Pinnacle Systems Pro Tools LE - 6.9, Pro Tools HD - 6.9 Menus Guide

Pro Tools

Menus Guide

Version 6.9 for HD or LE Systems on Windows or Macintosh

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contents

Chapter 1. Pro Tools Menu

About Pro Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Preferences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Macintosh Application Management Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Quit Pro Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Chapter 2. File Menu

New Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Open Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Close Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Save Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Save Session As . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Save Session Copy In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Revert To Saved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Send Session Via DigiDelivery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Bounce to Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

New Track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Group Selected Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

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/AAF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Export MIDI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Export Session As Text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Log Offline Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

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Get Info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

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

Send Region to Back. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Bring Region To Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Identify Sync Point and Remove Sync Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Identify Beat. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Insert Silence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Fades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Copy to Send . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Thin Automation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Write Automation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Trim Automation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Glide Automation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

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Chapter 4. AudioSuite Menu

1 Band, 2–4 Band, and 7 Band EQ III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

1-Band EQ II and 4-Band EQ II. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Chorus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Compressor II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

D-Verb. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

DC Offset Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

DeEsser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Duplicate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Expander-Gate II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Flanger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Gain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Gate II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Invert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Limiter II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Multi-Tap Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Normalize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Ping-Pong Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Pitch Shift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Signal Generator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Time Compression/Expansion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

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Chapter 5. MIDI Menu

Change Meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Insert Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Cut Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Move Song Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Renumber Bars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Tempo Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Quantize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Groove Quantize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Restore Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Flatten Performance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Change Velocity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

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Change Duration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Transpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Select Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Split Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Input Quantize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Step Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Click . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Click Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

MIDI Beat Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Input Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Input Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

MIDI Thru . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

All Notes Off. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Chapter 6. Movie Menu

Import Movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Import Audio From Current Movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Import Audio From Other Movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Bounce to QuickTime Movie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

New Avid Movie Track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Normal Priority Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Medium Priority Playback. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Highest Priority Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Use Scrub Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Set Scrub Window Size/Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Set Movie Sync Offset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Movie Online . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Play DV Out FireWire Port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Window Aspect Ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Add Movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Undo Add Movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Clear Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Clear Movie Track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

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Chapter 7. Operations Menu

Destructive Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Loop Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

QuickPunch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

TrackPunch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Change Record Enabled Tracks To Auto Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Change Record Enabled Tracks To Input Only. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Auto Input Monitoring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Input Only Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Low Latency Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Online. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Pre/Post-Roll Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Loop Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Scroll Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Scroll To Track Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Link Edit and Timeline Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Copy Edit Selection to Timeline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Copy Timeline Selection to Edit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Play Timeline Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Play Edit Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Mute Frees Assigned Voice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Auto-Spot Regions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Pre-Fader Metering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Clear All Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Solo Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Calibration Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Use Delay Compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

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Chapter 8. Setups Menu

Hardware Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Playback Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Disk Allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Peripherals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

I/O Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Redefine Current Time Code Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Redefine Current Feet+Frames Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Create Machine Track Arming Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Edit MIDI Studio Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

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Chapter 9. Display Menu

Narrow Mix Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Mix Window Shows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Edit Window Shows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Transport Window Shows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Sends View Shows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Ruler View Shows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

System Usage Window Shows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Disk Space Window Shows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Display Time in Regions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Display Sync Point in Regions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Display Name in Regions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Display Region Overlap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Display Auto-Created Regions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Display Track Position Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Bars:Beats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Minutes:Seconds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Time Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Feet+Frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Samples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

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Chapter 10. Windows Menu

Show Mix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Show Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Show Task Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Show Workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Show Project Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Browsers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Show MIDI Event List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Show Time Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Show Tempo Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Show MIDI Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Show MIDI Track Offsets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Show Transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Show Session Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Show Big Counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Show Automation Enable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Show Memory Locations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Show Machine Track Arm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Show Universe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Show Beat Detective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Show Movie Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Show Strip Silence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Show Color Palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Show Undo History. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Show System Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Show Disk Space. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

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Chapter 11. Help Menu

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chapter 1

Pro Tools Menu

Pro Tools Menu

(Macintosh Only)

The Pro Tools Menu commands include links to
Pro Tools Preferences, access to Mac OS X appli­cation management, and the Quit command.

Pro Tools menu

About Pro Tools

The About Pro Tools command launches the
Pro Tools banner, which includes the version
number of your Pro Tools software.

Preferences

Macintosh Application Management Commands

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 Mac 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 appli­cation.

Pro Tools Preferences are available from both
the Pro Tools Menu and the Setups menu. For
more information, see “Preferences” on page 45.

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chapter 2

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, Fader Gain
level, 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, fader gain level, or
file format type. Sessions can be saved in a vari­ety of session formats for compatibility with
older systems. This command is useful for ar­chiving sessions.

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Save Session Copy In dialog

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.

When you have a session with a +12 dB Fader
Gain and Save Session Copy In with a +6 dB
Fader gain, any fader automation breakpoints
that are over 6 dB will be lowered to 6 dB.

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

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.

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.

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

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 selected, all

except

audio files of the specified au-

When this op-

When this option is

When this option is selected,

Send Session Via DigiDelivery

(Windows XP Only)

DigiDelivery is Digidesign’s system for efficient
and reliable transfer of digital media files over
the Internet. Send Session Via DigiDelivery lets
you send a Pro Tools session and all of its related
files using DigiDelivery from within Pro Tools.

Anyone can send and receive files from a
DigiDelivery system, even if they do not own a
DigiDelivery network appliance, as follows:

◆

To send a delivery, senders must have an In­ternet connection, an account on a DigiDelivery
network appliance, and the DigiDelivery client
application.

◆

To receive a delivery, recipients only need an
Internet connection and the DigiDelivery client
application; an account on the network appli­ance is not needed.

For more information about DigiDelivery,
see the DigiDelivery Guide.

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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.

Resolution

24-, 16-, or 8-bit resolution.

Sample Rate

Selects the bit depth. Choices are

Selects the sample rate.

Whenever a Bounce to Disk is configured to
a different file type, file format, resolution,
or sample rate, additional options become
available to convert during or after the
bounce. See “Additional Bounce Options”
on page 6 for more information.

Bounce to Disk dialog

Bounce Source

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

File Type

all systems are BWF (.WAV), AIFF, MPEG-1
Layer 3 (MP3), and QuickTime. Windows sys­tems also include Windows Media (Windows).
Macintosh systems also include SD II and Sound
Resource. Systems with the DigiTranslator op­tion also support MXF audio files.

Certain file types are restricted in regards to for­mat, resolution, and sample rate.

Selects the audio output path to

Selects the audio file type. Choices on

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 a
Bounce.

Additional Bounce Options

The following Bounce options are only available
when bouncing to a different file type, format,
resolution, or sample rate.

Conversion Quality

tion ranging from Low to Tweak Head, when
bouncing to a new sample rate.

Use Squeezer

bounced audio before conversion to 8-bit reso­lution.

Convert During Bounce

file type, sample rate, and bit resolution conver­sion as the file is being bounced.

Convert After Bounce

file type, sample rate, and bit resolution conver­sion after the file has been bounced.

Selects the quality, with op-

Optimizes the dynamics of the

Automatically performs

Automatically performs

Format

Selects the channel format (number of
channels). Choices are mono (summed), multi­ple mono, or interleaved.

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New Track

Duplicate Selected Tracks

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.

Only mono and stereo tracks are supported
in Pro Tools LE. Greater-than-stereo multi­channel formats are not supported.

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.

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.

Group Selected Tracks dialog

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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.

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/AAF

(DigiTranslator Option Only)

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

(TDM Systems Only)

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.

The Export Selected Tracks as OMF command
exports selected tracks in AAF and OMFI format.
Advanced Authoring Format (AAF) is a multime­dia file format and Open Media Framework In­terchange (OMFI) are industry standard file for­mats 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.

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.

Exit

(Windows Only)

The Exit command ends your Pro Tools session
and closes the Pro Tools application.

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Edit Menu

Edit Menu

Edit menu commands are used to edit and ma­nipulate regions.

Undo

The Undo command lets you sequentially undo
up to 32 of your previous actions. Certain com­mands and actions (such as saving) are not un­doable. The last command in the undo queue
will appear in the menu (for example, “Undo
Paste”).

Redo

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

Cut

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

Copy

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

Edit menu

Paste

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

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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 provides several options for edit­ing region boundaries.

To Selection

The Trim To Selection command removes data
before and after a region or MIDI note selection,
leaving only the selection. This command lets
you quickly remove all data in a region (and in
some instances the entire track) except for the
current selection.

Trim To Insertion

The Trim To Insertion command lets you trim a
region or MIDI note by automatically removing
the material between the Edit insertion point
and the start or end point.

Trim to Fill Gaps

The Trim to Fill Gaps commands let you auto­matically reveal underlying material in the gaps
between regions. You can choose to fill gaps by
revealing underlying audio from either the start
point of the following audio regions, or from
the end point of the preceding audio regions.

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.

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

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.

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.

Lock/Unlock 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 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.

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Send Region to Back

Identify Beat

This command sends the selected region or re­gions behind any neighboring overlapping re­gions. If multiple overlapping regions are se­lected, Pro Tools will apply the command to
each region as that region relates to the neigh­boring region on the right.

Bring Region To Front

This command brings the selected region or re­gions to the front of any neighboring overlap­ping regions. If multiple overlapping regions are
selected, Pro Tools will apply the command to
each region as that region relates to the neigh­boring region on the right.

Identify Sync Point and Remove Sync Point

This command places a Sync Point at the cur­rent cursor location. When you identify a sync
point, a small down arrow appears at the bot­tom of the region, with a vertical, light grey line
indicating the location of the sync point. 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.

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.

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.

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 se-

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lection 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.

Fades dialog

Create Fades

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.

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.

Copy to Send dialog

To copy a track’s current control settings to a
send on that track, select Current Value. To
copy the entire automation playlist for the track
to a send, select Automation.

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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Write Automation

Glide 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.

Trim Automation

This command lets you use trim values as snap­shots and apply the relative changes or delta val-
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.

This command let you manually create an auto­mation transition (or glide) from an existing au­tomation value to a new one, over a selected
area.

Glide Automation can also be used for au­tomating the Surround Panner.

To Current Parameter

This command applies Glide Automation only
to the currently displayed automation parame­ter.

To All Enabled Parameters

This command applies the Glide Automation
for all automation parameters enabled in the
Automation Enable window.

To Current Parameter

This command trims the current value only to
the currently displayed automation parameter.

To All Enabled Parameters

This command trims the current settings for all
automation parameters enabled in the Automa­tion Enable window.

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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.

AudioSuite menu (organized by Category)

For details on each of the AudioSuite plug­ins, refer to the

AudioSuite menu (plug-ins organized by Flat List)

DigiRack Plug-Ins Guide.

1 Band, 2–4 Band, and 7 Band
EQ III

(Pro Tools 6.9 Only)

The EQ II plug-ins adjust the frequency spec­trum of an audio selection. These plug-ins are
flexible EQ types for maximum CPU and DSP ef­ficiency.

On the 1 Band EQ, the EQ Type selector lets you
choose any one of six available filter types:
High-Pass, Notch, High-Shelf, Low-Shelf, Peak,
and Low-Pass.

On the 7 Band EQ and the 2–4 Band EQ, the
HPF, LPF, LF, and HF sections have EQ Type se­lectors to toggle between the two available filter
types in each section.

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