Pinnacle Systems Pro Tools LE - 6.0 Menus Guide

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contents
Chapter 1. Pro Tools Menu
Pro Tools Online Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Preferences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Quit Pro Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Chapter 2. File Menu
New Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Open Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Close Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Save Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Save Session As . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Save Session Copy In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Revert To Saved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Bounce to Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
New Track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Group Selected Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Duplicate Selected Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Split Selected Tracks Into Mono . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Make Selected Tracks Inactive or Make Selected Tracks Active. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Delete Selected Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Import Session Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Import Audio to Track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Import MIDI to Track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Export Selected Track as OMF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Export MIDI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Export Session As Text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Log Offline Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Get Info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
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Chapter 3. Edit Menu
Undo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Redo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Cut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Paste. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Repeat Paste to Fill Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Merge Paste. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Clear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Duplicate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Repeat. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Shift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Select All . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Trim. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Capture Region. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Separate Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Heal Separation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Quantize Regions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Mute/Unmute Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Lock/Unlock Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Consolidate Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Compress/Expand Edit to Play. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Identify Sync Point and Remove Sync Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Redefine Current Time Code Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Identify Beat. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Insert Silence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Fades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Copy to Send . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Thin Automation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Write Automation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Trim Automation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
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Chapter 4. AudioSuite Menu
1-Band EQ II and 4-Band EQ II. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Chorus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Compressor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
D-Verb. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
DC Offset Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
DeEsser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Duplicate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Expander-Gate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Flanger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Gain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Gate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Invert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Multi-Tap Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Normalize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Ping-Pong Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Pitch Shift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Signal Generator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Time Compression/Expansion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
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Chapter 5. MIDI Menu
Change Tempo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Change Meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Renumber Bars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Quantize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Groove Quantize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Restore Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Flatten Performance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Change Velocity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Change Duration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Transpose. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Select Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Split Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
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Input Quantize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Click . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Click Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
MIDI Beat Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Input Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Input Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
MIDI Thru . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
All Notes Off. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Chapter 6. Movie Menu
Import Movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Import Audio From Current Movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Import Audio From Other Movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Bounce to Movie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
New Movie Track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Normal Priority Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Medium Priority Playback. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Highest Priority Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Set Movie Sync Offset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Movie Online . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Play DV Out FireWire Port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Window Aspect Ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Add Movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Undo Add Movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Clear Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Clear Movie Track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
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Chapter 7. Operations Menu
Destructive Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Loop Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
QuickPunch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Auto Input Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Input Only Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Low Latency Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Online . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Pre/Post-Roll Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
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Loop Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Scroll Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Link Edit and Timeline Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Copy Edit Selection to Timeline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Copy Timeline Selection to Edit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Play Timeline Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Play Edit Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Mute Frees Assigned Voice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Auto-Spot Regions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Active in Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Pre-Fader Metering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Calibration Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Chapter 8. Setups Menu
Hardware Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Playback Engine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Disk Allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Peripherals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
I/O Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Feet.Frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Create Machine Track Arming Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Edit MIDI Studio Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Preferences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Chapter 9. Display Menu
Narrow Mix Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Mix Window Shows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Edit Window Shows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Transport Window Shows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Sends View Shows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Ruler View Shows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
System Usage Window Shows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Disk Space Window Shows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Display Time in Regions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Display Name in Regions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Display Auto-Created Regions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
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Bars:Beats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Minutes:Seconds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Time Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Feet.Frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Samples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Chapter 10. Windows Menu
Show Mix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Show Edit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Show Task Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Show Workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Show Project Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Browsers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Show MIDI Event List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Show Tempo/Meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Show MIDI Operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Show MIDI Track Offsets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Show Transport. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Show Session Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Show Big Counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Show Automation Enable. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Show Memory Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Show Machine Track Arm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Show Universe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Show Beat Detective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Show Movie Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Show Strip Silence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Show System Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Show Disk Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
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Pro Tools Menu
Pro Tools Menu
(Mac OS X Only)
The Pro Tools menu commands include links to online Pro Tools documentation, Pro Tools Preferences, access to Macintosh OS X applica­tion management, and the Quit command.
Pro Tools menu
Pro Tools Online Documentation
The Pro Tools application menu provides links to important Pro Tools documentation, includ­ing the
Plug-Ins Guide
and others.
Pro Tools Reference Guide
, the
MIDI Control Surfaces Guide
, the
DigiRack
Select the title of the desired guide from the Pro Tools 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).

Preferences

Pro Tools Preferences are available from both the Pro Tools Menu and the Setups menu. For more information, see “Preferences” on page 41.

Services

The Pro Tools menu also provides access to Mac­intosh OS X application management com­mands, such as Services, Hide Pro Tools, Hide Others, and Show All. For more information about these and other Macintosh OS X features, please refer to your Apple Macintosh documen­tation.
Quit Pro Tools
The Quit Pro Tools command ends your Pro Tools session and closes the Pro Tools appli-
,
cation.
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File Menu

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

New Session

The New Session command creates a new Pro Tools session. 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 ensures proper interchange of ses­sions and their associated media between Macintosh and Windows-based systems. Spe­cific file-naming and audio format restrictions apply.
File menu
New Session dialog
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Open Session

Save Session Copy In

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 lets you save 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.
The Save Session Copy In command lets you save a copy of the currently selected session un­der a different name or in a different location. Session media can be included in the copy that you save, with options to save the media at a dif­ferent bit depth, sample rate, or file format type. Sessions can be saved in a variety of session for­mats for compatibility with older systems. This command is useful for archiving sessions.
Save Session Copy In dialog
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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 returning to the ear­lier version.
When you Save Session Copy In with a lower bit rate, the built-in Pro Tools Dither with Noise Shaping will be applied.
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-“file type” Audio Files copies all audio files dio file type. This option’s file type will always be the default audio file type of the session; so if the session’s default audio file type is WAV, the option will read All Non-WAV Audio Files. Se­lecting Don’t Copy Fade Files omits fade files from the copied data.
When this option is selected, all
except
audio files of the specified au-

Bounce to Disk

The Bounce to Disk command allows you to mix together the outputs of all currently audible tracks routed to a common output path to create a new audio file. You can use the Bounce to Disk command to create a submix or to create a final mix in any of several audio file formats.
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.
Root Plug-In Settings Folder
selected, the Root 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
lected, the session’s video files are copied to the new location, and the references in the session are redirected to the copied movie or video file.
When this option is se-
When this op-
When this option is

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.
Bounce to Disk dialog
Bounce Source
bounce. Only audio routed to the selected path will be included in the bounce.
File Type
SDII, BWF (.WAV), AIFF, 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
Selects the channel format (number of channels). Choices are mono (summed), multi­ple mono, or interleaved.
Selects the audio output path to
Selects the audio file type. Choices are
Resolution
24-, 16-, or 8-bit.
Selects the bit depth. Choices are
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Sample Rate
Selects the sample rate.

New Track

Import After Bounce
audio after it is bounced and adds it to the Re­gions List so that it can be used in the session.
Automatically imports the
The Import After Bounce option is not available when converting during or after Bounce.
Additional Bounce Options
The following Bounce options are only available when bouncing to a different file type, format, resolution, or sample rate.
Conversion Quality
to Tweak Head when bouncing to a new sample rate.
Use Squeezer
bounced audio before conversion to 8-bit reso­lution.
Convert During Bounce
file type, sample rate, and bit resolution conver­sion as the file is being bounced.
Convert After Bounce
file type, sample rate, and bit resolution conver­sion after the file has been bounced.
Selects the quality from Low
Optimizes the dynamics of the
Automatically performs
Automatically performs
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.
Greater-than-stereo multichannel tracks are not supported on Pro Tools|24 or Pro Tools LE systems.
New Track dialog

Group Selected Tracks

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

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 stereo or multi­channel track into individual mono tracks that can be edited and manipulated independently. The Split Selected Tracks Into Mono command cannot be undone.

Make Selected Tracks Inactive or Make Selected Tracks Active

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.
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Import Session Data

Import Session Data dialog
This command lets you import selected session data from an existing session into the current session. Options are provided for time code mapping, sample rate conversion, and copying, converting, and referencing audio and video source files. The Import Session Data command
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also provides the ability to import specific play­lists, routing assignments, and automation—ei­ther adding them as new tracks or overlaying el­ements onto existing tracks.
The Import Session Data command replaces the Import Tracks command in previous versions of Pro Tools.

Import Audio to Track

Export MIDI

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 contained in the sequence or apply existing tempo data in the session to the imported file.

Export Selected Track as OMF

(DigiTranslator Option Only)
The Export Selected Tracks as OMF command exports selected tracks in OMFI format. Open Media Framework Interchange (OMFI) is an in­dustry standard file format, that facilitates the transfer of digital media between applications (such as Pro Tools and Avid Video editing soft­ware). If the DigiTranslator option is not in­stalled, the Export Selected Track as OMF com­mand will be greyed out in the File menu.
For more information, see the Digi­Translator 2.0 Integrated Option Guide.
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

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.
Export Session As Text dialog
Log Offline Media
This command creates a text file listing the me­dia used on selected tracks. Media is offline if it is unavailable to the session (such as when on sever to which you are not connected or on a drive that has been removed from the system).
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Get Info

This command lets you enter and save informa­tion about the session.
Left-column text fields are topic fields. Text en­tered there is saved with your Pro Tools Prefer­ences and will appear in all sessions, allowing you to preset the field to topics that you com­monly use.
Right-column text fields are information fields and are session specific and will be saved with the session.
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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. The last command in the undo queue will appear in the menu (for example, “Undo Paste”).

Redo

After undoing a command or action, you can redo it by choosing the Redo command. This is a good way to compare before and after states of edits.
Cut
This command cuts a selection out of its current location and stores it in memory so that you can paste it elsewhere.

Copy

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

Paste

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

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, Shift-
click a region on each track with the Selector or Grabber and choose Select All.
To select all regions on all tracks, Select the “All” Edit Group in the Groups List, click the Se­lector anywhere in a track, and choose Select All.
This command removes the contents within a selection in the Edit window.

Duplicate

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

Repeat

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

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

Lock/Unlock 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 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 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. When an audio track is con­solidated, a new audio file is written that en­compasses the selection range, including any blank space.

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.

Identify Sync Point and Remove Sync Point

Mute/Unmute Region

This command mutes playback of a selected re­gion. Choosing the Unmute command unmutes the region. This command does not create auto­mation data.
This command places a Sync Point at the cur­rent cursor location. A triangle indicates the Sync Point’s position. This Sync Point can then be used as the reference point—nudge, spot, move, and so on—instead of the region start or end. On TDM systems, 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.
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Redefine Current Time Code Position
(MachineControl Option Only)
This command lets you redefine the session start time. By creating an insertion point (or se­lection) and then entering the desired new time code position for that location, the session start time will be recalculated based on the new, rela­tive Time Code location.

Identify Beat

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.

Insert Silence

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

Fades

This command lets you create 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.
Identify Beat dialog
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.
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Fades dialog
Create Fades
The Create Fades command produces a cross­fade between adjacent regions according to pa­rameters you specify with the Fades editor.
Delete Fades
The Delete Fades command removes a crossfade between adjacent regions.
Fade to Start
The Fade to Start command creates a fade-in from the current insertion point to a region’s start point.
Fade to End
The Fade to End command creates a fade-out from the current insertion point to a region’s end point.
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.

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.

Copy to Send

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

Write Automation

This command lets you write automation states for one or more parameters to specific session locations in a single step. This saves you the trouble of performing multiple automation passes for different parameters in real time, or having to graphically draw automation state changes on individual automation playlists.
To Current Parameter
This command writes the current value only to the currently displayed automation parameter.
To All Enabled Parameters
This command writes the current settings for all automation parameters enabled in the Automa­tion Enable window.
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