Specifications

Chapter 25: Edit Modes and Tools 559
The Smart Tool in Automation
and Controller Views
The following capabilities are available with the
Smart Tool when working in both automation and
controller views:
 For the Selector tool, position the cursor any-
where in the bottom 75% of the playlist for the Se-
lector tool. Drag with the Selector tool to select
breakpoints.
 For Trim tools, position the cursor in the top
25% of the playlist for the Trim tool. Drag with the
Trim tool to trim breakpoints. Press Control (Win-
dows) or Command (Mac) while trimming for fine
control.
 For Grabber tools, Control (Windows) or Com-
mand (Mac) for the Grabber tool, then click in on
the automation line to create breakpoints.
• To edit existing breakpoints, move the cursor
near a breakpoint for the Grabber tool.
• For fine control with the Grabber tool, press
Control (Windows) or Command (Mac)—or
continue to hold the key if you are creating a
new breakpoint.
• To vertically constrain Grabber tool movement,
press Shift.
• To vertically constrain Grabber tool movement
with fine control, press Control+Shift (Win-
dows) or Command+Shift (Mac).
The Smart Tool with Stereo and
Multichannel Tracks
When using the Smart Tool on stereo and multi-
channel tracks, individual channels cannot be inde-
pendently edited. All edits affect all channels as a
whole.
Tool switching for the Smart Tool in stereo and
multichannel tracks is determined by the position
within the entire track, and not within individual
channels.
Using the Scrubber Tool
The Scrubber tool lets you “scrub” up to two tracks
of audio in the Edit Window. Scrubbing is a tech-
nique that originated in tape editing, where the tape
was rocked back and forth past the playhead at
slower than normal speeds to find a particular loca-
tion (usually for cutting and splicing).
While viewing an audio waveform in Pro Tools
can be helpful in visually finding an edit point,
sometimes a waveform display (because of its
sonic characteristics) may not reveal the desired
spot in the audio material. By scrubbing back and
forth in Pro Tools, you can listen and locate an ex-
act edit point.
When the Edit Insertion Follows Scrub/Shuttle op-
tion is enabled in the Operation Preferences page,
the edit cursor automatically locates to the point
where scrubbing stops.
When the Scrolling option is set to Continuous
(Pro Tools HD and Pro Tools with Complete Pro-
duction Toolkit only) or Center Playhead
(Pro Tools HD only), clicking with the Scrubber in
a track’s playlist centers the Edit window around
that point, and moves the Playhead there. With
these Scrolling Options, scrubbed material moves
past the Playhead, which remains stationary and
centered.
To temporarily switch the Smart Tool to the
Eraser, press Alt+Start (Windows) or Op-
tion+Control (Mac).