Specifications

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To separate clips (or MIDI notes) according to the
current grid resolution:
1 Make an Edit selection.
2 Choose Edit > Separate > On Grid.
3 In the Pre-Separate Amount dialog, type a
pre-separate amount in milliseconds. This can
be useful to pad the beginnings of the new clips.
4 Click OK.
To separate audio clips at transients:
1 Make an Edit selection.
2 Choose Edit > Separate > At Transients.
3 In the Pre-Separate Amount dialog, type a
pre-separate amount in milliseconds. This can
be useful to pad the beginnings of the new clips.
4 Click OK.
Auto-Name Separated Clips
Option
With the Auto-Name Separated Clips option in the
Editing Preferences page selected, Pro Tools auto-
matically names separated clips for you. The name
is a numbered variation of the original clip’s name.
By separating a clip, additional clips are auto-cre-
ated from data on either side of the separation,
which have new numbers assigned to their names.
The original clip remains intact and unchanged on
the Clip List.
“Separate Clip” Operates On All
Related Takes
When the “Separate Clip” Operates on All Related
Takes
option is enabled in the Editing Preferences,
editing a clip with the
Separate Clip command also
affects all other related takes with the same User
Time Stamp.
This option helps you compare different sections
from a group of related takes. For example, you
can quickly separate an entire group of related vo-
cal takes into sections, then audition and select the
best material from each section independently.
If this option is selected, make sure the
Track
Name
and Clip Start and End options are also se-
lected in the Matching Criteria window (see
“Matching Criteria” on page 641). If they are not,
all clips in the session that have the same User
Time Stamp will be affected.
In most instances, you will want to disable the
Separate Clip Operates On All Related Takes op-
tion, to prevent a large number of clips from being
created when you use the
Separate Clip command.
Pre-Separate Amount dialog
The Clip List can quickly fill up with auto-
created clips. For easier clip management,
click the Clip List menu, deselect Show >
Auto-Created to hide all auto-created clips in
the Clip List.