Pinnacle Systems Pro Tools LE - 5.3 Menus Guide

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Chapter 1. File Menu

New Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Open Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Close Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Save Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Save Session As . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Save Session Copy In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Revert To Saved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Bounce to Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

New Track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Group Selected Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Duplicate Selected Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Split Selected Tracks Into Mono . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Make Selected Tracks Inactive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Delete Selected Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Import Audio to Track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Import MIDI to Track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Export MIDI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Export Session As Text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Import Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Get Info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Quit/Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

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Chapter 2. Edit Menu

Undo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Redo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Cut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Paste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Repeat Paste to Fill Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Merge Paste. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Clear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Duplicate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Repeat. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Shift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Select All . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Capture Region. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Separate Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Heal Separation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Quantize Regions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Mute/Unmute Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Lock/Unlock Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Consolidate Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Compress/Expand Edit to Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Identify Sync Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Identify Beat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Insert Silence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Fades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Copy to Send . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Thin Automation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Write Automation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Trim Automation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

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Chapter 3. AudioSuite Menu

1-Band EQ II and 4-Band EQ II. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Compressor, Limiter, Expander-Gate, and Gate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

D-Verb. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

DC Offset Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

DeEsser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Duplicate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Gain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Invert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Normalize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Pitch Shift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Signal Generator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Time Compression/Expansion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

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Chapter 4. MIDI Menu

Change Tempo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Change Meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Renumber Bars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Quantize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Change Velocity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Change Duration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Transpose. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Select Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Split Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Input Quantize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Click . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Click Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

MIDI Beat Clock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Input Filter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Input Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

MIDI Thru . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

All Notes Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

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Chapter 5. Movie Menu

Import Movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Import Audio From Current Movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Import Audio From Other Movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Bounce to Movie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

New Movie Track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Normal Priority Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Medium Priority Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Highest Priority Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Set Movie Sync Offset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Movie Online . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Window Aspect Ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Add Movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Undo Add Movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Clear Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Clear Movie Track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

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Chapter 6. Operations Menu

Destructive Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Loop Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

QuickPunch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Auto Input Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Input Only Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Online . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Pre/Post-Roll Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Loop Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Scroll Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Link Edit and Timeline Selection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Copy Edit Selection to Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Copy Timeline Selection to Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Play Timeline Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Play Edit Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Mute Frees Explicit Voice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Auto-Spot Regions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Active in Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Pre-Fader Metering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

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Calibration Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Chapter 7. Setups Menu

Hardware Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Playback Engine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Disk Allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Peripherals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

I/O Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Feet.Frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

OMS MIDI Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

OMS Studio Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

OMS Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Preferences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Chapter 8. Display Menu

Narrow Mix Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Mix Window Shows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Edit Window Shows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Transport Window Shows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Sends View Shows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Ruler View Shows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

System Usage Window Shows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Disk Space Window Shows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Display Time in Regions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Display Name in Regions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Display Auto-Created Regions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Bars:Beats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Minutes:Seconds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Time Code. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Feet.Frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Samples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

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Show Mix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Show Edit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Show MIDI Event List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Show Tempo/Meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Show MIDI Operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Show MIDI Track Offsets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Show Transport. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Show Session Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Show Big Counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Show Automation Enable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Show Memory Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Show Machine Track Arm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Show Universe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Show Beat Detective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Show Movie Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Show Strip Silence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Show System Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Show Disk Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

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File Menu

File Menu

File Menu

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

New Session

New Session dialog

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. Selecting the Enforce Mac/PC Compatibil­ity option on Macintosh or the Enforce PC/Mac
Compatibility option on Windows ensures
proper interchange of sessions and their associ­ated media between Macintosh and Windows­based systems. Specific file-naming and audio
format restrictions apply.

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Open Session

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

Close Session

The Close Session command closes the current
session without quitting Pro Tools. Pro Tools
prompts you to save changes before closing the
session.

Save Session

The Save Session command saves changes made
since the last time the session was saved. You
cannot undo the Save Session command.

Save Session As

The Save Session As command saves a copy of
the current session under a different name, or in
a different location. Because the Save Session 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.

Save Session Copy In

Save Session Copy In dialog

The Save Session Copy In command saves a
copy of the currently selected session document
under a different name, in a different location,
or at a different bit-depth or sample rate. 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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Unlike the Save Session As command, Save Ses­sion 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 reverting to the ear­lier version.

When you Save Session Copy In with a lower bit
rate, Dither (and Noise Shaping) may be ap­plied. See the following table:

Dither and Noise Shaping are applied as follows:

Bit Rate Conversion Noise Shaping

24-bit to 16-bit Yes (Dither

Noise Shaping)

and

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.

24-bit to 8-bit No (Dither Only)

16-bit to 8-bit No (Dither Only)

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

All Audio Files

audio files are copied to the new location. Se­lecting All Non-AIFF Audio Files copies all audio
files

except

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

Session Plug-In Settings Folder

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

Movie/Video Files

a 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.

When this option is selected, all

audio files of the specified audio file

When this op-

When this option is selected,

Bounce to Disk

Bounce to Disk dialog

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.

Bounce Source

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

Selects the audio output path to

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File Type

are SDII, WAV, AIFF, RealAudio, MPEG-1 Layer
3 (MP3), QuickTime, and Sound Resource (Mac­intosh) or Windows Media (Windows). Certain
file types are restricted in regards to format, res­olution, and sample rate.

Format

mono (summed), multiple mono, or inter­leaved.

Resolution

24-, 16-, or 8-bit.

Sample Rate

Conversion Quality

to Tweak Head when bouncing to a new sample
rate.

Selects the audio file format. Choices

Selects the channel format. Choices are

Selects the bit depth. Choices are

Selects the sample rate.

Selects the quality from Low

New Track

New Track dialog

The New Track command adds one or more new
Audio Tracks, Auxiliary Inputs, Master Faders, or
MIDI tracks to a session. Tracks can be mono,
stereo, or any one of a variety of multichannel
formats.

Group Selected Tracks

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.

Import After Bounce

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

Optimizes the dynamics of the

Automatically performs

Automatically performs

Automatically imports the

Group Selected Tracks dialog

This command groups the currently selected
tracks together so that their controls are linked
together in the Mix and/or Edit window. Groups
can be nested so that subgroups are contained
within larger groups.

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Duplicate Selected Tracks

This command duplicates a selected track, in­cluding its audio or MIDI data, playlists, auto­mation, and other attributes.

Split Selected Tracks Into Mono

This command splits a selected multichannel
track into individual mono tracks that can be
edited and manipulated independently.

Make Selected Tracks Inactive

This command makes selected tracks inactive,
so that they no longer play back or use any DSP
resources or voices. Inactive tracks can be made
active again by choosing the Make Selected
Tracks Active command.

Delete Selected Tracks

This command removes tracks from a session.
While audio or MIDI region data will remain in
the Regions List, the track and its playlists will
be deleted.

Import Audio to Track

Import Audio to Track dialog

This command loads audio files or regions into
the current session. Each imported audio file
will appear on its own individual track. To im­port audio files without automatically creating
new tracks for them, use the Import Audio com­mand in the Audio Regions List pop-up menu.

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. To import MIDI regions to a session with­out automatically creating new tracks for them,
use the Import MIDI command in the MIDI Re­gions List pop-up menu. The Import MIDI to
Track command allows you to import tempo
data in the sequence or apply existing tempo
data in the session to the imported file.

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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 As Text

Import Tracks

Import Tracks dialog

This command imports all tracks from an exist­ing session into the current session. Options are
provided for time code mapping, sample rate
conversion, and audio and video source file ref­erencing, copying, and conversion.

Get Info

Export Session As Text dialog

This command exports the current session as a
tab-delimited text file containing region and file
names, and SMPTE start times. This command
will not print or format session events to any
particular standard; it simply provides the data
in a text format.

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Get Info command

This command saves information about the ses­sion itself. 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.
Text entered there is session specific.

Quit/Exit

The Quit (Macintosh) or Exit (Windows) com­mand ends your Pro Tools session and closes the
Pro Tools application.

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Edit Menu

Edit Menu

Edit menu commands are used to edit and ma­nipulate regions.

Undo

The Undo command lets you sequentially undo
up to 16 of your previous actions. Certain com­mands and actions (such as saving) are not un­doable.

Redo

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

Cut

Edit Menu

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

Copy

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

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Paste

Repeat

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

Repeat Paste to Fill Selection

(TDM Systems Only)

This command repeatedly pastes copied data
until it completely fills a 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.

Merge Paste

This command pastes MIDI data into a track
without replacing existing data by merging the
pasted data with the existing data. This can be
useful for consolidating MIDI data from several
tracks into a single MIDI track.

Clear

This command removes a selection in the Edit
window.

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

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.

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, Shift­click 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.

Duplicate

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

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Trim

This command removes audio before and after a
selection, leaving only the selection. This pro­vides a convenient means of quickly removing
all data within a region except the current selec­tion.

Capture Region

Mute/Unmute Region

This command defines a selection as a new re­gion and adds it to the Regions List. From there
the new region can be dragged into a track. You
cannot capture selections across multiple re­gions unless the data is contiguous material
from the same file.

Separate Region

This command defines a selection as a new re­gion (or the current insertion point as a region
split point), and in the process, separates it from
adjacent data in the track where it was created.
By separating a region you will also create by­product regions from data on either side of the
separation.

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.

Quantize Regions

This command adjusts the placement of a se­lected audio or MIDI region in a track so that its
start point (or Sync Point, if it contains one) pre­cisely aligns to the nearest Grid boundary. Grid
units are chosen from the Grid pop-up menu in
the Edit window.

This command mutes playback of a selected re­gion. Choosing the Unmute command unmutes
the region. This command does not create auto­mation data.

Lock/Unlock Region

Locked audio region

This command locks a selected region in place
so it cannot be moved unless you unlock it. This
command is useful for permanently associating
a region with a particular location in a track
(such as a beat, SMPTE frame, or a time value). A
small lock icon appears in the region indicating
it has been locked.

Consolidate Selection

This command consolidates multiple regions
into a single region for ease of use. When an au­dio track is consolidated, a new audio file is writ­ten that encompasses the selection range, in­cluding any blank space. To use this command,
select the material you want to consolidate,
then choose Consolidate Selection.

Compress/Expand Edit to Play

(TDM Systems 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.

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Identify Sync Point

Insert Silence

This command identifies a specific point within
a region and spots that point to a SMPTE frame
location. A triangle indicates the Sync Point’s
position. When you choose this command, the
current SMPTE time is automatically entered as
the SMPTE location for the Sync Point. To re­move a Sync point from a region, select the re­gion with the Grabber and choose
Edit > Remove Sync Point.

Identify Beat

Identify Beat dialog

This command lets you establish a tempo/meter
map for audio that was recorded without listen­ing to a click, or for imported audio with un­known tempos.

The Identify Beat command analyzes a selection
range (usually with a distinct number of beats or
measures) and calculates its tempo based on the
specified meter. In doing this, Bar|Beat markers
for the calculated tempo are inserted and appear
in the Tempo Ruler at the beginning and end of
the selection. in addition, meter events are in­serted into the Meter Ruler.

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.

Fades

Fades dialog

This command creates 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.

Create Fades

cent regions according to parameters you spec­ify with the Fades editor.

Delete Fades

cent regions.

Fade to Start

insertion point to a region’s start point.

Produces a crossfade between adja-

Removes a crossfade between adja-

Creates a fade-in from the current

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Fade to End

insertion point to a region’s end point.

Creates a fade-out from the current

Copy to Send

(TDM Systems Only)

Copy to Send dialog

This command copies 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.

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.

Write Automation

This command lets you write automation states
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.

Trim Automation

This command lets you use trim values as snap­shots and apply the relative changes or

ues

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.

delta val-

Thin Automation

This command lets you selectively thin areas in
a track where automation data is too dense,
aversely 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.

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AudioSuite Menu

AudioSuite Menu

AudioSuite Menu

The AudioSuite menu allows you to access all
AudioSuite plug-ins currently installed in your
system’s Plug-Ins Folder. AudioSuite plug-ins are
non-real-time, file-based processing plug-ins for
Pro Tools. For detailed information on each of
the AudioSuite plug-ins, refer to the

Plug-Ins Guide

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DigiRack

1-Band EQ II and 4-Band EQ II

The EQ II plug-ins adjust the frequency spec­trum of an audio selection. The 1-band EQ can
be configured as a high-pass, low-shelf, high­shelf, low-pass, or peak EQ. The 4-band EQ pro­vides one high-shelf, one low-shelf, and two
peak EQs.

Compressor, Limiter, Expander­Gate, and Gate

These plug-ins provide dynamics processing.
This type of processing allows you to control the
dynamic range of audio material, increasing or
decreasing gain as needed. For detailed informa­tion on each of the AudioSuite dynamics plug­ins, refer to the

DigiRack Plug-Ins Guide.

D-Verb

D-Verb is a studio-quality reverb. Reverberation
processing can simulate the complex natural re­flections and echoes that occur after a sound has
been produced, imparting a sense of an acoustic
environment. D-Verb artificially creates a sound
space with a specific acoustic character.

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DC Offset Removal

Invert

The DC Offset Removal plug-in recognizes and
removes spikes caused by DC offset in the cur­rently selected region if any are present.

DeEsser

The DeEsser plug-in reduces sibilants (“s,” “sh,”
and “t” sounds) and other high frequency
noises that can occur in vocals, voice-overs, and
some wind instruments. These sounds can cause
peaks in an audio signal and lead to distortion.

The DeEsser reduces these unwanted sounds us­ing fast-acting compression. A Threshold con­trol sets the level above which compression
starts, and a Frequency control sets the fre­quency band in which the DeEsser operates.

Delay

The Delay plug-in provides time delay-based ef­fects, with up to 10.9 seconds of delay (regard­less of the sample rate). In addition to long de­lays, you can create many delay-based effects
with this plug-in, including slap echo, doubling,
chorusing, and flanging.

The Invert plug-in inverts the phase (polarity) of
the currently selected region.

Normalize

The Normalize plug-in uniformly adjusts all lev­els in the currently selected area to a user-defin­able level, referencing the loudest peak in either
a specific region, or examining the relative peak
level of several regions.

Pitch Shift

The Pitch Shift plug-in changes the pitch of the
currently selected region, with or without
changing its duration. It also allows you to per­form Time Compression/Expansion on your se­lection simultaneously with a pitch change.

Reverse

The Reverse plug-in rewrites the currently se­lected region in reverse, producing a backwards
audio effect.

Signal Generator

Duplicate

The Duplicate plug-in duplicates a selected area
or region in place. The Duplicate Plug-In is use­ful for creating a single audio file from a selec­tion encompassing many smaller regions with
areas of silence between them.

Gain

The Gain plug-in adjusts the gain (volume) of
the currently selected region in decibels or a per­centage value.

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The Signal Generator plug-in produces audio
test tones in a variety of frequencies, waveforms,
and amplitudes. It is useful for generating refer­ence signals with which to calibrate various ele­ments of your studio.

Time Compression/Expansion

The Time Compression/Expansion plug-in
changes the length (duration) of the currently
selected region, with or without changing its
pitch.

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MIDI Menu

MIDI Menu

MIDI Menu

The MIDI menu contains commands for MIDI
editing.

Change Tempo

Change Tempo dialog

This command allows you to insert a tempo
event into the Tempo Track to define or change
the tempo of a session. Pro Tools allows multi­ple tempo changes within a session.

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Change Meter

Quantize

Change Meter dialog

This command allows you to insert a Meter
event into the Meter Track to define or change
the meter of a session. Pro Tools allows multiple
meter changes within a session.

Renumber Bars

Renumber Bars dialog

This command renumbers the bars in a session.
To do this, change the numbering of bar 1, and
all subsequent bars are renumbered accordingly.

Quantize dialog

This command adjusts the placement of se­lected MIDI events in a track so that their start
or end points precisely align to the quantization
value chosen.

Change Velocity

Change Velocity dialog

This command adjusts attack and release veloc­ities for selected MIDI notes. Use it to make
notes louder or softer, or to create crescendos or
decrescendos.

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Change Duration

Change Duration dialog

This command adjusts the duration for selected
MIDI notes. It can be used to make melodies and
phrases more staccato or more legato.

Transpose

Select Notes

Select Notes dialog

This command selects MIDI notes based on
pitch. It can be used to select a single note or
note range for the entire length of a region or
track, or to select the upper or lower notes
within chords.

Split Notes

Transpose dialog

This command transposes selected MIDI notes
up or down the musical scale by a specific num­ber of semitones (half steps). With this feature
you can easily add key changes and other trans­position effects to MIDI tracks.

Split Notes dialog

This command is similar to the Select Notes
command, but also lets you automatically cut or
copy the selected notes. One use for this com­mand is in the case where you have recorded a
track with chords in the left hand and melody in
the right. You can cut the melody notes and
paste them to another track to assign them to
play on a different device or channel.

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Input Quantize

Input Quantize dialog

This command quantizes MIDI notes as they are
performed and recorded. While this will im­prove the strict rhythmic accuracy of a perfor­mance, it can also give it a stiff, mechanical feel.
To preserve the original rhythmic nuances of a
performance, deselect this option.

Click Options

Click Options dialog

This command lets you configure click parame­ters such as MIDI note, velocity, duration, and
output.

MIDI Beat Clock

Click

When enabled, a metronome sounds during
playback and recording (as specified by the set­tings in the Click Options dialog).

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MIDI Beat Clock dialog

This command synchronizes certain MIDI de­vices—such as drum machines, software synthe­sizers, and hardware sequencers—to MIDI Beat
Clock. Devices selected in this dialog will receive
the MIDI Beat Clock signal. If your MIDI inter­face does not support transmitting MIDI Beat
Clock to separate ports, the interface will appear
as the only destination.

Input Filter

MIDI Input Filter dialog

This command filters out selected MIDI mes­sages from your recording. The Input Filter can
be set to record all messages, only the specified
messages, or all except the specified messages.
When using the Only option, only the MIDI
messages that are selected will be recorded. Con­versely, when using the All Except option, the
selected messages will not be recorded.

Input Devices

(Macintosh Only)

Input Devices dialog

This command enables selected MIDI control­lers and control surfaces so that MIDI data re­ceived from them can be recorded. Disabling de­vices in this dialog will ensure that unwanted
notes (such as those from drum machines or an
arpeggiator) are not recorded.

MIDI Thru

Enabling MIDI Thru routes MIDI from your con­trollers to the devices and channels assigned to
the MIDI track currently record-enabled. This al­lows you to monitor MIDI tracks while record­ing.

All Notes Off

This command sends an All Notes Off MIDI
message to all MIDI devices connected to your
system to silence any stuck notes.

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chapter 5

Movie Menu

Movie Menu

Movie Menu

Movie menu commands are used for adding
QuickTime movies and other audio formats to a
session, and managing movie playback.

Import Movie

This command imports a QuickTime movie into
the current session. Once imported, a 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 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 Other 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.

Bounce to 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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New Movie Track

(Avoption and AVoption|XL Only)

This command creates a new empty movie track
into which you can record or import video.

Normal Priority Playback

This is the default setting for QuickTime movie
playback. It gives no extra priority to movie
playback over other screen update tasks such as
metering, moving faders, and so on. In most
cases you should use this setting. If, however,
you are running QuickTime movies without a
video capture card, you may need to use the Me­dium or High Priority Playback setting.

Medium Priority Playback

This command gives QuickTime movie play­back a higher priority relative to other Pro Tools
screen update tasks. This yields better movie
playback performance if you are running Quick­Time movies without a video capture card.

Set Movie Sync Offset

When you import a QuickTime movie into a ses­sion, by default, the first frame of the movie is
set to the start time of the session. In some cases,
you may need to offset the movie earlier or later
so you can accurately spot audio to it. The Set
Movie Sync Offset command allows you to set
this offset in 1/4-frame increments. This is more
accurate than dragging the movie track, and is
especially useful in cases where a movie track
begins with a partial frame.

Movie Online

This command enables and disables movie play­back. You may want to do this to have the
Movie frozen at a particular point in time rela­tive to Pro Tools playback, or to give highest
screen update priority to other Pro Tools tasks
such as metering, moving faders, and so on.

Window Aspect Ratio

(AVoption and AVoption|XL Only)

Highest Priority Playback

This command gives QuickTime movie play­back highest priority. In this mode, Pro Tools
disables screen activity such as metering during
movie playback. This yields the highest movie
playback performance if you are running Quick­Time movies without a video capture card.

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This command lets you change the dimensions
or aspect ratio of the Movie window.

Add Movie

(AVoption and AVoption|XL Only)

This command adds additional movie clips to
the Movie Track. You will be prompted to spot
the clip to a SMPTE location. If the clip is spot­ted to a location that already contains a movie
clip, the first clip will be truncated.

Undo Add Movie

This command undoes the Add Movie com­mand and other Movie Track editing functions
such as moving, copying, or clearing clips.
These actions cannot be undone by choosing
the standard Undo command from the Edit
menu.

Clear Selection

This command clears a selection in the Movie
Track. This allows simple editing of movie clip
content.

Clear Movie Track

This command clears the entire Movie Track.

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Operations Menu

Operations Menu

Operations Menu

The Operations menu commands allow you to
toggle on or off several recording, monitoring,
playback, and display options.

Destructive Record

This command enables Destructive Record
mode. In this mode, recording over existing re­gions replaces the original audio permanently.
This allows you to conserve hard drive space.
However, if you have sufficient drive space, it is
usually best to use Pro Tools in Non-Destructive
Record mode to avoid losing any previously re­corded material.

Loop Record

Loop Record lets you record take after take while
the same section of audio repeats. This is a con­venient technique for quickly recording multi­ple takes of a part without losing spontaneity.

The time range that is looped and recorded—
which must be at least one second in length—is
defined by selecting a range in the Ruler or in a
track’s playlist, or by specifying start and end
points in the Transport window.

QuickPunch

QuickPunch gives you the ability to instanta­neously punch-in (initiate recording) on a
record-enabled audio track during playback,
then punch-out (exit recording) by clicking the
Transport’s Record button. Recording with
QuickPunch is non-destructive.

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Auto Input Monitoring

Scroll Options

In this mode, when session playback is stopped,
Pro Tools monitors audio input. When playback
is started for a punch-in, Pro Tools monitors ex­isting track material up until the punch point.
While punched in, the input signal is moni­tored. On punch-out, monitoring switches back
to the existing track material. This is similar to
the auto-switching logic found on digital and
analog multitrack tape machines.

Input Only Monitoring

In this mode, when a track is record-enabled,
Pro Tools monitors audio input only, regardless
of any punch in or out selection.

Online

This command arms Pro Tools for online syn­chronization. Playback or recording can then be
triggered by an external time code source. On­line recording or playback begins as soon as
Pro Tools receives and locks to time code or
ADAT sync.

Pre/Post-Roll Playback

This command enables pre- and post-roll play­back. Pre- and post-roll amounts can be entered
in the Transport window, set from a track’s play­list or Timebase Ruler, or by recalling a Memory
Location.

Loop Playback

This option continuously loops playback of a se­lection until you stop playback. Looping play­back is a useful way to check the rhythmic con­tinuity of a selection when working with
musical material. Selections must be at least 0.5
seconds in length to use Loop Playback.

Pro Tools provides several options for how the
contents of the Edit window scroll during play­back and recording. These include:

No Auto-Scrolling Disables scrolling during and
after playback. The playback cursor moves
across the Edit window, indicating the playback
location.

Scroll After Playback Causes the Edit window to
scroll to the final playback location after play­back has stopped. In this mode, the playback
cursor moves across the Edit window, indicating
the playback location.

Page Scroll During Playback Causes the Edit
window to scroll during playback. With this op­tion, the playback cursor moves across the Edit
window, indicating the playback location.
When the right edge of the Edit window is
reached, its entire contents are scrolled, and the
playback cursor continues moving from the left
edge of the window.

Continuous Scroll During Playback Causes the
Edit window’s contents to scroll continuously
past the playback cursor, which remains in the
center of the window. With this option, play­back is always based on the Timeline selection
(unlike Continuous Scroll With Playhead). This
option is available only on Pro Tools TDM sys­tems.

Continuous Scroll With Playhead Causes the Edit
window’s contents to scroll continuously past
the Playhead, which is a blue line in the center of
the window (red when recording). This option is
available only on Pro Tools TDM systems.

Regardless of which Scrolling option is se­lected in the Operations menu, Pro Tools
does not scroll when zoomed down to the
sample level.

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Link Edit and Timeline Selection

This command lets you link or unlink Timeline
selections. When the Edit and Timeline selec­tions are unlinked, you can make a selection
within a track for editing purposes that is dis­tinct from the selection in the Timeline (which
determines the playback and recording range).

When the Edit and Timeline selections are
linked, making a selection in a track’s playlist
(an Edit selection) also defines the play and
record range (the Timeline selection).

Copy Edit Selection to Timeline

(TDM Only)

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

Mute Frees Explicit Voice

(TDM Systems Only)

When this option is enabled, a muted track’s
voice will be allocated to the next highest prior­ity track assigned to the same explicit voice.

Auto-Spot Regions

(TDM Only)

When enabled, this option simplifies the task of
spotting regions. If you are using VITC with this
option enabled, or MachineControl software,
you can pause your video at an appropriate
SMPTE frame location, click on a region with
the Grabber, and the region will be automati­cally spotted to the current time code location.

Active in Background

Copy Timeline Selection to Edit

(TDM Only)

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

Play Timeline Selection

(TDM Only)

This command plays a Timeline selection when
Continuous Scroll with Playhead is enabled.

Play Edit Selection

This command plays an Edit selection when
Continuous Scroll with Playhead is enabled

.

When enabled, this option allows Pro Tools to
operate in the background while you use an­other application.

Pre-Fader Metering

This option toggles track metering between pre­and post-fader operation. When set to Pre-Fader
Metering, level meters show levels independent
of fader position. With post-fader metering, the
level meters respond to fader position.

Calibration Mode

(TDM Only)

Use the Calibration mode in Pro Tools to adjust
the input and output levels for your audio inter­face (such as the 192 I/O or the 888|24 I/O) so
they match those of your mixing console and
other audio devices in your studio.

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Setups Menu

Setups Menu

Setups Menu

This menu allows you to configure various
Pro Tools hardware and software parameters.

Hardware Setup

Hardware Setup dialog

The Hardware Setup dialog has several tabbed
pages in which you can specify your preferred
settings for various session parameters. Each au­dio interface connected to your Pro Tools sys­tem will use these settings.

The Main tab of the Hardware Setup dialog can
be used to define what physical ports are routed
to Pro Tools input and output channels. The
Main tab also provides controls for Session Sam­ple Rate, Sync settings, and defining whether
Expansion Port or Legacy Port peripherals are
active.

Additional pages can be used to configure other
parameters on each audio interface (such as set­ting operating levels). Refer to the Getting Started
Guide for your Pro Tools system.

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Playback Engine

Playback Engine dialog

Use the Playback Engine dialog to set Hardware
Buffer Size, CPU Usage Limit (for RTAS plug­ins), the Number of Voices (and voiceable
tracks), Sample Rate, and DAE Playback Buffer
Size for your system and its sessions.

If you change settings mid-session, the session
will be saved, closed and reopened to enable the
new settings. For details on using this feature,
refer to the Getting Started Guide for your
Pro Tools system.

Disk Allocation

Disk Allocation dialog

If you are using multiple hard drives for record­ing, this dialog lets you assign each track in a
session to a specific drive. Audio for that track
will then be recorded to the chosen drive.

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Peripherals

The Peripherals dialog lets you configure syn­chronization, MIDI, machine control, and eth­ernet peripheral devices for use with Pro Tools.

Synchronization

Synchronization setup

This page configures synchronization devices
such as Digidesign’s SYNC I/O to synchronize
Pro Tools to SMPTE Time Code.

Machine Control

This page configures MIDI machine control and
9-pin machine control devices for use with
Pro Tools. MIDI Machine Control is supported
on all Pro Tools systems. The Pro Tools
MachineControl software option is required for
use of 9-pin controllers.

MIDI Controllers

MIDI Controllers setup

This page configures MIDI control surfaces such
as the CM Labs MotorMix™, Mackie Designs
HUI™, Penny & Giles MM16/DC16, JL Cooper
CS-10 family, and the Peavey PC-1600.

Machine Control setup

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Ethernet Controllers

I/O Setup

Ethernet setup

This page configures ethernet-equipped devices
and Digidesign dedicated controllers (such as
ProControl) for use with Pro Tools.

I/O Setup dialog

I/O Setup provides tools to label and map
Pro Tools input, output, insert, and bus signal
paths.

In addition, the I/O Setup dialog, like the Main
page of Hardware Setup, provides controls for
routing the physical ports on your audio inter­face (such as a 96 I/O) to Pro Tools Input and
Output channels.

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Feet.Frames

(TDM Systems Only)

Feet.Frames dialog

For sessions in which feet and frames are the
time scale of reference, this command lets you
enter a Start Frame based on an appropriate
frame location at the beginning of your project
tape. The Feet.Frames Ruler will then use this
value as its start reference.

OMS Studio Setup

(Macintosh Only)

OMS Studio Setup

OMS MIDI Setup

(Macintosh Only)

OMS MIDI Setup

This command configures OMS to use MIDI in­terfaces, instruments, and other peripherals on
Macintosh-based Pro Tools systems. Refer to the
Getting Started Guide that came with your system
for details on configuring OMS.

This command configures OMS to use MIDI in­terfaces, instruments, and other peripherals on
Macintosh-based Pro Tools systems. Refer to the
Getting Started Guide that came with your system
for details on configuring OMS.

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OMS Names

(Macintosh Only)

OMS Names dialog

This command opens patch name documents
for all configured OMS devices, and edit patch
and note name information. Edited patch
names will appear in the Program Change win­dow within Pro Tools.

Preferences

The Preferences dialog has several tabbed pages
in which you can specify your preferred settings
for various session parameters. Each new session
will use these preferences.

Display Preferences

Recompute Invalid Overviews This option
prompts Pro Tools to look for missing or cor­rupted overview data (the data used to create
waveform displays) when it opens sessions. If
Pro Tools finds that overview data is missing or
corrupted, it will recreate one or more overviews
for the session. This may take some time if there
are many tracks in the session. If you suspect
that overview data for a session has become cor­rupted, or if you import audio files which have
no overview data into a session, make sure this
preference is enabled for the session, save and
close the session, then reopen it. Pro Tools will
recreate any overviews for the session when it
opens.

Draw Waveforms Rectified This option displays
audio waveform data in rectified view. In this
view, audio waveforms are displayed so that
their positive and negative waveform excursions

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(the portions that fall above and below the cen­ter line) are summed together and viewed as a
single positive-value signal. This view allows
more waveform detail to be seen in either nor­mal or reduced track height views. It can be par­ticularly useful when editing volume automa­tion data, since it depicts waveform levels as
starting at the bottom of the track.

Draw Grids in Edit Window This option adds grid
lines to the Edit window. Grid line resolution is
based on the zoom level of the Edit window.

Mix Window Follows Bank Selection This option,
which is only available if you are using a sup­ported external MIDI controller, causes
Pro Tools to scroll the Mix window to display
the selected bank of tracks when you switch
banks on the MIDI controller, ensuring that the
current bank is viewable on-screen.

Edit Window Follows Bank Selection This op­tion, which is only available if you are using a
supported external MIDI controller, causes
Pro Tools to scroll the Edit window to display
the selected bank of tracks when you switch
banks on the MIDI controller, ensuring that the
current selection of tracks in the current bank is
viewable on-screen.

Edit Window Default Length This option allows
you to set a default length for the Edit window
in hours, minutes, seconds, and frames. This ca­pability is useful if you wish to assemble a ses­sion of a particular length or leave extra room to
expand the Edit window’s work area in your ses­sion. There is a 13 hour maximum limit for the
length of a Pro Tools session.

Show Meters in Sends View When the Sends
View is displaying individual send controls, you
can enable this option to show send level
meters. If you are using a slower computer, you
can disable this option to reduce the processing
load on your CPU.

Edit Window Color Coding

Edit Window Color Coding determines how col­ors are assigned to the waveform display in the
Edit window. Choices are:

None This option turns off color assignment to
the waveform display of tracks in the Edit win­dow.

Tracks and MIDI Channels Assigns a color to the
waveform display of each track in the Edit win­dow according to its voice number and MIDI
channel assignment.

Tracks and MIDI Devices Assigns a color to the
waveform display of each track in the Edit win­dow according to its voice number and MIDI de­vice type.

Groups Assigns a color to the waveform display
of each track in the Edit window according to its
group ID. If groups are suspended using the Sus­pend Groups command, all waveforms will be
displayed in black.

Peak Hold Options

These options determine how long the peak in­dicators on track meters stay lit after a peak is
detected. Choices are:

3-Second Peak Hold When selected, track meters
display the last peak level for three seconds.

Infinite Peak Hold When selected, track meters
display the last peak level until you click them
to clear them.

No Peak Hold When selected, track meters do
not hold the peak level.

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Operation Preferences

Timeline Insertion Follows Playback This option
causes the screen’s play cursor to update its loca­tion to the point where playback stops.

Edit Insertion Follows Scrub/Shuttle When se­lected, the edit cursor automatically locates to
the point where scrubbing stops.

Support Background Record Applications Allows
other audio recording applications to run in the
background concurrently with Pro Tools. Files
recorded in the background can be imported
into Pro Tools, and then trimmed and viewed
while recording continues.

Sends Default to –INF Sets the initial fader level

of newly-created Sends to –∞ (no audible signal

level).

Audio During Fast Forward/Rewind When se­lected, audio is audible during fast-forward or re­wind.

Latch Record Enable Buttons When deselected,
prevents multiple tracks from being record-en­abled: Record-enabling a track takes any other
track out of record-enabled mode.

Latch Solo Buttons When deselected, prevents
multiple tracks from being soloed. Soloing a
track mutes any track that is soloed.

Link Mix and Edit Group Enables When selected,
links enabling and disabling of Mix and Edit
groups: Enabling Group A in the Edit Window
automatically enables Group A in the Mix win­dow.

Use F11 Key for Wait for Note When selected,
pressing the F11 Function key puts MIDI record­ing in Wait for Note mode.

Numeric Keypad Mode

Numeric Keypad Mode determines how the nu­meric keypad functions. You can always use the
numeric keypad to select and enter values in the
Event Edit Area, Location Indicators, and Trans­port fields.

Classic Emulates the way Pro Tools worked in
versions earlier than 5.0. With the Numeric Key­pad Mode set to Classic, you can play up to two
tracks of audio in Shuttle Lock mode. Press Con­trol (Macintosh) or the Start key (Windows), fol­lowed by 0–9 for different play speeds. Press Plus
(+) or Minus (–) to reverse direction. Recall
Memory Locations by typing the Memory Loca­tion number, followed by period (.).

Transport Allows you to set a number of record
and play functions, and also operate the Trans­port from the numeric keypad. With the Nu­meric Keypad Mode set to Transport, you can
play up to two tracks of audio in Shuttle Lock
mode. Press Control (Macintosh) or the Start
key (Windows), followed by 0–9 for different
play speeds. Press Plus (+) or Minus (–) to reverse
direction. Recall Memory Locations by typing
period (.), the Memory Location number, and
period (.) again.

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Shuttle Selects a type of shuttling different from
that of Shuttle Lock mode. With the Numeric
Keypad Mode set to Shuttle, playback is trig­gered by pressing and holding the keys on the
numeric keypad—playback stops once the keys
are released. Various playback speeds are avail­able in both forward and reverse. You can also
recall Memory Locations by typing period (.),
the Memory Location number, and period (.)
again.

Open Ended Record Allocation

This preference determines how much of your
available hard drive space is allocated for record­ing. Choices are:

Use All Available Space When selected, the
drive’s entire available space is allocated. This
can sometimes slow down the recording process
for hard drives that use certain file systems, in­cluding HFS+ and NTFS.

Autosave

This preference determines how the Autosave
feature functions.

Enable Autosave When selected, Pro Tools auto­matically saves sessions while you work. Use the
Keep and Save Every fields to specify the total
number of incremental backups that are kept
and how often the session is saved.

Online Options

Record Online at Time Code (or ADAT)
Lock When selected, online recording begins as

soon as Pro Tools receives and locks to time
code or ADAT sync.

Record Online at Insertion/Selection When se­lected, online recording begins at the Edit cursor
location. Recording continues until Pro Tools
stops receiving time code. If you make a selec­tion, Pro Tools records online for the length of
the selection.

Limit To Sets the maximum allowable recording
duration. This can help reduce the time it takes
to begin recording by allocating only a portion
of your hard drive. The number of minutes spec­ified is allocated for each record-enabled track.
You may find it necessary to experiment with
this number to achieve the desired performance
for recording.

Machine Control

These preferences determine how a connected
transport responds to Pro Tools. Choices are:

Machine Chases Memory Location When se­lected, navigating to a specific location in a ses­sion with a Memory Location causes a con­nected transport to chase to that location.

Machine Follows Edit Insertion/Scrub When se­lected, navigating to a specific location in a ses­sion by moving the selection point or by scrub­bing a track will cause a connected transport to
chase to that location.

Machine Cues Intelligently When selected, if you
navigate to a cue point that is more than 10 sec­onds from the current location, Pro Tools will
command a connected transport to shuttle to
the desired location at full speed to within 10
seconds of the cue point. Cueing will then slow
to normal speed until the point is reached. This
significantly speeds up tape cueing.

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Remote Mode

Punch In Frame Offset Sets an offset in frames to

compensate for punch in timing advances or de­lays.

Punch Out Frame Offset Sets an offset in frames
to compensate for punch out timing advances
or delays.

Auto Regions Fade In/Out Length Sets a default
length for fade-ins and fade-outs automatically
applied to region boundaries. Using automatic
fade-ins and fade-outs saves you the trouble of
editing to zero-crossings or creating numerous
rendered fades in order to eliminate clicks or
pops in playback. Autofades are not written to
disk. Value range is from 0–10 ms for the Auto
Region Fade In/Out Length. A value of zero (the
default) means that no auto-fading will occur.
The Auto Fade value is saved with the session,
and is automatically applied to all free-standing
region boundaries until you change it.

Calibration Reference Level Sets a default cali­bration reference level in dB when Pro Tools is
in Calibration mode. See the Pro Tools Reference
Guide for details on using Calibration mode.

Editing Preferences

Track Selection Follows Regions List
Selection When selected, selecting a region in

the Regions List causes Pro Tools to highlight
that region’s occurrence in a track.

Region List Selection Follows Track
Selection When selected, selecting a region in a

track also selects it in the Regions List.

Auto-Name Separated Regions When selected,
Pro Tools automatically names newly separated
regions by appending a number to the region’s
name.

Auto-Name Memory Locations When
Playing When selected, Pro Tools gives new

memory locations default names based on their
time location in the session. The time units cur­rently chosen in the Display menu determine
the units for the names.

Recall Original Track Selections When selected,
Memory Locations that recall a selection also re­call the track in which the selection was made.

Crossfade Preview Pre-Roll This option specifies
the amount of pre-roll to be added when you are
auditioning crossfades in the Fades dialog.

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Crossfade Preview Post-Roll This option speci­fies the amount of post-roll to be added when
you are auditioning crossfades in the Fades dia­log.

Default Fade Settings

“Separate Region” Operates On All Related
Takes When selected, editing a region with the

Separate Region command also affects all other
related takes with the same User Time Stamp.
This option helps you compare different sec­tions from a group of related takes.

Fade In Selects the default envelope shape for
fade-ins.

Crossfade Selects the default envelope shape for
crossfades.

Fade Out Selects the default envelope shape for
fade-outs.

Conversion Quality Selects the sample rate con­version quality. Sample rate conversion is used
in a variety of Pro Tools processes including
converting and importing audio files of differ­ent formats into a session, and bouncing and
saving tracks to a different sample rate or bit
depth. The higher the quality of sample rate
conversion you choose, the longer Pro Tools
will take to process the audio file.

“Matching Start Time” Takes List

Command-clicking (Macintosh) or Control­clicking (Windows) in a track, will display a list
of regions whose time stamp matches the cur­rent cursor location. The preferences that follow
determine which takes appear in this list:

QuickPunch Crossfade Length Specifies a default
length for crossfades created by QuickPunch re­cording. Crossfades occur before the punch in
and after the punch out.

Levels Of Undo Sets the maximum number of ac­tions (up to 16) that can be undone with the
multiple undo feature.

Automation Preferences

Take Region Names That Match Track
Names When selected, only regions that share

the same root name with the track and playlist
appear in the Takes List pop-up menu.

Take Region Lengths That Match When selected,
only regions that match the length of the cur­rent selection appear in the Takes List pop-up
menu.

Faders Move During Playback When selected,
faders move on-screen when automated. When
deselected, faders do not move, but automation
is still functioning.

Smooth and Thin Data After Pass When se­lected, automation is automatically smoothed
and thinned by the amount specified with the
Degree of Thinning option.

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Write Switches To Touch After Pass After an au­tomation pass in Auto Write mode, Pro Tools
automatically switches to Auto Touch mode. On
TDM systems you can choose to stay in Auto
Write mode by deselecting this option.

Mutes Follow Groups When selected, muting a
track that belongs to a Mix group mutes all
other members of the group. When deselected,
tracks must be muted individually.

Solos Follow Groups When selected, soloing a
track that belongs to a Mix group solos all other
members of the group. When deselected, tracks
must be soloed individually.

Send Mutes Follow Groups When selected, mut­ing a Send that belongs to a group mutes all
other members of the group. When deselected,
Sends must be muted individually.

Send Levels Follow Groups When selected, ad­justing the level of a Send that belongs to a
group adjusts the Send levels of all other mem­bers of the group. When deselected, Send levels
must be adjusted individually.

AutoMatch Time Specifies how quickly Pro Tools
returns a fader or other control to its previously
automated level after automation recording
stops.

Amount of Memory for Automation Recording Al­lows you to reserve additional memory for re­cording automation. If you have dense automa­tion data or a large number of automated tracks,
increase this amount. Relaunch Pro Tools for
this setting to take effect.

Processing Preferences

LFEs Follow Groups When selected, adjusting or
editing an LFE control that belongs to a group
adjusts the LFE controls of all other members of
the group. When deselected, LFE controls must
be adjusted individually.

Degree of Thinning Specifies the amount of auto­mation data thinning applied when automation
is recorded. Avoid over thinning automation
data or it may no longer accurately reflect the
original pass.

Touch Timeout Specifies how quickly automa­tion recording stops or “times out” after you
stop moving a MIDI controller in Touch mode.

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AudioSuite Dither

Use AudioSuite Dither When selected, applies
dither to specific audio processing tasks.

Dither Plug-In Specifies the plug-in used for
dither processing when the Use AudioSuite
Dither option is selected.

Edit Settings When a Digidesign dithering plug­in is used, allows you to apply either normal or
noise-shaping dither.

Bit Depth

16-, 18-, 20-, and 24-Bit allows you to select a bit
depth for the dithered audio.

AudioSuite Buffer Size

Audio Suite Buffer Size sets the size of the mem­ory buffer used for audio processing and pre­viewing with AudioSuite plug-ins. Generally,
choosing a smaller buffer speeds up AudioSuite
audio previewing functions. Choosing a larger
buffer speeds up AudioSuite processing func­tions. Set the buffer according to your current
task. Before auditioning an AudioSuite plug-in,
set the buffer to Mini or Small. When you pro­cess a file, set it to Large or Jumbo.

TC/E

TC/E Plug-In Allows you to choose the plug-in
used for Time Compression and Expansion
when you edit audio with the Time Trimmer
tool. The Time Trimmer works by using Time
Compression/Expansion to match an audio re­gion to the length of another region, a tempo
grid, a video scene, or other reference point.

Default Settings Specifies the default settings
used by the chosen Time Compression/Expan­sion plug-in.

Compatibility Preferences

Convert All Imported “WAV” Files To
AES31/BroadcastWave When selected, this op-

tion applies to all newly imported .WAV files,
making them compliant with the AES31/EBU
Broadcast standard.

Avid Compatibility Mode When selected, ensures
that all imported OMF media files are treated as
Read-Only and prevents destructive editing pro­cesses such as those used by the Pencil and Time
Trimmer tools and AudioSuite processing.

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MIDI Preferences

Play MIDI Notes When Editing When selected,
causes MIDI notes to sound when you insert
them with the Pencil or drag them with the
Grabber.

Default Note On Velocity Sets the default Note On
velocity for MIDI notes inserted in the Edit win­dow and the MIDI Event List.

MIDI Note Display Sets the reference for middle
C as C3, C4, or MIDI note number 60.

Default Thru Instrument Sets the default MIDI
Thru instrument from your available MIDI in­struments.

Pencil Tool Resolution Sets the default resolution
for MIDI controller data created with the Pencil.
Setting this to a lower resolution helps avoid
creating controller data that is unnecessarily
dense. The value range is from 1 to 100 millisec­onds.

Global MIDI Playback Offset Sets an offset in sam­ples to compensate for MIDI latency. Entering a
value here has the same effect as setting an off­set with the MIDI Track Offset command (Win­dows > MIDI Track Offset). Offset values can be
positive (later) or negative (earlier).

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Display Menu

Display Menu

Display Menu

Display menu commands control the display of
Pro Tools windows, tracks, and track data. Some
commands display or hide various Pro Tools
windows or data. These act as toggles; selecting
the command displays the data and deselecting
it hides the data.

Narrow Mix Window

This command 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 Shows

This command selectively displays Comments,
I/O, Inserts, and Sends views in the Mix win­dow.

Edit Window Shows

This command selectively displays Comments,
I/O, Inserts, and Sends views in the Edit win­dow.

Transport Window Shows

This command selectively displays basic trans­port controls, counter, and MIDI controls in the
Transport window.

Sends View Shows

This command displays either send assignments
for all sends, or the controls for individual
sends.

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Ruler View Shows

This command selectively displays 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.

System Usage Window Shows

User Time Stamp 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 Audio Regions 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.

This command sets the display format for the
System Usage window. The System Usage win­dow shows the usage of DSP and CPU resources
during a session.

Disk Space Window Shows

This command specifies either a text-based 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.

Display Time in Regions

This command displays the time stamp of all re­gions in currently displayed 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.

None Disables time stamp display in regions.

Current Time Displays the time stamp of all re-

gions placed in all tracks according to their cur­rent location in the track.

Original Time Stamp Displays the Original Time
Stamp of all regions in all tracks.

Display Name in Regions

This command allows you to 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.

Display Auto-Created Regions

Deselecting this command streamlines the dis­play of region names in the Regions Lists by hid­ing automatically created regions. These are re­gions that were created as a by-product of
cutting, pasting, and separating other regions.
Since these by-product regions can become nu­merous, hiding them helps you to avoid scroll­ing through unnecessarily long Regions Lists.

Bars:Beats

This command 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.

Minutes:Seconds

This command displays the time scale in min­utes and seconds.

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Time Code

(TDM Systems Only)

This command 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

(TDM Systems Only)

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

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Windows Menu

Windows Menu

Windows Menu

The Windows menu has commands that show
or hide various Pro Tools windows. They act as
toggles: Selecting the command displays the de­sired window (the menu item will change from
Show to Hide); selecting it again hides the win­dow (the menu item will change from Hide to
Show).

Show Mix

This command displays the Mix window, used
for recording and mixing tasks. Show Mix is
available when the Edit window is active. Hide
Mix is available when the Mix window is active.

Show Edit

This command displays the Edit window, used
for graphical editing and arranging of audio,
MIDI and automation. Show Edit is available
when the Mix window is active. Hide Edit is
available when the Edit window is active.

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Show MIDI Event List

Show MIDI Operations

MIDI Operations window

MIDI Event List

This command opens the MIDI Event List win­dow. This window shows the contents of a MIDI
track in a single, easy to read list. Using the MIDI
Event List, you can quickly and precisely insert,
edit, or locate any type of MIDI data using your
computer keyboard.

Show Tempo/Meter

Tempo/Meter window

This command opens the Tempo Meter win­dow. This window allows you to manipulate
MIDI data using the Tempo Change and Meter
Change commands.

This command opens the MIDI Operations win­dow. The window allows you to configure spe­cific MIDI data by choosing any of the following
commands from the pop-up menu at the top of
the window:

◆ Quantize

◆ Change Velocity

◆ Change Duration

◆ Transpose

◆ Select Notes

◆ Split Notes

◆ Input Quantize

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Show MIDI Track Offsets

MIDI Track Offsets window

This command opens the MIDI Track Offsets
window. This window allows you to create tim­ing offsets for MIDI tracks to compensate for
MIDI-to-audio latencies in hardware-based or
software-based MIDI synthesizers.

By configuring a MIDI offset, you can make
MIDI tracks play back slightly earlier (by a spe­cific number of samples), thereby compensating
for any audio monitoring latencies. MIDI offsets
affect playback only and do not alter how MIDI
data is displayed in the Edit window.

Show Transport

Show Session Setup

Session Setup window

This command opens the Session Setup win­dow. This window allows you to configure vari­ous session parameters including sample rate,
session start frame, SMPTE frame rate, and sev­eral time code parameters.

Show Big Counter

Big Counter window

This command opens the Big Counter window.
This window provides a large, easy to see refer­ence for the current session time location. Time
is displayed in the currently chosen Time Scale
format.

Transport window

This command opens the Transport window.
This window has standard transport controls, a
counter, and MIDI controls.

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Show Automation Enable

Automation Enable window

This command opens the Automation Enable
window. This window allows you to enable or
suspend the writing of volume, pan, mute, plug­in, send level, send pan, and send mute automa­tion for all tracks.

a memory location, click the button for the de­sired location or, on your computer’s numeric
keypad, press the number of the location fol­lowed by a period (.).

Show Machine Track Arm

This command opens the Machine Track Arm
window. When using MachineControl, this
window allows you to record-arm external re­cording devices from within Pro Tools.

Show Universe

(TDM Systems Only)

Before you can record automation, the desired
automation type must be enabled. Buttons are
highlighted when enabled. To suspend writing
of automation, deselect the button for the de­sired automation type.

Show Memory Locations

Memory Locations window

This command opens the Memory Locations
window. Here you can store up to 200 time lo­cation markers, selections, zoom settings, pre­and post-roll times, track show and hide states,
track height states, and group enables. To recall

Universe window

This command opens the Universe window.
This window provides a visual overview of all
tracks in a session. Use the Universe window to
quickly click and go to any location in a session.

Show Beat Detective

(TDM Systems Only)

Beat Detective window

This command opens the Beat Detective win­dow. Beat Detective automatically detects the
tempo of a session and conforms an audio track
or selection to that tempo by separating it into
regions and aligning it to the beats. Beat Detec­tive is ideal for tailoring a performance to a
groove. For detailed information about Beat De­tective, refer to the Pro Tools Reference Guide.

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Show Movie Window

(Macintosh Only)

Movie window

This command opens the Movie window. This
window displays QuickTime movies imported
into the current session using the Import Movie
command. The movie serves as a sample-accu­rate, random-access reference for spotting
sound effects, music, Foley, dialog, or other au­dio to the QuickTime movie.

Show System Usage

System Usage window

This command opens the System Usage win­dow. This window shows how much of your sys­tem’s DSP and CPU processing capacity is in use
by the current session.

Show Strip Silence

Strip Silence window

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.

Show Disk Space

Disk Space window

This command opens the Disk Space window.
This window shows the recording capacity of
each hard drive attached to your system, mea­sured in track minutes. This calculation is based
on the bit depth and sample rate of the current
session.

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Help Menu

Help Menu

The Pro Tools Help menu provides links to im­portant Pro Tools documentation, including the

Pro Tools Reference Guide, the DigiRack Plug-Ins
Guide, the MIDI Control Surfaces Guide, and oth-

ers.

Select the title of the desired guide from the
Help menu to launch the document in Adobe
Acrobat Reader (the Adobe Acrobat Reader in­staller can be found on your Pro Tools Installa­tion CD-ROM or can be downloaded from
www.adobe.com).

You can also use the Help menu to enable and
disable Balloon Help.

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Numerics

1-Band EQ plug-in 15
3-Second Peak Hold preference 37
4-Band EQ plug-in 15

A

Active in Background option 29
Add Movie command 24
All Notes Off command 21
Amount of Memory for Automation Recording

42

option
Audio During Fast Forward/Rewind option 38
AudioSuite Buffer Size preference 43
AudioSuite Dither preferences 42
AudioSuite menu 15

DC Offset Removal plug-in 16
Delay plug-in 16
Duplicate plug-in 16
dynamics plug-ins 15
EQ II plug-ins 15
Gain plug-in 16
Invert plug-in 16
Normalize plug-in 16
Pitch Shift plug-in 16
Reverse plug-in 16
Signal Generator plug-in 16
Time Compression/Expansion plug-in 16

Auto Input Monitoring option 28
Auto Regions Fade In/Out Length option 40
AutoMatch Time option 42
Automation Preferences 41
Auto-Name Memory Locations While Playing option

40

Auto-Name Separated Regions option 40
AutoSave option 39
Auto-Spot Regions command 29
Avid Compatibility Mode option 43

B

Bars:Beats Time Scale 46
Bounce options

Conversion Quality 4
Convert After Bounce 4
Convert During Bounce 4
File Type 4
Format 4
Import After Bounce 4
Resolution 4
Sample Rate 4
Source 3
Use Squeezer 4

Bounce to Disk command 3
Bounce to Movie command 23

C

Calibration Mode command 29
Calibration Reference Level preference 40
Capture Region command 11
Change Duration command 19
Change Meter command 18
Change Tempo command 17
Change Velocity command 18
Classic Numeric Keypad Mode 38
Clear command 10
Clear Selection command (movies) 25
Click command 20
Click Options command 20
Close Session command 2
Compatibility Preferences 43
Compress/Expand Edit To Play command 11
Consolidate Selection command 11
Continuous Scroll During Playback option 28
Continuous Scroll with Playhead option 28
Conversion Quality option 4, 41

Index 57

Convert .WAV files to AES31/BroadcastWave

43

option
Convert After Bounce option 4
Convert During Bounce option 4
Copy command 9
Copy Edit Selection to Timeline command 29
Copy Timeline Selection to Edit command 29
Copy To Send command 13
Create Fades command 12
Crossfade Preference for Pre/Post-Roll option 41
Current Time option 46
Cut command 9

D

DC Offset Removal plug-in 16
Default Fade Settings 41
Default Note On Velocity option 44
Default Settings preference 43
Degree of Thinning option 42
Delay plug-in 16
Delete Fades command 12
Delete Selected Tracks command 5
Destructive Record mode 27
Disk Allocation command 32
Disk Space Window Shows command 46
Display Auto-Created Regions option 46
Display menu 45

Bars:Beats Time Scale 46
Disk Space Window Shows command 46
Display Auto-Created Regions option 46
Display Name in Regions option 46
Display Time in Regions option 46
Edit Window Shows option 45
Feet.Frames Time Scale 47
Minutes:Seconds Time Scale 46
Mix Window Shows option 45
Narrow Mix Window option 45
Ruler View Shows option 46
Samples Time Scale 47
Sends View Shows command 45
Show Mix Window command 49
System Usage Window Shows command 46
Time Code Time Scale 47
Transport Window Shows command 45

Display Name in Regions option 46
Display Preferences 36

Display Time in Regions option 46
Dither Plug-In preference 42
Draw Waveforms Rectified option 36
Duplicate command 10
Duplicate plug-in 16
Duplicate Selected Tracks command 5
D-Verb 15

E

Edit Dither Settings preference 42
Edit Insertion Follows Scrub/Shuttle option 38
Edit menu

Capture Region command 11
Clear command 10
Compress/Expand Edit To Play command 11
Consolidate Selection command 11
Copy command 9
Copy To Send command 13
Cut command 9
Duplicate command 10
Fades command 12
Heal Separation command 11
Identify Beat command 12
Identify Sync Point command 12
Insert Silence command 12
Lock/Unlock Regions command 11
Merge Paste command 10
Mute/Unmute Region command 11
Paste command 10
Quantize Regions command 11
Redo command 9
Repeat command 10
Repeat Paste To Fill Selection command 10
Select All command 10
Separate Region command 11
Shift command 10
Thin Automation command 13
Trim Automation command 13
Trim command 10
Undo command 9
Write Automation command 13

Edit Window Color Coding option 37
Edit Window Default Length option 37
Edit Window Follows Bank Selection option 37
Edit Window Shows option 45
Editing Preferences

Crossfade Preference for Pre/Post-Roll option

41

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Enable Autosave option 39
Enforce Mac/PC Compatibility option 1
Enforce PC/Mac Compatibility option 1
EQ II plug-ins 15
Ethernet Controllers page 34
Exit command (Windows) 7
Export MIDI command 6
Export Session as Text command 6

F

Fade To End command 13
Fade To Start command 12
Faders Move During Playback option 41
Fades command 12
Feet.Frames command 35
Feet.Frames Time Scale 47
File menu

Bounce to Disk command 3
Close Session command 2
Delete Selected Tracks command 5
Duplicate Selected Tracks command 5
Exit command (Windows) 7
Export MIDI command 6
Export Session as Text command 6
Get Info command 6
Group Selected Tracks command 4
Import Audio to Track command 5
Import MIDI to Track command 5
Import Tracks command 6
Make Selected Tracks Inactive command 5
New Session command 1
New Track command 4
Open Session command 2
Quit command (Macintosh) 7
Revert to Saved command 3
Save Session As command 2
Save Session command 2
Save Session Copy In command 2
Split Selected Tracks Into Mono command 5

G

Gain plug-in 16
Get Info command 6
Global MIDI Playback Offset option 44
Group Selected Tracks command 4

H

Hardware Setup dialog 31
Heal Separation command 11
Help menu 55
Highest Priority Playback option 24

I

I/O Setup command 34
Identify Beat command 12
Identify Sync Point command 12
Import Audio From Current Movie command 23
Import Audio From Other Movie command 23
Import Audio to Track command 5
Import MIDI to Track command 5
Import Movie command 23
Import Tracks command 6
Infinite Peak Hold preference 37
Input Devices command 21
Input Filter command 21
Input Only Monitoring option 28
Input Quantize command 20
Insert Silence command 12
Invert plug-in 16

L

Latch Record Enable Buttons option 38
Latch Solo Buttons option 38
Levels of Undo option 41
LFEs Follow Groups option 42
Limit To option 39
Link Edit and Timeline Selection option 29
Link Mix and Edit Group Enables option 38
Lock/Unlock Regions command 11
Loop Playback option 28
Loop Record mode 27

M

Machine Chases Memory Location option 39
Machine Control option 39
Machine Control page 33
Machine Cues Intelligently option 39
Machine Follows Edit Insertion/Scrub option 39
Make Selected Tracks Inactive command 5
Matching Start Time Takes List preference 41

Index 59

Medium Priority Playback option 24
Merge Paste command 10
MIDI Beat Clock command 20
MIDI Controllers page 33
MIDI menu

All Notes Off command 21
Change Duration command 19
Change Meter command 18
Change Tempo command 17
Change Velocity command 18
Click Options command 20
Input Devices command 21
Input Filter command 21
Input Quantize command 20
MIDI Beat Clock command 20
MIDI Thru option 21
Quantize command 18
Renumber Bars command 18
Select Notes command 19
Split Notes command 19
Transpose command 19

MIDI Preferences 44

Pencil Tool Resolution When Drawing Controller

Data option 44

MIDI Thru option 21
Minutes:Seconds Time Scale 46
Mix Window Follows Bank Selection option 37
Mix Window Shows option 45
Movie menu

Add Movie command 24
Bounce to Movie command 23
Clear Selection command 25
Highest Priority Playback option 24
Import Audio From Current Movie command 23
Import Audio From Other Movie command 23
Import Movie command 23
Medium Priority Playback option 24
Movie Online command 24
New Movie Track command 24
Normal Priority Playback option 24
Set Movie Sync Offset command 24
Undo Add Movie command 25
Window Aspect Ratio command 24

Movie Online command 24
Mute Frees Assigned Voice option 29
Mute/Unmute Region command 11
Mutes Follow Groups option 42

N

Narrow Mix Window option 45
New Movie Track command 24
New Session command 1
New Track command 4
No Auto-Scrolling option 28
No Peak Hold preference 37
Normal Priority Playback option 24
Normalize plug-in 16
Numeric Keypad Mode 38
Numeric Keypad modes 38

O

OMS MIDI Setup command 35
OMS Names command 36
OMS Studio Setup command 35
Online option 28, 39
Open Ended Record Allocation option 39
Open Session command 2
Operation Preferences 38
Operations menu

Active in Background option 29
Auto Input Monitoring option 28
Auto-Spot Regions command 29
Calibration Mode command 29
Copy Edit Selection to Timeline command 29
Copy Timeline Selection to Edit command 29
Destructive Record mode 27
Input Only Monitoring option 28
Link Edit and Timeline Selection option 29
Loop Playback option 28
Loop Record mode 27
Mute Frees Assigned Voice option 29
Online option 28
Play Edit Selection command 29
Play Timeline Selection command 29
Pre/Post Roll Playback command 28
Pre-Fader Metering command 29
QuickPunch mode 27
Scroll Options command 28

Original Time Stamp 46

P

Page Scroll During Playback option 28
Paste command 10
Peak Hold option 37

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Data option

44

Peripherals command 33

Ethernet Controllers page 34
Machine Control page 33
MIDI Controllers page 33
Synchronization page 33

Pitch Shift plug-in 16
Play Edit Selection command 29
Play MIDI Notes When Editing option 44
Play Timeline Selection command 29
Playback Engine dialog 32
Playhead 28
Pre/Post Roll Playback command 28
Pre-Fader Metering command 29
Preferences

AudioSuite Dither

Bit Depth option 43

Preferences command 36
Processing Preferences 42
Punch In Frame Offset preference 40
Punch Out Frame Offset preference 40

Q

Quantize command 18
Quantize Regions command 11
QuickPunch 27
QuickPunch Crossfade Length option 41
QuickTime movies 23
Quit command (Macintosh) 7

R

Recall Original Track Selections preference 40
Recompute Invalid Overviews preference 36
Record Online at Insertion/Selection preference

39

Record Online at Time Code (or ADAT) Lock

preference
Redo command 9
Region List Selection Follows Track Selection

option
Remote Mode option 40
Renumber Bars command 18
Repeat command 10
Repeat Paste To Fill Selection command 10

39

40

Reverse plug-in 16
Revert to Saved command 3
Ruler View Shows option 46

S

Samples Time Scale 47
Save Session As command 2
Save Session command 2
Save Session Copy In command 2

Items To Copy 3

All Audio Files 3
Movie/Video Files 3
Session Plug-In Settings Folder 3

Scroll After Playback option 28
Scroll Options command 28
Select All command 10
Select Notes command 19
Send Levels Follow Groups option 42
Send Mutes Follow Groups option 42
Sends Default to -INF preference 38
Sends View Shows command 45
Separate Region command 11
Separate Region Operates On All Related Takes

41

option
Set Movie Sync Offset command 24
Setups menu

Disk Allocation command 32
Feet.Frames command 35
Hardware Setup dialog 31
I/O Setup command 34
OMS MIDI Setup command 35
OMS Names command 36
OMS Studio Setup command 35
Peripherals command 33
Playback Engine dialog 32
Preferences command 36

Shift command 10
Show Automation Enable command 52
Show Beat Detective command 52
Show Big Counter command 51
Show Disk Space command 53
Show Edit Window command 49
Show Machine Track Arm command 52
Show Memory Locations command 52
Show Meters in Sends View preference 37
Show MIDI Event List command 50

Index 61

Show MIDI Operations command 50
Show MIDI Track Offsets command 51
Show Mix Window command 49
Show Movie Window command 53
Show Session Setup command 51
Show Strip Silence command 53
Show System Usage command 53
Show Tempo/Meter command 50
Show Transport command 51
Show Universe command 52
Shuttle, Numeric Keypad mode 39
sibilants 16
Signal Generator plug-in 16
Smooth and Thin Data After Pass option 41
snapshot automation 13
Solos Follow Groups option 42
Split Notes command 19
Split Selected Tracks Into Mono command 5
Support Background Record Applications

preference
Synchronization page 33
System Usage Window Shows command 46

38

T

Take Region Lengths That Match option 41
Take Region Names That Match Track Names

41

option
TC/E Plug-In preference 43
Thin Automation command 13
Time Code Time Scale 47
Time Compression/Expansion plug-in 16
time stamp 46
Timeline Insertion Follows Playback option 38
Touch Timeout option 42
Track Selection Follows Regions List Selection

40

option
Transport Numeric Keypad Mode 38
Transport Window Shows command 45
Transpose command 19
Trim Automation command 13
Trim command 10

Use All Available Space preference 39
Use AudioSuite Dither preference 42
Use F11 for Wait for Note option 38
Use Squeezer option 4
User Time Stamp 46

W

Window Aspect Ratio command 24
Windows menu

Show Automation Enable command 52
Show Beat Detective command 52
Show Big Counter command 51
Show Disk Space command 53
Show Machine Track Arm command 52
Show Memory Locations command 52
Show MIDI Event List command 50
Show MIDI Operations command 50
Show MIDI Track Offsets command 51
Show Movie Window command 53
Show Session Setup command 51
Show Strip Silence command 53
Show System Usage command 53
Show Tempo/Meter command 50
Show Transport command 51
Show Universe command 52

Write Automation command 13
Write Switches to Touch After Pass preference 42

U

Undo Add Movie command 25
Undo command 9

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