Specifications

Pro Tools Reference Guide262
Separate Region Command
The Separate Region command defines a selec-
tion within an existing region, or a partially se-
lected region, as a new region and separates it
from adjacent material. If there is no selection
and the Edit cursor is placed within the region,
the region is split at the insertion point.
Auto-Name Separated Regions
With the Auto-Name Separated Regions option
in the Editing Preferences selected, Pro Tools au-
tomatically names separated regions for you.
The name is a numbered variation of the origi-
nal region’s name.
To separate one or more regions:
1 With the Selector, drag to select the material
for the new region or regions. The selection can
reside within a single region, across adjacent re-
gions within the same track, or across multiple
tracks.
– or –
Click with the Selector at the point within a re-
gion, where you want to split the region in two.
2 Choose Edit > Separate Region.
– or –
Press Command+E (Windows) or Control+E
(Macintosh).
3 If the Editing Preference for Auto-Name Sepa-
rated Regions is disabled, enter a name for the
new region when prompted, then click OK.
The new regions appear in the tracks in which
they were created, separate from the data sur-
rounding it. They also appear in the Regions
List. From there they can be dragged to other
tracks.
By separating a region, additional regions are
auto-created from data on either side of the sep-
aration, which have new numbers assigned to
their names. The original region remains intact
and unchanged on the Regions List.
Separating Multiple Tracks
Figure 14 illustrates a separation across three
mono audio tracks and one stereo track. For
some tracks, the selection resides within a re-
gion, while others reside at the start or end of a
region.
Once separated, this material can be easily
moved or copied to another location.
If the Editing Preference for “Separate Re-
gion Operates On All Related Takes” is se-
lected and you are editing a region that is
one of a number of related takes with the
same User Time Stamp (for example, as cre-
ated with loop recording), the Separate Re-
gion command affects each take. For details
see, “Editing Preferences for Takes” on
page 167.
Figure 14. Separating across multiple tracks