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Pro Tools Menus GuideVersion 10.0®

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Chapter 1: Introduction to Pro Tools Menus 1Chapter 1: Introduction to Pro Tools MenusPro Tools® menus provide commands and op-tions for configuring a

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Chapter 2: Pro Tools Menu (Mac Only) 3Chapter 2: Pro Tools Menu (Mac Only)The Pro Tools Menu commands include links to Pro Tools Preferences, access t

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Chapter 3: File Menu 5Chapter 3: File MenuFile menu commands are used to create and maintain Pro Tools sessions. New SessionThe New Session command cr

Pro Tools Menus Guide6Save Copy InThe Save Copy In command lets you save a copy of the currently selected session under a differ-ent name or in a diff

Chapter 3: File Menu 7Main Playlist OnlyWhen this option is selected, only the main play-lists are included with the session copy. Any al-ternate play

Pro Tools Menus Guide8Install Template in System When selected, this option saves the session as a template in the folder referenced by the Pro Tools

Chapter 3: File Menu 9Main Bounce OptionsThe following Bounce options are available when bouncing to the same or different file type, format, resoluti

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Pro Tools Menus Guide10Share With SoundCloud Lets you share your mix with SoundCloud, a social audio sharing site that lets you feature your tracks or

Chapter 3: File Menu 11Pro Tools lets you select specific session data (such as automation and routing) to import. You can also import main playlist o

Pro Tools Menus Guide12Import VENUE Channel Names as Track NamesThis command lets you import VENUE channel names as track names into the current sessi

Chapter 3: File Menu 13You can export to any of several different text file formats (including Microsoft Word and Ex-cel). (Mac only)– or –You can exp

Pro Tools Menus Guide14InformationTitle Enter the Title for the score. This appears at the top of the first page.Composer Enter the Composer for the s

Chapter 4: Edit Menu 15Chapter 4: Edit MenuEdit menu commands are used to edit and ma-nipulate the current selection and affect data in the timeline o

Pro Tools Menus Guide16Cut SpecialThe Cut Special commands let you cut just auto-mation data from the current selection (without associated audio, vid

Chapter 4: Edit Menu 17All Automation Clears all automation or MIDI controller data whether it is shown or not.Pan Automation Clears only pan automati

Pro Tools Menus Guide18Trim ClipThis command provides several options for ed-iting clip boundaries (including looped clips). To Selection This comman

Chapter 4: Edit Menu 19Mute/Unmute ClipThis command mutes playback of a selected clip. Choosing the Unmute command unmutes the clip. This command does

Contents iiiChapter 1. Introduction to Pro Tools Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Chapter 2. Pro

Pro Tools Menus Guide20Automation(Pro Tools HD and Pro Tools with Complete Production Toolkit Only)Copy to SendThis command lets you copy either the c

Chapter 4: Edit Menu 21Coalesce Clip Gain to Volume AutomationThis command coalesces clip gain settings to track-based volume automation. Clip gain se

Pro Tools Menus Guide22Fades These commands let you create (or delete) a crossfade between two adjacent audio clips, or a fade-in or fade-out of a sin

Chapter 5: View Menu 23Chapter 5: View MenuView menu options and commands control the display of Pro Tools windows, tracks, and track data. Some View

Pro Tools Menus Guide24RulersThese options selectively display various Time-base and Conductor rulers in the Edit window. In addition to providing a t

Chapter 5: View Menu 25ClipThese options selectively display various data in clips.Sync Point This option lets you display or hide sync points in clip

Pro Tools Menus Guide26WaveformsThese options define how waveforms are dis-played and calculated. Waveforms can be dis-played normally (as positive an

Chapter 5: View Menu 27Sends A–E These options display either send assignments for all sends, or the controls for individual sends (Sends A–E). Select

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Chapter 6: Track Menu 29Chapter 6: Track MenuTrack menu commands are used to create, man-age, and edit tracks.NewThe New command lets you add one or m

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Pro Tools Menus Guide30DuplicateThis command lets you define how many copies of a track you want to create, and specifies whether to copy audio or MID

Chapter 6: Track Menu 31Set Record Tracks to Input Only or Set Record Tracks to Auto Input(Pro Tools HD and Pro Tools with Complete Production Toolkit

Pro Tools Menus Guide32Clear All Clip IndicatorsThis command clears all clip indication from all meters.Coalesce VCA Master Automation(Pro Tools HD an

Chapter 7: Clip Menu 33Chapter 7: Clip MenuClip menu commands are used to manage and edit clips.Edit Lock/UnlockThis command lets you Edit-lock a clip

Pro Tools Menus Guide34GroupThe Group command creates a clip group from all elements in the current selection. Selections can include audio, MIDI, or

Chapter 7: Clip Menu 35Identify Sync Point and Remove Sync PointThis command places a Sync Point at the current cursor location. When you identify a s

Pro Tools Menus Guide36Conform to TempoThis command lets you conform clips on Elastic Audio–enabled tracks (both sample- and tick-based) to the sessio

Chapter 8: Event Menu 37Chapter 8: Event MenuThe Event menu contains commands for editing audio and MIDI events.Time OperationsPro Tools provides seve

Pro Tools Menus Guide38Change MeterThe Change Meter command lets you specify complex meter changes for Bar|Beat-based ma-terial. You can enter meter c

Chapter 8: Event Menu 39Tempo OperationsPro Tools provides several commands for defin-ing tempo events over a range of time (or mea-sures). Tempo Oper

Contents vWaveforms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26Automati

Pro Tools Menus Guide40Event OperationsPro Tools provides several commands for changing event data over a range of time (or measures). Event Operation

Chapter 8: Event Menu 41Change VelocityThis command lets you automatically adjust Note On (attack) and Note Off (release) veloci-ties for selected MID

Pro Tools Menus Guide42Select/Split NotesThe Select/Split Notes command provides tools to do the following: • Select MIDI notes based on pitch, veloci

Chapter 8: Event Menu 43Step InputThis command lets you use a MIDI controller to enter notes individually, one step at a time. This gives you precise

Pro Tools Menus Guide44MIDI Track OffsetsThis command opens the MIDI Track Offsets window. This window lets you create timing off-sets for MIDI tracks

Chapter 8: Event Menu 45Beat DetectiveThis command opens the Beat Detective™ win-dow. Beat Detective automatically detects the tempo of a session and

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Chapter 9: AudioSuite Menu 47Chapter 9: AudioSuite MenuThe AudioSuite™ menu lets you access all Au-dioSuite plug-ins currently installed in your sys-t

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Chapter 10: Options Menu 49Chapter 10: Options MenuThe Options menu commands let you select sev-eral editing, recording, monitoring, playback, and dis

Pro Tools Menus GuideviCapture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Pro Tools Menus Guide50Prepare DPE (DestructivePunch-Enabled) Tracks(Pro Tools HD and Pro Tools with Complete Production Toolkit Only)This command pre

Chapter 10: Options Menu 51Loop PlaybackThis option continuously loops playback of a se-lection until you stop playback. Looping play-back is a useful

Pro Tools Menus Guide52Link Timeline and Edit SelectionThis option lets you link or unlink any Timeline selection with any Edit selection. When Link T

Chapter 10: Options Menu 53Auto-Spot ClipsWhen enabled, this option simplifies the task of spotting clips. If you are using VITC with this option enab

Pro Tools Menus Guide54Calibration Mode(Pro Tools HD Only)Use Calibration Mode in Pro Tools to adjust the input and output levels for your audio inter

Chapter 11: Setup Menu 55Chapter 11: Setup MenuThis menu provides commands to open dialogs and windows for configuring various Pro Tools hardware and

Pro Tools Menus Guide56Disk AllocationIf you are using multiple hard drives for record-ing, use the Disk Allocation dialog to assign each track in a s

Chapter 11: Setup Menu 57MIDI ControllersThis page configures MIDI control surfaces such as Command|8.Ethernet ControllersThis page configures D-Contr

Pro Tools Menus Guide58VENUEThis page configures Pro Tools for use with a VENUE system.I/OThis I/O Setup dialog provides tools to label and map Pro To

Chapter 11: Setup Menu 59QuickTime Video Offset Pro Tools does not auto-matically compensate for the delay when play-ing QuickTime video through any F

Contents viiLoop Playback. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51Dynamic

Pro Tools Menus Guide60External Timecode OffsetThis dialog lets you compensate for devices that are consistently offset by a fixed number of frames (s

Chapter 11: Setup Menu 61Input FilterThis dialog provides settings for filtering out se-lected MIDI messages from your recording. The Input Filter can

Pro Tools Menus Guide62Connect to SoundCloudThis dialog lets you log into your SoundCloud account from Pro Tools. When logged into SoundCloud, you can

Chapter 12: Window Menu 63Chapter 12: Window MenuThe Window menu provides commands to tog-gle the display of various Pro Tools windows: se-lecting the

Pro Tools Menus Guide64Close WindowThis command closes the front-most Pro Tools window.MixThis command displays the Mix window, used for recording and

Chapter 12: Window Menu 65ProjectThis command displays the Project Browser, used for Pro Tools file management with the current session. BrowsersUse t

Pro Tools Menus Guide66Memory LocationsThis command opens the Memory Locations window. Here you can store up to 200 time loca-tion markers, selections

Chapter 12: Window Menu 67Color PaletteThis command opens the Color Palette window. Use this window to make color selections for tracks, clips, groups

Pro Tools Menus Guide68With Pro Tools|HD systems, there are three ad-ditional system usage meters:•TDM Voices Allocated•TDM Time Slots Used• DSP Chip

Chapter 12: Window Menu 69Eleven Rack(Eleven Rack Only)This command displays the Eleven Rack window, where you can control Eleven Rack entirely from y

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Chapter 13: Marketplace Menu 71Chapter 13: Marketplace MenuThe Marketplace menu provides commands to access your Avid account and the online Avid Stor

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Chapter 14: Help Menu 73Chapter 14: Help MenuThe Help menu commands provide links to Pro Tools Help, important Pro Tools documen-tation, and online re

Pro Tools Menus Guide74Check For UpdatesSelect this command to check for Pro Tools ap-plication and plug-in updates, either automati-cally or manually

Chapter 15: Clip List 75Chapter 15: Clip ListThe Edit Window displays all audio clips, MIDI clips, video clips, and clip groups in a single, comprehen

Pro Tools Menus Guide76Show OptionsThese options in the Clip List can show different types of clips and clip information. Select the Show options for

Chapter 15: Clip List 77Sort By OptionsThe Sort By options provide methods for orga-nizing large numbers of clips.Audio clips can be sorted by:•Clip T

Pro Tools Menus Guide78Time StampThis command lets you select a clip (or clips) and redefine its SMPTE time stamp. The Origi-nal Time Stamp and the Us

Chapter 15: Clip List 79Export Clips as FilesThis command lets you export clips as audio files. Use this command if you intend to use a clip in other

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Index 81AAAF 12About Pro Tools command 3, 74Add Key Change command 44Advanced Authoring Format 12AFL (After Fader Listen) mode 53After Fader Listen mo

Pro Tools Menus Guide82Export Clip Definitions command 78Export Clip Groups command 79Export Clips as Files command 79Find command 75Recalculate Wavef

Index 83Display menuNarrow Mix window option 23DSP usage 68Duplicate command 17Duplicate Track command 30Dynamic Transport Mode 51EEdit menu 15Automat

Pro Tools Menus Guide84Get Info command 13Import Audio command 11Import Clip Groups command 11Import MIDI command 11Import Sequence from Avid Interpla

Index 85MIDI Studio 60MIDI Studio command 60MIDI Thru command 52MIDI Track Offsets command 44Minutes:Seconds Time Scale 27Mirror MIDI Editing option 5

Pro Tools Menus Guide86QQuantize command 40Quantize to Grid command 35QuickPunch mode 49Quit Pro Tools command 3RRating clips 33Recalculate Waveform O

Index 87Solo modes and options 53Sort By options 77Split into Mono Track command 30Step Input command 43Stretch Tempo command 39Strip Silence command

Pro Tools Menus Guide88Track Number command 27Transport view options 27Waveform view options 26WWaveform view optionsOutline views 26Peak view 26Power