Specifications

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Edit window. If the playback cursor is located
before the time visible in the Edit window, the
Playback Cursor Locator will appear on the left
edge of the Main Timebase Ruler.
The Playback Cursor Locator is red when a track
is record enabled and blue when no track is
record enabled.
For example, if the Scrolling Option is set to No
Auto-Scrolling, the playback cursor will move
off-screen after it has played past the time cur-
rently visible in the Edit window. The Playback
Cursor Locator will appear on the right edge of
the Main Timebase Ruler after the playback cur-
sor moves beyond the time visible in the Edit
window.
To locate the playback cursor when it is off-screen:
■ Click the Playback Cursor Locator in the Main
Timebase Ruler.
The Edit window will change to center the play-
back cursor on-screen.
Auto-Scrolling Tracks in the
Edit and Mix Windows
(Pro Tools 6.2 and Higher on Pro Tools|HD
Systems Only)
If you are working with more tracks than can be
displayed at one time in the Edit or Mix win-
dows, you can select a track in one window and
Pro Tools will automatically scroll to that track
in the other window.
To auto-scroll the Mix window to show a selected
track in the Edit window:
■ In the Edit window, Start-click (Windows) or
Control-click (Macintosh) the track name.
The track becomes selected, and the Mix win-
dow scrolls to display the selected track.
To auto-scroll the Edit window to show a selected
track in the Mix window:
■ In the Mix window, Start-click (Windows) or
Control-click (Macintosh) the track name.
The track becomes selected, and the Edit win-
dow scrolls to display the selected track.
Navigation using Track Position
Numbers
(Pro Tools 6.4 Only)
Track Position Numbering assigns each track a
number corresponding to its position in the Mix
and Edit Windows. When tracks are reordered,
track position numbers stay in numerical se-
quence. You can scroll directly to any track by
its positional number.
Playback Cursor Locator, recording enabled (Playback
Cursor located after currently viewed audio)
Playback Cursor Locator