Specifications

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Auditioning Programs
When the Patch Select dialog is open, you can
have Pro Tools automatically scroll through the
different patches for a track’s assigned MIDI de-
vice.
To audition patches for a MIDI track during
playback:
1 Click Play in the Transport window.
2 Open the Patch Select dialog by clicking the
Program button in the Mix window, or by in-
serting or editing a program change event in a
MIDI track.
3 Click a program number—the starting point
from which you will scroll through the patches.
4 Enter a value for the number of seconds that
will elapse between each program change.
5 Select the option for Increment Patch.
After the specified number of seconds, Pro Tools
selects the next patch and transmits the pro-
gram change to the track’s assigned MIDI de-
vice.
To audition patches from the Patch Select dialog:
1 Open the Patch Select dialog by clicking the
Program button in the Mix window, or by in-
serting or editing a program change event in a
MIDI track.
2 Click a program number—the starting point
from which you will scroll through the patches.
3 Enter a value for the number of seconds that
will elapse between each program change.
4 Select the option for Increment Patch.
After the specified number of seconds, Pro Tools
selects the next patch and transmits the pro-
gram change to the track’s assigned MIDI de-
vice.
System Exclusive Events
System Exclusive (Sysex) events can be recorded
to MIDI tracks in Pro Tools (see “Recording Sys-
tem Exclusive Data” on page 188). Once the
events are recorded, they appear in the track’s
playlist as blocks when the Display Format is set
to Sysex.
While the contents of recorded System Exclu-
sive events cannot be directly edited in
Pro Tools, the events can be moved or nudged,
copied and pasted, or deleted.
To move a Sysex event:
1 Set the MIDI track to Sysex view.
2 With the Grabber, drag the Sysex event left or
right.
If the Edit mode is set to Grid, the dragged event
snaps to the nearest Grid boundary. If the Edit
mode is set to Spot, the Spot dialog opens.
Sysex event block
The placement of Sysex event blocks can
also be adjusted with Shift (see “Shift Com-
mand” on page 278) or Nudge (see “Nudg-
ing” on page 276).