Specifications

Pro Tools Reference Guide248
To select all material in all tracks, along with
Conductor events:
1 Make sure the Edit and Timeline selections are
linked.
2 While pressing Control (Windows) or Option
(Macintosh), double-click in any Timebase
Ruler. All regions in all displayed audio and
MIDI tracks are selected, along with all events in
each of the Conductor tracks.
Making Selections While Playing
Pro Tools lets you make on-the-fly selections
with the arrow keys.
To make a selection while playing:
1 Make sure to select Operations > Link Edit and
Timeline selection.
2 With the Selector, click somewhere near the
beginning of the track in which you want to
make the selection.
3 Click Play in the Transport window to begin
playback.
4 When playback reaches the point where you
want the selection to begin, press the Down Ar-
row key.
5 Press the Up Arrow key at the point where you
want the selection to end. The selected range be-
comes highlighted.
6 To stop playback, click Stop in the Transport
window.
To automatically scroll to the beginning of the
selection (or to the location of the on-screen
cursor), press the Left Arrow key. To scroll to the
end of the selection, press the Right Arrow key.
While in Page Scroll or Continuous Scroll mode,
making a selection in the Timeline or a playlist
during playback as the playback cursor moves
off-screen will suspend page scrolling. To re-
sume page scrolling and jump to the current
playback location, click the Playback Cursor Lo-
cator in the Main Timebase ruler (see “Locating
the Playback Cursor” on page 239).
Object Selections (TDM Systems Only)
You can use the Object Grabber to select non-
contiguous regions on one or more tracks. Non-
contiguous selections must encompass entire re-
gions. If you want a non-contiguous selection to
include a portion of a region, first turn the por-
tion into a new region with the Separation
Grabber (see “Separation Grabber” on page 263)
or the Separate Region command (see “Separate
Region Command” on page 262).
To select non-contiguous regions:
1 Make sure the Edit mode is set to either Slip or
Grid.
2 Choose the Object Grabber from the Grabber
tool pop-up menu.
3 Shift-click each region you want to include in
the selection. The regions can even reside on dif-
ferent tracks.
Each clicked region becomes surrounded by a
dark rectangle, indicating it is selected.
The Object Grabber is not available when
the Edit mode is set to Shuffle or Spot.
Object Grabber
Non-contiguous selection