Specifications

What’s New in Pro Tools and Pro Tools HD 10.046
Clip Metadata Preserved with
AudioSuite Render
Pro Tools 10 preserves clip metadata for Audio-
Suite rendered clips under certain conditions
(see “Conditions for AudioSuite Rendering with
Handles, Fades, Clip Gain, and Metadata” on
page 48). This is especially useful when working
with clips imported from field recorders and
from AAF sequences exported from Media Com-
poser.
AudioSuite Handles
Pro Tools 10 lets you render clips with Audio-
Suite plug-ins and include “handles” beyond the
current Edit selection from 0.00 to 60.00 sec-
onds, or even the whole file referenced by the
clip. This means that you trim clips out past the
rendered selection after processing.
In lower versions of Pro Tools, AudioSuite pro-
cessing only affects the current Edit selection
and creates a new file of the exact same length.
The resulting region (clip) cannot be trimmed
out beyond the processed selection. However,
with Pro Tools 10, the resulting rendered clip
can be trimmed out to the specified handle
length, or even up to the whole file referenced by
the original clip (if the
Whole File option is se-
lected before rendering).
Additionally, with the introduction of real-time
fades in Pro Tools 10, fades and crossfades can
be preserved or rendered depending on the
AudioSuite Rendering mode and File mode
settings. In lower versions of Pro Tools, fades
and crossfades are always rendered with Audio-
Suite processing.
However, rendering AudioSuite processing does
not necessarily create AudioSuite handles in all
circumstances. For more information, see “Con-
ditions for AudioSuite Rendering with Handles,
Fades, Clip Gain, and Metadata” on page 48.
To render a clip with AudioSuite handles:
1 Make the audio selection that you want to ren-
der.
2 Select the AudioSuite plug-in you want to use
from the AudioSuite menu.
3 Adjust the AudioSuite plug-in options and set-
tings as desired.
4 Do one of the following:
• In the Handle Length field, enter the de-
sired Handle Length (0.00 to 60.00 sec-
onds). The default Handle Length can be set
in the Preferences dialog.
– or –
• Select the Whole File option to render the
whole file. Note that only the current Edit
selection will appear in the Timeline.
The selection is rendered as a new clip whose
duration exactly matches the selection. How-
ever, the clip can be trimmed out as far as the
specified Handle Length.
Handle Length field in the AudioSuite plug-in window
Whole File option selected in the AudioSuite plug-in
window