Specifications

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Nondestructive Audio Editing
When editing an audio track’s playlist in
Pro Tools, you are not actually cutting and moving
pieces of sound as you would if you were cutting
and splicing analog tape. Instead, Pro Tools cre-
ates a map of the audio file on your hard disk,
which describes the order in which to play various
portions of the audio.
When trimming audio clips with any of the Trim
tools, or when editing the placement or order of
clips within a track, you can use multiple playlists
to easily return to a track’s previous state. For more
information, see “Playlists” on page 629.
Audio Clips and Automation
Data
Automation data for audio resides in tracks and not
in the Clip List. This means that when you drag an
audio clip from the Clip List to a new track, no au-
tomation data is placed in the track. However, if
you drag an audio clip from an existing track (that
contains automation data) to another track, the au-
tomation from the source track is placed in the des-
tination track.
You can edit automation data by switching track
views or by revealing the automation lanes under
the track.
MIDI Clips and MIDI Data
The two most common Track Views you will use
for MIDI and Instrument tracks are Notes and
Clips:
 Use Clips view for arranging clips.
 Use Notes view for inserting and editing indi-
vidual MIDI notes, and for working with and af-
fecting groups of notes.
Clips View for MIDI and
Instrument Tracks
MIDI and Instrument tracks can be viewed as
Clips, which is similar to Waveform view for au-
dio tracks. While a track’s notes are visible in Clips
view, individual note editing is not available in this
view. Instead, all editing occurs across a time
range encompassing all track data, including con-
tinuous controller events, program changes, and
System Exclusive events.
Use Clips view to define clips that represent song
sections and clips, or to rearrange or assemble
track material.
In Clips view, the vertical zoom is automatically
scaled to fit the entire range of pitches of MIDI
notes on a track.
For more information on automation, see
Chapter 44, “Automation.”
For more information on setting Track View,
see “Track Views” on page 230.
To toggle the Track View between Notes and
Clips, click in the track you want to toggle
and press Start+Minus (Windows) or
Control+Minus (Mac) on the alphanumeric
keyboard.
You can double-click a MIDI clip to open it in
the MIDI Editor window. See Chapter 32,
“MIDI Editors.”