Pinnacle Systems Pro Tools - 8.1 User Manual
Pro Tools Menus Guide
Version 8.1
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contents
Chapter 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Chapter 2. Pro Tools Menu (Mac Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
About Pro Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Mac Application Management Commands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Quit Pro Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Chapter 3. File Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
New Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Open Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Open Recent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Close Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Save . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Save As . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Save Copy In. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Save As Template . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Revert to Saved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Send via DigiDelivery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Send to Sibelius . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Bounce to Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Import . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Export . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Get Info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Score Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Print Score . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Chapter 4. Edit Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Undo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
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Redo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Restore Last Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Cut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Paste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Clear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Cut Special . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Copy Special . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Paste Special . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Clear Special . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Select All . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Duplicate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Repeat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Shift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Insert Silence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Snap To. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Trim Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Separate Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Heal Separation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Consolidate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Mute/Unmute Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Strip Silence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
TCE Edit to Timeline Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Automation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Fades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Chapter 5. View Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Mix Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Narrow Mix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Edit Window Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Rulers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Other Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Waveforms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Automation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
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Sends A–E . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Sends F–J . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Track Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Main Counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Chapter 6. Track Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
New Track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Duplicate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Split into Mono . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Make Inactive or Make Active. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Delete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Write MIDI Real-Time Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Set Record Tracks to Input Only or to Auto Input Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Auto Input Monitoring or Input Only Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Scroll To Track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Clear All Clip Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Coalesce VCA Master Automation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Coalesce Trim Automation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Clear Trim Automation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Solo, Mute, Record Arm, and Input Monitor Tracks with a Selection Commands . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Create Click Track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Chapter 7. Region Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Edit Lock/Unlock Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Time Lock/Unlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Send to Back . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Bring To Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Ungroup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Ungroup All. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Regroup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Loop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Unloop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Capture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
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Rename . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Identify Sync Point and Remove Sync Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Quantize to Grid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Elastic Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Conform to Tempo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Remove Warp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Remove Pitch Shift. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Chapter 8. Event Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Time Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Tempo Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Event Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
MIDI Track Offsets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
MIDI Real-Time Properties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Remove Duplicate Notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Add Key Change. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Beat Detective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Identify Beat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Renumber Bars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
All MIDI Notes Off. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Chapter 9. AudioSuite Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
EQ Plug-ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Dynamics Plug-ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Pitch Shift Plug-ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Reverb Plug-ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Delay Plug-ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Modulation Plug-ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Harmonic Plug-ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Noise Reduction Plug-ins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Instrument Plug-ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Other Plug-ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Chapter 10. Options Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Destructive Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Loop Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
QuickPunch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
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TrackPunch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
DestructivePunch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Prepare DPE (DestructivePunch-Enabled) Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Transport Online . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Video Track Online . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Video Out FireWire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Scrub in Video Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Pre/Post-Roll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Loop Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Dynamic Transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Edit Window Scrolling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Link Timeline and Edit Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Link Track and Edit Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Mirror MIDI Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Automation Follows Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Click . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
MIDI Thru . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Mute Frees Assigned Voice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Auto-Spot Regions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Pre-Fader Metering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Solo Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Edit/Tool Mode Keyboard Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Calibration Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Delay Compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Activate HEAT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Low Latency Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Chapter 11. Setup Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Playback Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Disk Allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Peripherals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
I/O. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Machine Track Arming Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Video Sync Offset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
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Current Feet+Frames Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Current Time Code Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
External Time Code Offset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
MIDI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Click/Countoff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Chapter 12. Window Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Arrange . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Hiding All Floating Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Mix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Edit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
MIDI Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Score Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
MIDI Event List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
MIDI Editors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Task Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Browsers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Transport. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Big Counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Automation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Memory Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Machine Track Arming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Video Universe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Color Palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Undo History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Disk Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
System Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Eleven Rack. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Chapter 13. Help Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Additional Software Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Check For Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
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About Pro Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Chapter 14. Region List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Region List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
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chapter 1
Introduction
This guide summarizes Pro Tools® menus and
their commands, and options. The Region List
and its commands and tools are also covered.
For complete information, see the Pro Tools
Reference Guide.
References to Pro Tools LE
are usually interchangeable with Pro Tools
M-Powered™, except as noted in the
Pro Tools M-Powered User Guide.
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in this guide
Chapter 1: Introduction 1
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chapter 2
Pro Tools Menu (Mac Only)
The Pro Tools Menu commands include links to
Pro Tools Preferences, access to Mac OS X application management, and the Quit command.
About Pro Tools
The About Pro Tools command launches the
Pro Tools banner, which includes the version
number of your Pro Tools software.
Preferences
Mac Application Management Commands
(Services, Hide Pro Tools, Hide Others,
Show All)
The Pro Tools menu also provides access to the
following Mac 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 the documentation for your Mac computer.
Pro Tools Preferences are available from both
the Pro Tools Menu and the Setup menu. For
more information, see “Preferences” on page 69.
Quit Pro Tools
The Quit Pro Tools command ends your
Pro Tools session and closes the Pro Tools application.
Chapter 2: Pro Tools Menu (Mac Only) 3
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chapter 3
File Menu
File menu commands are used to create and
maintain Pro Tools sessions.
New Session
The New Session command creates a new
Pro Tools session. You can choose to either create a session from a template (Create Session
From Template) or create a blank session (Create
Blank Session).
If you choose to create a new session from a template, the available templates appear in the Session Template List.
Before the session is created, you must also
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 3: File Menu 5
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.
Open Recent
The Open Recent command lets you open any of
the 10 most recently opened Pro Tools sessions
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.
Save Copy of Session 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
Noise Shaping enabled.
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Dither plug-in with
For information on sharing sessions between different platforms, Pro Tools systems, or Pro Tools software versions, see the
Pro Tools Reference Guide.
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The Items To Copy section of this dialog provides several options for copying a session along
with its associated files.
All Audio Files When selected, all audio files are
copied to the new location. Selecting All Non“file type” Audio Files copies all audio files except 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 When selected,
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.
Root Plug-in Settings Folder When selected, the
contents of the root-level Plug-in Settings Folder
are copied into a folder named Place in Root Set-
tings Folder, indicating that these files will need
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 not redirected to point to the copied files.
Movie/Video Files When selected, the session’s
video files are copied to the new location, and
the references in the session are redirected to the
copied movie or video file.
Preserve Folder Hierarchy When selected, the
relative arrangement of session audio files located across different drives or folders is maintained. The main folder for the session copy will
include subfolders for each drive or folder in the
original session and the destination subfolders
will use the same names as the source drives and
folders.
When this option is not selected, the Save Copy
In command copies all files of the same type, regardless of their location, into a single destination folder.
Save As Template
The Save As Template command allows you to
save the current session as a Pro Tools Session
Template (a .ptt file).
The Save Session Template provides several options for saving the session as a template.
Save Session Template dialog
Install Template in System When selected, this
option saves the session as a template in the
folder referenced by the Pro Tools Quick Start
dialog (the Session Templates folder). From the
Category pop-up menu, you can select a category
(or create a new one), or you can open the Session Templates folder using the Reveal Session
Templates Folder command. You can also name
the template.
Select Location for Template When selected, the
Save As dialog opens, allowing you to save the
session template in any directory location.
Include Media When selected, audio and video
files are saved along with the template.
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Revert to Saved
Send to Sibelius
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.
Send via DigiDelivery
Aspera DigiDelivery™ is a 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 In-
ternet connection, an account on a DigiDelivery
network appliance, and the DigiDelivery client
application.
To receive a delivery, recipients only need an
Internet connection and the DigiDelivery client
application. An account on the network appliance is not needed.
The Send To Sibelius command exports all MIDI
and Instrument tracks to Sibelius
tion software as a MIDI file. You can then further edit the notation in Sibelius (or G7) and
print the score of your session.
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or G7 nota-
Bounce to Commands
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.
For more information about DigiDelivery,
visit the Aspera website
(http://www.asperasoft.com).
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Bounce to Disk dialog
Bounce Source Selects the audio output path to
bounce. Only audio routed to the selected path
will be included in the bounce.
Import After Bounce Automatically imports the
audio after it is bounced and adds it to the Region List so that it can be used in the session.
Enforce Avid Compatibility Creates frame-accurate 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.
File Type Selects the audio file type. Choices on
all systems are BWF (.WAV), AIFF, MPEG-1
Layer 3 (MP3), and QuickTime. Windows systems also include Windows Media (Windows).
Mac systems also include SD II. Systems with the
DigiTranslator™ option also support MXF audio
files.
Certain file types are restricted in regards to format, resolution, and sample rate.
Format Selects the channel format (number of
channels). Choices are mono (summed), multiple mono, or interleaved.
Bit Depth Selects the bit depth. Choices are 24,
16, or 8 bit resolution.
Sample Rate Selects the sample rate (from 8 kHz
to 192 kHz).
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 Selects the quality, with option ranging from Low to Tweak Head, when
bouncing to a new sample rate.
Use Squeezer Optimizes the dynamics of the
bounced audio before conversion to 8-bit resolution.
Convert During Bounce Automatically performs
file type, sample rate, and bit resolution conversion as the file is being bounced.
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 9 for more information.
Convert After Bounce Automatically performs
file type, sample rate, and bit resolution conversion after the file has been bounced.
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Bounce to QuickTime Movie
This command lets you bounce the main video
track (QuickTime or Avid
stereo mixdown of your session to a new QuickTime movie. 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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video) and a mono or
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 text encoding,
time code mapping, track offset options, sample
rate conversion, 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 Key Signature
Maps, Markers/Memory Locations, and Window
Configurations.
With Pro Tools HD
Toolkit™ 2, 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.
Import Session Data dialog
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or Pro Tools LE™ with DV
Import Audio
This command lets you import audio files into
the current session. Audio files can be imported
into a new track (and the Region List), or the Region List only.
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Import MIDI
The Import MIDI command imports all tracks
from a Standard MIDI file into Pro Tools. MIDI
files can be imported into a new track (and the
Region List) or the Region List only.
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.
Import Video
This command lets you import Avid Video
(Pro Tools|HD
ripheral only) or QuickTime into the main video
track (and the Region List), a new track (and the
Region List), or the Region List only.
The Import Video command can also be used to
extract (import) audio from a Quicktime Movie.
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systems with an Avid video pe-
Import Region Groups
This command lets you import region groups
into the current session. Region groups can be
imported into a new track (and the Region List)
or the Region List only.
Export
Pro Tools provides several menu commands to
export session tracks or data as files.
Export Selected Tracks as AAF/OMF
(DigiTranslator Option Only)
The Export Selected Tracks as AAF/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.
Export MIDI
This command lets you export your Pro Tools
session or individual MIDI or Instruments tracks
as a standard MIDI file. You can export the file
as a Type 1 (multitrack) or Type 0 (merged) Standard MIDI file. The exported MIDI file includes
meter and tempo information, and any key signatures in your Pro Tools session.
Muted MIDI tracks will not be exported.
This can be useful for storing libraries of your favorite MIDI sequences or SysEx data (such as
bulk or individual patch dumps for your external MIDI devices), or for importing MIDI into
notation applications other than Sibelius or G7.
Export Sibelius
This command exports the score from your session as a Sibelius (.sib) file. You can then open
your score in Sibelius as transcribed by
Pro Tools, edit the notation in Sibelius as desired, and print the score and parts from Sibelius.
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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.
You can export to any of several different text
file formats (including Microsoft Word and Excel).
Score Setup
Selecting Score Setup opens the Score Setup win-
dow. This window lets you set up the page layout and staff spacing of your score, viewable in
the Score Editor window. You can also enter the
Title and Composer for the score and select what
elements of the score to display. Changes to the
Score Setup update dynamically in the Score Editor.
Export Session Info as Text dialog (Pro Tools HD shown)
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.
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Score Setup window
The following options are available in the Score
Setup window:
Information
Title Enter the Title for the score. This appears at
the top of the first page.
Composer Enter the Composer for the score.
This appears in the upper right-hand corner of
the first page.
Layout
Page Size Select the page size (Letter, Legal, Tab-
loid, or A4).
Display
The Display options determine which score elements you want displayed in the score. Deselect
the elements you do not want displayed in the
score.
Title and Composer Select to display the Title
and Composer on the score.
Page Numbers Select to display Page Numbers at
the bottom of each page.
Bar Numbers Select to display Bar Numbers at
the beginning of each system above the top
staff.
Track Na me s Select to display Track Names for
each staff at the beginning of the score.
Chord Symbols Select to display chord symbols
in the score.
Chord Diagrams Select to display Chord Diagrams to display guitar tablature in the score
Spacing
Between Staves Enter the desired amount of
spacing (in staff spaces) between staves.
Between Systems Enter the desired amount of
spacing (in staff spaces) between systems.
Below Title and Composer Enter the desired
amount of spacing (in staff spaces) between the
Title and Composer and the first staff of the
score.
Below Chord Symbols and Diagrams Enter the
desired amount of spacing (in Inches or Millimeters) between Chord Symbols and Diagrams,
and the top stave of each system.
Portrait Select to set the page orientation to Portrait.
Landscape Select to set the page orientation to
Landscape.
Staff Size Enter the Staff Size (in Inches or Millimeters).
Page Margins Enter the size (in Inches or Millimeters) for the top, bottom, left, and right page
margins.
Inches Select to enter Stave Size, Page, Margins,
and Spacing in inches.
Millimeters Select to enter Stave Size, Page, Margins, and Spacing in millimeters.
Print Score
The Print Score command lets you print the
score from your Pro Tools session. Pro Tools
provides WYSIWYG (“what you see is what you
get”) printing. Configure the Score Setup as desired and show or hide any MIDI and Instrument tracks as desired. Only those tracks that
are shown in the score will be printed.
Exit
(Windows Only)
The Exit command ends your Pro Tools session
and closes the Pro Tools application.
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Edit Menu
Edit menu commands are used to edit and manipulate the current selection and affect data in
the timeline or the clipboard.
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”).
If no actions are available to undo, the menu
displays a grayed out Can’t Undo.
Restore Last Selection
If you lose the current Edit (or Timeline) selection and want to restore it, use the Restore Last
Selection command.
If no actions are available to restore, the menu
displays a grayed out Restore Last Selection.
Cut
This command cuts a selection out of its current
location and stores it in memory so that you can
paste it elsewhere.
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.
If no actions are available to redo, the menu displays a grayed out Can’t Redo.
Copy
This command copies a selection (leaving the
original intact) and stores it in memory so that
you can paste it elsewhere.
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
Paste Special
This command removes the contents within a
selection in the Edit window.
Cut Special
The Cut Special commands let you cut just automation data from the current selection (without
associated audio, video, 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, vi deo, o r MID I not es)
and place a copy of it in memory to paste elsewhere.
The Paste Special commands let you paste automation data into another region (without affecting associated audio, video, or MIDI notes) in
the following ways:
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, video, 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.
All Automation Copies all automation or MIDI
controller data whether it is shown or not.
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.
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Clear Special
Selection
The Clear Special commands let you clear just
automation data from the current region.
Choices are:
All Automation Clears all automation or MIDI
controller data whether it is shown or not.
Pan Automation Clears only pan automation or
MIDI pan data whether it is shown or not.
Plug-in Automation Clears only plug-in automation that is shown.
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.
The Selection commands are for copying or
playing Edit or Timeline selections.
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 This command plays an Edit selection
Play Timeline This command plays a Timeline
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 Re-
peat, then enter the number of repetitions.
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Shift
Trim Region
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 direction and
time value.
Insert Silence
This command creates regions of silence. Make a
selection on one or more tracks, choose Insert Si-
lence, and precisely that amount of silence will
be inserted. The Insert Silence command also inserts video black into a video track.
Snap To
This command provides two options for “butt
splicing” successive elements on a track.
Next Snaps a region (or Edit selection containing whole regions) to the beginning of the next
region in a track.
This command provides several options for editing region boundaries (including looped regions).
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.
When trimming regions that include fades or
are adjacent to fade boundaries, the fades from
the source region are adjusted to the new region
boundaries.
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.
Previous Snaps a region (or Edit selection containing whole regions) to the end of the preceding region
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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.
Separate Region
Consolidate
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. The Separate Region commands automatically unloop and flatten looped regions
before separating.
Separate Region includes the following commands:
At Selection This command creates new region
boundaries at the selection start and end points.
When separating regions that include fades, the
status of the fade depends on the Preserve Fades
when Editing preference.
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.
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.
Mute/Unmute Region
This command mutes playback of a selected region. Choosing the Unmute command unmutes
the region. This command does not create automation data.
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.
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.
Strip Silence window
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TCE Edit to Timeline Selection
(Pro Tools HD, and Pro Tools LE with
Complete Production Toolkit or DV Toolkit 2
Only)
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.
Automation
Thin
(Pro Tools LE 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
(Pro Tools HD Only)
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.
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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