Specifications

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center line of the track’s waveform display). If
necessary, use the zooming tools in the Edit
window (see “Zooming” on page 226) to display
waveforms in greater detail.
◆ On Pro Tools TDM systems, use the AutoFade
feature to apply real-time fade-ins/outs to all re-
gion boundaries that do not touch or overlap
other regions. See “Using AutoFades” on
page 305 for details.
◆ Apply a crossfade between regions where a
click or pop occurs. See “Creating a Crossfade”
on page 302 for details.
Nondestructive Audio Editing
When editing an audio track’s playlist in
Pro Tools, you’re not actually cutting and mov-
ing pieces of sound as you would if you were
cutting and splicing analog tape. Instead,
Pro Tools creates a map of the audio file on your
hard disk, which describes the order in which to
play the track portions.
When trimming audio regions with the Trim-
mer tool, or when editing the placement or or-
der of regions within a track, use multiple play-
lists to easily return to a track’s previous state.
See “Playlists” on page 217 for details.
Audio Regions and Automation
Data
Automation data for audio resides in tracks and
not in the Regions List. This means that when
you drag an audio region from the Audio Re-
gions List to a new track, no automation data is
placed in the track. However, if you drag an au-
dio region from an existing track (that contains
automation data) to another track, the automa-
tion from the source track is placed in the desti-
nation track.
MIDI Regions and MIDI Data
The two most common Track Views you’ll use
for MIDI tracks are Notes and Regions. Use
Notes View for inserting and editing individual
MIDI notes, and for working with and affecting
groups of notes.
When you need to experiment with the arrange-
ment of regions, or define new ones, use Re-
gions View.
For more information on setting Track View, see
“Track View” on page 209.
Selection that begins and ends at zero crossings
To toggle the track view, click in the track
you want to toggle and press Start+Minus
(Windows) or Control+Minus (Macintosh)
on the alpha keyboard.