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Pro Tools Reference Guide108
If pre-roll is enabled, the track material
leading up to the punch-in point plays.
You can start playing during the pre-roll to
get the “feel.” Material is not recorded until
the start point is reached.
When the start point is reached, Pro Tools
begins recording. Recording continues un-
til the end point is reached, unless Stop is
clicked in the Transport window. If post-
roll is enabled, playback continues for the
specified post-roll amount.
Punching “on the fly” with MIDI
You don’t have to set a record range to
punch in on a MIDI track. In fact, you can
punch in and out freely at any time during
playback. Unlike audio tracks, it is not nec-
essary to enable QuickPunch to perform
real-time punches.
✽ For Digi 001 systems, you can use a foot-
switch (connected to the I/O box) to punch in
and out when recording MIDI.
To punch on the fly with MIDI:
1 Put Pro Tools in normal Nondestructive
Record mode. In the Operations menu, de-
select Destructive Record, Loop Record,
and QuickPunch.
2 Record enable the track by clicking its
Record button.
3 To replace existing track material, disable
MIDI Merge in the Transport window.
4 In the Transport window, click Return to
Zero.
5 Start playback by clicking Play in the
Transport window.
6 When you reach the punch-in point,
click Record in the Transport window.
– or –
For Digi 001 systems with a connected
footswitch, press the footswitch at the
punch-in point.
The Record button stops flashing and stays
lit during recording.
7 To punch out, click Record again (or
press the footswitch).
Pro Tools exits record mode and continues
playing. You can perform additional
punches during the same pass.
Regions and Punch Recording
Depending on the record range, new re-
gions may be created after punch record-
ing. For instance, Figure 3 shows two exist-
ing regions before recording. Since the start
and end times occur within both of the ex-
isting regions, a new region is created to fill
the space between them.
Figure 3. Region added after punch record
before punch record
after punch record
new region
newly recorded
material