Specifications

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You can also initiate playback with the follow-
ing shortcuts:
• Press the Spacebar.
•With the Numeric Keypad Mode set to
Transport, press 0.
You can play at half-speed with the following
shortcuts:
• Press Shift+Spacebar.
• Shift-click (Macintosh) the Play button.
Fast Forward Fast forwards from the Timeline in-
sertion point. You can also click repeatedly to
fast forward incrementally (by an amount based
on the Main Time Scale).
Go to End Locates to the end of the session.
Record Arms Pro Tools for recording (the button
flashes). Clicking Play then initiates recording.
With the Transport stopped, Right-click Record
(Windows) or Control-click Record (Macintosh)
to cycle through the four record modes. The
Record button changes to indicate the currently
selected mode: blank for Nondestructive, “D”
for Destructive, a loop symbol for Loop Record,
and “P” for QuickPunch.
You can also begin recording with the following
shortcuts:
• Press F12.
• Control+Spacebar (Windows) or press
Command+Spacebar (Macintosh).
•With the Numeric Keypad Mode set to
Transport, press 3.
Pre-Roll During playback or record, specifies the
amount that plays before the play (timeline)
cursor location or beginning of the timeline se-
lection. Pre-roll is particularly useful with punch
recording since it provides you with time to
“catch the beat” before reaching the punch-in
point. To set the pre-roll amount, enter a new
value in this field, or drag the Pre-Roll flag in the
Main Timebase Ruler.
To enable pre-roll, click the Pre-Roll button to
the left of the pre-roll field so it becomes high-
lighted.
Post-Roll During playback or record, specifies
the amount that plays after the end of a timeline
selection. Post-roll is useful in punch recording
since playback continues after the punch-out
point so you can check for a smooth transition
Fast Forward Increments
Main Time Scale Format Increment Amount
Min:Sec 1 second
Time code
(Pro Tools TDM or
DV Toolkit for Pro Tools LE)
1 frame
Bars:Beats 1 bar
Feet+Frame
(Pro Tools TDM or
DV Toolkit for Pro Tools LE)
1 foot
Sample 1 second
With the Numeric Keypad Mode set to
Transport, you can fast forward by pressing
2.
You can press Control+Enter on the alpha
keyboard (Windows) or Option+Return
(Macintosh) to locate to the end of the ses-
sion.
To initiate recording at half-speed, press
Control+Shift+Spacebar (Windows) or
Command+Shift+Spacebar (Macintosh).