gas Gauge, or Activity Only. The System Usage window shows the usage of DSP and CPU resources during a session.

Disk Space

These options specify either a Text or Gas Gauge style display format for the Disk Space window. The Disk Space window shows how much recording time is currently available on each hard drive connected to your system.

Main Counter

These view options set how the Time Scale is displayed in the Main Counter.

Sends F–J

These options display either send assignments for all sends, or the controls for individual sends (Sends F–J). Select Assignment to display all five of these send assignments.

Bars:Beats

This option displays the Time Scale in Bars and Beats. Use this Time Scale if you are working with musical material that must align with bars and beats.

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Minutes:Seconds

This option displays the Time Scale in minutes and seconds.

Time Code

(Pro Tools HD and Pro Tools LE with DV Toolkit Only)

This option displays the Time Scale in SMPTE frames. The Frame Rate and Session Start time are set from the Session Setup window. Pro Tools supports the following frame rates: 24, 25, 29.97 Non-Drop, 29.97 Drop, 30 Non-Drop, and 30 Drop frames per second.

Feet+Frames

(Pro Tools HD and Pro Tools LE with DV Toolkit Only)

This option displays the Time Scale in feet and frames for referencing audio-for-film projects. The Feet+Frames time display is based on the 35 millimeter film format.

Samples

This option displays the Time Scale in samples. This format is useful for high-resolution sample editing.

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