Specifications

Pro Tools Reference Guide588
To capture a new clip:
1 With the Selector tool, drag in an existing clip to
select the material for the new clip.
2 Choose Clip > Capture.
3 Type a name for the new clip and click OK.
The new clip appears in the Clip List. The original
clip remains intact and unchanged.
Separate Commands
The Separate commands define a selection within
an existing clip, or a partially selected clip, as a
new clip and separate it from surrounding material.
The
Separate commands can also be applied to
MIDI notes (see “Separating MIDI Notes” on
page 687).
New clips appear in the tracks in which they are
created, separate from the data surrounding them.
They also appear in the Clip List.
There are three different
Separate commands:
At Selection (or Edit Cursor) Creates new clip
boundaries at the selection start and end points. If
there is no selection and the edit cursor is placed
within the clip, the clip is split into two new clips at
the insertion point. Likewise, MIDI notes can be
separated at the selection start and end points (or at
the Edit cursor).
On Grid Creates new clips according to the se-
lected Grid value (see “Defining the Grid Value”
on page 829). Likewise, MIDI notes can be sepa-
rated on the grid.
At Transients Automatically creates clip boundar-
ies on detected transients within a selection. This
uses the same algorithm for transient detection as
the Tab to Transients feature (see “Tabbing to
Transients” on page 576). On Elastic Audio-en-
abled tracks, the
Separate At Transients command
uses the transient events detected by Elastic Audio
analysis (see “Elastic Audio Analysis” on
page 880).
Separate At Transients only applies to
audio and is not applicable to MIDI notes or clips.
To separate one or more clips (or MIDI notes) at the
selection (or at the edit cursor):
1 Do one of the following:
• With the Selector tool, make an Edit selection.
• With the Selector tool, click at the point where
you want to separate the clip (or MIDI note).
2 Do one of the following:
• Choose
Edit > Separate > At Selection.
• With an Edit selection, Right-click near the cur-
sor position or selection and choose
Separate
from the pop-up menu.
3 If the Editing preference for Auto-Name Sepa-
rated Clips
is disabled, type a name for the new
clip when prompted, then click
OK.
Selecting a portion of a clip
Press Control+R (Windows) or Com-
mand+R (Mac) for Capture Clip.
Press Control+E (Windows) or
Command+E (Mac) for Separate At Selection.