Specifications

Pro Tools Reference Guide420
Scrolling Options
You can configure how contents of the Edit
window scroll during playback and recording.
To configure Scrolling options:
 Choose Options > Scrolling and select one of the
following options:
None The Edit window does not scroll during or
after playback. The playback cursor moves across
the Edit window, indicating the playback location.
After Playback The playback cursor moves across
the Edit window, indicating the playback location.
When playback has stopped, the Edit window
scrolls to the final playback location.
Page The playback cursor moves across the Edit
window, indicating the playback location. When
the right edge of the Edit window is reached, its en-
tire contents are scrolled, and the playback cursor
continues moving from the left edge of the win-
dow. For more information, see “Page Scrolling
During Playback” on page 420.
Continuous (Pro Tools HD and Pro Tools with
Complete Production Toolkit Only)
See “Contin-
uous Scrolling During Playback” on page 420.
Center Playhead (Pro Tools HD Only) See “Cen-
ter Playhead Scrolling” on page 421.
Page Scrolling During Playback
You can set Pro Tools to scroll the track display
while playing, and also have the edit cursor appear
wherever playback stops.
To make the track display and the edit cursor
follow playback:
 Enable the Timeline Insertion/Play Start Marker
Follows Playback button in the Edit window.
Continuous Scrolling During
Playback
(Pro Tools HD and Pro Tools with Complete
Production Toolkit Only)
When this scrolling option is selected, the Edit
window’s contents scroll continuously past the
playback cursor, which remains in the center of the
window. With this option, playback is always
based on the Timeline selection (unlike the
Center
Playhead Scrolling
option).
Making a selection in the Timeline or a play-
list, or manually scrolling the Timeline while
in Page Scroll or Continuous Scroll mode
suspends page scrolling. To resume page
scrolling and jump to the current playback lo-
cation, click the Playback Cursor
locator in the Main Timebase ruler (see
“Locating the Playback Cursor when It Is
Off-Screen” on page 416).
Timeline Insertion/Play Start Marker Follows Playback
button enabled
You can enable or disable the Timeline
Insertion/Play Start Marker Follows Play-
back option in the Operation Preferences.
Press Control+N (Mac) or Start+N (Win-
dows) to toggle the Timeline Insertion/Play
Start Marker Follows Playback preference
on and off.