Specifications

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Recording to a New Playlist
Instead of recording over existing audio regions,
there is another way to nondestructively record
new takes to the same track. Do this by creating
a new playlist for the track, then record just as
before.
Tracks can have multiple edit playlists, each of
which stores a list of regions strung together in a
particular order. Also, since playlists follow
groups, duplicating or selecting alternate playl-
ists for a track in a focused group will affect all
tracks in the group.
To record to a new playlist for a track:
1 From the track’s Playlist Selector pop-up,
choose New. Enter a name for the new playlist
and click OK.
When a new playlist is created, its name replaces
the track name. With this playlist active, names
for new audio files and regions are based on its
name.
2 Make sure the track is still record enabled.
3 In the Transport window, click Return to Zero.
4 Click Record in the Transport window. When
you are ready to begin recording, click Play.
5 When you have finished recording, click Stop
in the Transport window.
An audio file for the new take is written to disk
and appears as an audio region in the track’s
playlist. The new audio region appears in the
Audio Regions List.
6 To audition the new take, click Play in the
Transport window.
7 To go back to a previous playlist to compare it
to the new take, select the playlist from the
track’s Playlist Selector.
Selecting a playlist recalls its regions as they pre-
viously appeared in the track. At any time, all re-
gions from all playlists are available in the Re-
gions List, and can be mixed and matched
between playlists and tracks.
Punch Recording Audio
To define a record range in the playlist, or re-
place a portion of a recorded track, you can
punch in by specifying the record range before
recording.
Though there are several ways to set record and
play ranges (see “Setting Punch/Loop Points” on
page 168), perhaps the easiest is to select within
the track’s playlist the range for recording.
Playlist Selector
For more information on playlists and play-
list editing, see “Playlists” on page 217.
To manually punch in and out on record-
enabled audio tracks during playback, refer
to “QuickPunch Audio Recording” on
page 191, or “TrackPunch Audio Record-
ing” on page 194.
To set a record or play range by selecting
within a playlist, the Edit and Timeline se-
lections must be linked (select Operations >
Link Edit and Timeline Selection).