Pinnacle Systems Pro Tools - 7.0 User's Guide

Pro Tools

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Menus Guide

Version 7.0

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contents

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

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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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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.

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chapter 2

File Menu

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

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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.

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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:

◆

To send a delivery, senders must have an In­ternet 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 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

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.

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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.

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 re­moving existing Instrument or 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.

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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

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.

Edit menu

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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Thin Automation

Trim to Current and Trim to All Enabled

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.

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

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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