Specifications

Pro Tools Reference Guide598
Output and send assignments and volume and pan
settings are retained in the new tracks. Mono
equivalents of stereo and multi-mono plug-in as-
signments are assigned in the new tracks. How-
ever, multichannel plug-in assignments are not as-
signed in the new tracks.
Dragging Clips to and from
Stereo and Multichannel Tracks
When dragging clips to or from stereo or
multichannel tracks, the following rules apply:
 Provided the number of tracks and channels are
the same for the source and destination, you can
drag clips between multichannel tracks and mono
tracks.
 The source and destination for dragged clips
can be mixed. For example, you can drag clips
from a 5.0 track (containing five channels) to a ste-
reo track and three mono audio tracks.
 When dragging multichannel clips to mono
tracks, the destination tracks must be adjacent.
 When dragging clips from mono tracks to a
multichannel track, the source tracks need not be
adjacent.
Multichannel clips can also be dragged from the
Clip List, to multichannel tracks of the same for-
mat, groups of mono audio tracks, or a combina-
tion of both.
Conversely, a collection of single, mono clips can
be dragged from the Clip List to multichannel
tracks—provided the dragged number of clips
matches the number of channels in the destination
track.
Clip Gain
Pro Tools provides clip-based gain for quick and
easy gain matching of clips (formerly called re-
gions in Pro Tools) from different sources in a
Pro Tools session. Clip-based gain is applied pre-
mixer (pre-fader and before any plug-in process-
ing). This is especially useful when working with
field recordings and sample libraries in post-pro-
duction sessions.
By adjusting the clip gain for individual clips on a
single track, you can match their relative gain lev-
els so that you do not have to execute complex
track volume automation to compensate.
The clip gain settings stay with the clip, which
means you can move, and copy and paste clips
with their corresponding clip gain settings. Clip
gain settings can now be imported from AAF and
OMF sequences exported from Media Composer.
Likewise, clip gain settings can be exported from
Pro Tools with AAF sequences (but not OMF) to
be imported into Media Composer.
Dragging a stereo clip to two mono audio tracks
Multiple clips with different (static) Clip Gain settings