Specifications

Chapter 13: Tracks 233
Changing Track Views
For audio, Auxiliary Input, MIDI, and Instrument
tracks, you can change to the next or previous
Track View, or toggle between pre-defined com-
mon views.
Changing to Previous or Next Track View
When changing to the next or previous Track
View, Track View list ordering is maintained as
shown in the Track View selector.
To change to the previous or next Track View:
1 Click in the track you want to change. To
change views on multiple tracks, Shift-click or
drag the Selector tool to select additional tracks,
or select a group.
2 Do one of the following:
• To change to the previous or next Track View on
all selected tracks, press Control+Command
(Mac) or Control+Start (Windows) and the Left
or Right Arrow key.
• To change to the previous or next Track View on
all tracks, press Command+Option+Control
(Mac) or Control+Alt+Start (Windows) and the
Left or Right Arrow key.
Toggling Common Track Views
The most common editing view for audio tracks
are Waveform and Volume view. The most com-
mon editing views for MIDI and Instrument tracks
are Notes and Clips view. Pro Tools provides an
easy way to toggle these views.
To toggle Track Views on tracks containing the edit
cursor (or an Edit selection):
1 Click in the track you want to toggle. To toggle
multiple tracks, Shift-click or drag with the Se-
lector tool to select additional tracks.
2 Do one of the following:
• Press Start+Minus (Windows) or Control+
Minus (Mac) on the alphanumeric keyboard.
• With Commands Keyboard Focus enabled (see
“Keyboard Focus” on page 30), press Minus on
the alphanumeric keyboard.
Audio tracks are toggled between Waveform and
Volume view. MIDI and Instrument tracks are tog-
gled between Notes and Clips view.
Track Views at the beginning of the list (such
as Blocks for audio or MIDI tracks) cannot
be changed to the previous Track View.
Tracks Views at the end of the list (such as a
MIDI controllers option) cannot be changed
to the next Track View.
To toggle Track Views for all tracks, press
Option+Control+Minus (Mac) or
Alt+Start+Minus (Windows) on the
alphanumeric keyboard.
To toggle Track Views for all tracks with
Command Focus enabled, press
Option+Minus (Mac) or Alt+Minus
(Windows) on the alphanumeric keyboard.