Specifications

Chapter 17: Working with Regions and Selections 269
Time Compression/Expansion Plug-In
Preferences
You can select settings for the Time Compres-
sion/Expansion AudioSuite plug-in by choosing
from the Default Settings pop-up list in the Pro-
cessing Preferences, under “TC/E.” The settings
available are presets included with Pro Tools; in
addition, if you save your own presets for the
Time Compression/Expansion plug-in, they will
also appear here.
Using the Time Trimmer in Grid Mode
The Time Trimmer can be used in Grid mode to
match a region to the tempo of a session or a
section of a session. For example, you might im-
port a one-bar drum loop with a tempo of 90
BPM into a session with a tempo of 120 BPM. In
Grid mode, you can use the Time Trimmer to
simply and quickly “time compress” the drum
loop to the length of one measure, with mini-
mal loss of audio fidelity.
To use the Time Trimmer in Grid mode:
1 Set the Edit mode to Grid.
2 Select “TCE Trimmer” from the Trimmer pop-
up menu.
3 With the Time Trimmer, drag the region’s start
or end point to compress or expand the region
to the Grid (for example, by quarter notes). The
region is automatically processed using the
Time Compression/Expansion AudioSuite plug-
in. The new region appears in the playlist and in
the Regions List.
Using the Time Trimmer in Slip Mode
To use the Time Trimmer in Slip mode:
1 Set the Edit mode to Slip.
2 Select “TCE Trimmer” from the Trimmer pop-
up menu.
3 With the Time Trimmer, drag the region’s start
or end point to compress or expand the region
freely. A new region is automatically processed
using the Time Compression/Expansion Audio-
Suite plug-in. The new region appears in the
playlist and in the Regions List.
Using the Time Trimmer in Spot Mode
In Spot mode, clicking with the Time trimmer in
a region opens the Spot Dialog. You can specify
the location you want the region to start or end
at, or the duration of the region, and the region
is automatically compressed or expanded as
specified.
To use the Time Trimmer in Spot mode:
1 Set the Edit mode to Spot.
2 Select “TCE Trimmer” from the Trimmer pop-
up menu.
Refer to the DigiRack Plug-Ins Guide for
more information about AudioSuite plug-
ins.
In Pro Tools 6.x, trimming regions while in
Relative Grid mode will trim the regions in
grid increments while maintaining their rel-
ative offset (if any) from the grid.
Trimmer set to TCE