User`s guide

Chapter 10: MIDI Recording 111
For other methods of setting the record
range, see “Setting Punch/Loop Points” on
page 96.
6 To hear track material up to the start
point of the loop, enable and set the pre-
roll time. For details, see “Setting Pre/Post-
Roll” on page 97.
7 Click Record in the Transport window.
When you are ready to begin recording,
click Play.
The Record button flashes during the pre-
roll. When the start point is reached,
Pro Tools begins recording. When the end
point is reached, Pro Tools loops back to
the start point and continues playing and
recording.
8 Play some notes on your MIDI controller.
A new MIDI region containing the newly
recorded material is automatically created
and appears in the track’s playlist, replac-
ing the previous region.
Regions are replaced (non-destructively)
during subsequent record passes when new
MIDI material is received.
9 When you have finished recording, click
Stop in the Transport window. The most re-
cently recorded take is left in the record
track.
The recorded takes appear as regions in the
MIDI Regions List and are numbered se-
quentially. The takes, which are the same
length and easily interchangeable, can be
auditioned from the Takes List pop-up
menu—even while the session plays or
loops.
To audition the various record takes:
1 Command-click (Macintosh) or Control-
click (Windows) with the Selector at the
precise beginning of the loop record range.
– or –
If the take currently residing in the track is
selected, Command-click (Macintosh) or
Control-click (Windows) it with the Selec-
tor.
A pop-up menu appears containing a list of
regions that share the same User Time
Stamp.
2 Choose a region from the Takes List pop-
up menu. The region replaces the previous
take and snaps precisely to the correct loca-
tion.
For more information on auditioning and
managing takes, see “Auditioning Record
Takes” on page 94.
Auditioning loop record takes