Specifications

Pro Tools Reference Guide470
To loop record an audio track:
1 Do one of the following:
• Select
Options > Loop Record. When Loop Re-
cord mode is enabled, a loop symbol appears in
the Record button.
• Right-click the Record button in the Transport
and select
Loop.
2 Record enable the audio track by clicking its
Record Enable button.
3 Select Options > Link Timeline and Edit Selec-
tion
.
4 With the Selector tool, select the loop range on
the track. For other methods of setting the re-
cord range, see “Setting Punch and Loop
Points” on page 460.
5 To hear track material up to the start point of the
loop, enable pre-roll and set the pre-roll time
(see “Setting Pre- and Post-Roll” on page 464).
6 Click Record in the Transport to arm Pro Tools
for recording.
7 Click Play to start recording.
The Record button flashes during the pre-roll.
When the start point is reached, Pro Tools begins
recording. When the end point is reached,
Pro Tools loops back to the start time and contin-
ues recording.
8 To cancel all recorded takes while loop record-
ing, press Command+Period (.) (Mac) or Con-
trol+Period (.) (Windows).
9 When finished, click Stop to stop recording.
If you stop recording before you reach the mid-
point of the loop, Pro Tools discards that take. If
you record more than half of the looped take,
Pro Tools leaves the take in the track when you
stop recording.
The recorded takes appear as clips in the Clip List
and are numbered sequentially. The most recently
recorded take appears in the active playlist on the
track. For details on auditioning the different takes,
see “Selecting Alternate Takes” on page 471.
Loop Playback and Audio Recording
Pro Tools ignores Loop Playback when recording.
The only way to loop while recording is to enable
Loop Record mode.
Automatically Create New
Playlists When Loop Recording
When loop recording, Pro Tools creates a single
file containing all recording passes where each re-
cording pass is a clip in the file. On the track, only
the last recording pass is present as a clip in the
main playlist. All other clips (recording passes) are
hidden and can only be recalled as matching alter-
nate clips (takes). When enabled, the new
Auto-
matically Create New Playlists When Loop Record-
ing
option in the Operation Preferences page
automatically copies each clip (take) to a new play-
list in the track. This facilitates using Playlists
view for auditioning and selecting alternate takes.
To automatically create new playlists when loop
recording:
1 Choose Setup > Preferences and click the Op-
eration
tab.
2 In the Recording section, enable the Automati-
cally Create New Playlists When Loop Record-
ing
option.
Loop Recording enabled