Specifications

Pro Tools Reference Guide390
Include Plug-In List
Select this option to export a list of the plug-ins
used in the session.
Include Track EDLs (Playlists)
You can export track EDLs (playlists). Track
EDLs can be used to spot-check clip placement
and edits, or in a conforming program for post ap-
plications. In extreme circumstances the EDL can
be used to recreate the entire session.
When exporting track EDLs, the following
options are available:
Show Subframes This option allows you to
export subframe time information with track
EDLs, if used in your session.
Include User Timestamps You can include user
timestamps with track EDLs. User timestamps in-
dicate a user-defined session location for the clip,
or the original location of the clip when recorded.
Fade Handling
For track EDLs, you can choose whether to show
crossfades, not to show them, or to combine cross-
faded clips. When clips are combined, their dura-
tions and locations are listed up to the center of the
crossfade (for the leading clip) and from the center
of the crossfade (for the following clip).
Time Format
You can select the appropriate time format that ex-
ported EDL information is based on. For example,
for post work, you might select SMPTE time, but
for music creation locked to a grid, you might se-
lect
Bars:Beats.
File Format
On Mac, you can to export to TextEdit, UTF-8, MS
Excel, MS Word, Write Now, Word Perfect, and
AppleWorks text formats. On Windows, you can
export to either TextEdit or UTF-8.
Importing and Exporting Clip
Group Files
Pro Tools can export and import the clip group file
format (.rgrp). This lets you do the following:
• Separate clip group metadata from audio files to
avoid unnecessary file copy operations when ex-
porting audio clip groups composed from multi-
ple source files.
• Export MIDI data as part of a clip group.
• Create multitrack loops.
Clip group files store the following metadata:
• References to all audio files within the clip
group
• Clip names and relative location in tracks
• Embedded fades and crossfades
• Clip group names and format (single or multi-
track)
• All MIDI data present in the clip group (such as
notes, controllers, and Sysex)
• Track names
• Elastic Audio Warp markers and TCE factor
• Clip timebase (samples or ticks)
• Sync points
• Loops
• Tempo map
MIDI track EDLs are not exported.