Specifications

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To import and spot files into a track:
1 Enable Spot mode.
2 Select the files you want to import in a DigiBase
browser, or Windows Explorer, or Mac Finder.
3 Drag the files onto an existing, compatible
track. The Spot dialog appears.
4 Enter the appropriate timecode location (where
you want to spot the imported file).
5 Click OK.
To import and spot an audio file by its Waveform in
DigiBase browsers:
1 In a DigiBase browser, Control-click (Win-
dows) or Command-click (Mac) the file’s
Waveform display at the approximate reference
point you want to use for placement in a track.
2 While continuing to press Control (Windows),
or Command (Mac), drag the waveform onto an
existing audio track (the source audio file and
the destination audio track must have the same
number of channels).
Snapping to Head and Tail
You can drag and drop files to tracks and have
them snap to the head or the tail of the current Edit
selection or insertion point. When snapping to
head, the beginning of the imported file snaps to
the beginning of the Edit selection. When snapping
to tail, the end of the imported file snaps to the be-
ginning of the Edit selection.
To import and snap to head:
 Start-drag (Windows) or Control-drag (Mac) a
file onto a track.
To snap to head and copy the file to the session
Audio files folder:
 Alt-Start-drag (Windows) or Option-Control-
drag (Mac) a file onto a track.
To snap to tail:
 Control-Start-drag (Windows) or Command-
Control-drag (Mac) a file onto a track.
To snap to tail and copy the file to the session
Audio Files folder:
 Control-Alt-Start-drag (Windows) or Com-
mand-Option-Control-drag (Mac) a file onto a
track.
Elastic Audio on Import
When importing any audio file by drag and drop to
an Elastic Audio-enabled track, the audio file is
imported and analyzed (if not already analyzed). If
the imported audio file is tick-based, it is con-
formed to tempo using the track’s Elastic Audio
plug-in. If it is a sample-based audio file, such as a
single drum hit or short sound effect, it maintains
its original duration. Longer audio files with no de-
tectable tempo also remain sample-based.
You can also import audio by drag and drop to cre-
ate new tick-based Elastic Audio-enabled tracks.
When importing tick-based audio by drag and drop
from DigiBase browsers to the Track List or empty
space in the Edit window, Pro Tools creates a new
tick-based, Elastic Audio-enabled track using the
default Elastic Audio plug-in selected in the Pro-
cessing Preferences page (see “Elastic Audio Op-
tions” on page 348).
If you are importing an audio file by drag and drop
from Windows Explorer or Mac Finder to the
Track List or to empty space in the Edit window,
files are imported as sample-based or as tick-based
Elastic Audio depending on the
Drag and Drop
from Desktop Conforms to Session Tempo
prefer-
ence (see “Drag and Drop From Desktop Con-
forms to Session Tempo” on page 348).