Specifications

Pro Tools Reference Guide532
Paste Command
Use the Paste command to place the contents of
the Clipboard at the Edit insertion point, and over-
write any material already there.
To paste a selection or clip:
1 If you want to constrain the insertion point or
the selection to the current Grid value, enable
Snap to Grid.
2 Do one of the following:
• With the Selector tool, click in a track at the
point where you want to paste the material.
• Use the Selector or Time Grabber tool to make a
selection where the material will be placed.
3 Choose Edit > Paste.
If pasting at an insertion point with Shuffle Clips
enabled, material to the right of the paste point is
shifted to the right. Otherwise, any material within
the paste range is overwritten.
If pasting into a selection with Shuffle Clips en-
abled, the selection is replaced by the Clipboard’s
contents with the adjacent material slid left or right
as necessary. Otherwise, the selection is also re-
placed but with the surrounding material remain-
ing unchanged.
Clear Command
Use the Clear command to remove a selection from
a track without placing it on the Clipboard.
To clear a selection or clip:
1 If you want to constrain the selection to the cur-
rent Grid value, enable Snap to Grid.
2 Set the Track View for the tracks you want to
edit.
When displaying waveforms for audio tracks, or
notes or clips for MIDI tracks, selections include
underlying automation and controller data. If the
track is displaying automation data, only the auto-
mation data is affected by the edits.
3 Make an Edit selection.
4 Choose Edit > Clear to remove the selection.
If a portion of a clip was cleared, new clips are
auto-created from the material residing outside of
the selection. When Shuffle Clips is enabled, any
subsequent clips slide over to fill any empty space.
With the Grabber tool, Start-click (Windows)
or Control-click (Mac) a clip to conform it to
the current selection.
When working with MIDI, you can merge the
contents of the Clipboard with material in the
destination track using Edit > Paste Special
> Merge. For more information, see “Paste
Special” on page 1054.