User`s guide
Pro Tools Reference Guide128
Exporting Region Definitions
Pro Tools stores region definitions for
audio files within each session. If you want
to use an audio file’s regions in another ses-
sion, or with another application that sup-
ports them, you can export the region in-
formation.
The Export Region Definitions command
does not export regions as audio files (un-
like the Export Selected As Files command).
Instead, it stores pointers to the regions
within the parent source file.
To export region definitions for an audio file:
1 In the Audio Regions List, select any re-
gions for which you want to export defini-
tions. You do not have to select the audio
region for the region’s parent audio file.
2 Choose Export Region Definitions from
the Audio Regions List pop-up menu.
3 Click Export.
Track Transfer Utility
(Macintosh Only)
The Track Transfer™ utility software (in-
cluded with your Macintosh Pro Tools sys-
tem) lets you import, export, or merge en-
tire track entities (including region
definitions) into other sessions. For details,
see the online documentation included
with the Track Transfer software.
Importing MIDI Files
You can import Standard MIDI Files into
your Pro Tools sessions. Use the File > Im-
port MIDI/Track command to place the im-
ported MIDI onto new tracks; or use the
Import MIDI command in the MIDI Re-
gions List pop-up menu to place the data in
the MIDI Regions List, where it can be
dragged to existing tracks.
Pro Tools does not import proprietary se-
quence files. To use sequences from other
MIDI applications in a Pro Tools session,
you’ll need to first save them as Standard
MIDI Files. Refer to the manufacturer’s doc-
umentation for details on saving Standard
MIDI Files.
There are two types of Standard MIDI Files,
both of which are supported by Pro Tools:
◆ Type 0 MIDI files store data for all MIDI
channels in a single track. When importing
these files, Pro Tools separates the data by
channel and places them in separate re-
gions and tracks
◆ Type 1 MIDI files, sometimes referred to
as multitrack MIDI files, contain multiple
tracks of MIDI data. When importing these
files, each track’s data is placed on its own
new MIDI track in the Pro Tools session.