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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chapter 1

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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