Specifications

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To scrub a single audio track:
1 With the Scrubber selected, drag within the
track—left for reverse, right for forward.
The distance and speed with which you drag
(with either the mouse, or an external MIDI
controller wheel) determine the length and
speed of the scrubbed audio. Audio from the
scrubbed track is routed to its output, along with
any effects assigned to the track.
The resolution for the Scrubber is dependent
upon the zoom factor for the scrubbed track.
To scrub multiple audio tracks:
■ With the Scrubber selected, drag between two
adjacent tracks.
– or –
■ Scrub within a selection that contains multi-
ple tracks. Only the first two tracks are heard.
Scrub/Shuttle Mode
When scrubbing normally, you can scrub at nor-
mal playback speeds or slower. Scrub/Shuttle
mode, however, lets you scrub at several times
normal speed, which is helpful in playing
through large ranges and locating material.
To scrub in Shuttle mode (at several times normal
speed):
1 Select the Scrubber tool.
2 While pressing Alt (Windows) or Option
(Macintosh), drag within the track—left for re-
verse, right for forward. The Fast Forward and
Rewind buttons in the Transport window en-
gage.
The distance and speed dragged determine the
speed for the scrubbed audio.
Shuttle Lock Mode
Shuttle Lock mode lets you use the numeric key-
pad to shuttle up to two tracks forward or back-
wards at specific speeds: 5 is normal speed, num-
bers from 6 up to 9 provide increasingly faster
fast-forward speeds, and numbers from 4 down
to 1 provide progressively faster rewind speeds
(4 is the slowest rewind Shuttle Lock speed, 1 is
the fastest). If multiple tracks are selected, only
the first two tracks are shuttled.
Scrubbing an audio track with the Scrubber
You can temporarily switch the Selector to
the Scrubber by Right-clicking (Windows) or
Control-clicking (Macintosh). For finer reso-
lution, Control-Right-click (Windows) or
Command-Control-click (Macintosh).
Scrubbing between two audio tracks
The maximum number of channels
scrubbed in Pro Tools is eight, which would
allow you to scrub two stereo tracks (four
channels), but not two 5.1 surround tracks
(12 channels).