Specifications
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Keyboard Selection of Regions
If the Audio Regions Key Focus or MIDI Regions
Key Focus is enabled, you can type the first few
letters of a region’s name and Pro Tools will au-
tomatically locate and select the region in the
Regions List.
To enable and use the Audio Regions Key Focus or
MIDI Regions Key Focus:
1 Click the a-z button in upper right of the Au-
dio Regions List or MIDI Regions List.
2 Type the first few letters of the region to auto-
matically locate and select it. Once a region is lo-
cated and selected, it can be dragged to a track.
Keyboard selection of audio regions locates re-
gions based on their region name, not on the
names for their parent audio files or the vol-
umes on which they reside.
Stereo and Multichannel Tracks in
the Audio Regions List
Stereo and multichannel regions, whether im-
ported or recorded into Pro Tools, are displayed
as single items in the Audio Regions List. For ex-
ample, two mono source regions named “Main
Piano.L” and “Main Piano.R” are listed as “Main
Piano (Stereo).” An Expand/Collapse triangle in-
dicates stereo and multichannel regions.
Stereo and multichannel regions are displayed
in the Regions List by default in collapsed view.
The individual regions can be displayed by click-
ing the arrow to the left of the region to expand
the name.
To expand or collapse all stereo and multichannel
regions:
■ Press Alt (Windows) or Option (Macintosh)
while clicking the triangle.
Individual items of an expanded-view stereo or
multichannel region can be selected indepen-
dently of the other associated regions in the Au-
dio Regions List.
Rules for Stereo and Multichannel
Regions
For stereo and multichannel regions to be
shown as collective regions, the component re-
gions must be the same length. If an existing ste-
reo or multichannel region has been dragged
onto multiple mono tracks and edited such that
one or more components are no longer the same
length, the stereo display is removed and the re-
gions are displayed as individual regions in the
Regions List.
Audio Regions List Key Focus enabled
Click to enable Key Focus
Stereo regions, collapsed (top) and expanded (bottom)
Expand/Collapse