User`s guide

Chapter 13: Editing Basics 143
The Audio and MIDI
Regions Lists
All regions that are recorded, imported, or
created by editing appear in the Audio and
MIDI Regions Lists. Regions can be dragged
from either list to tracks and arranged in
any order. Regions can also be auditioned
from the Regions List by Option-clicking
them.
Because region names can become lengthy
(up to 31 characters), the Regions List can
be scrolled or resized as necessary (see
Figure 8). In addition, you can use the pop-
up menu at the top of either list to sort,
search, rename, and clear regions.
If the Editing Preference for “Region List
Selection Follows Track Selection” is en-
abled, clicking a region in the Regions List
highlights it in the track that contains it.
✽ Use the MIDI Regions List as a bin for stor-
ing your favorite MIDI clips. Save the session
as a template (see “Creating Custom Session
Templates” on page 48) and the regions are
available for future sessions. Since MIDI re-
gions are tick-based (unlike audio regions),
they scale seamlessly for use with any tempo.
Displaying File Info for Audio Regions
In addition to region names, the Audio Re-
gions List can also display information
about the region’s parent audio file:
• File name, which represents the audio
file from which the region originated
• Disk name, which represents the name
of the hard drive on which it resides
• The full directory Pathname of the re-
gion’s location
Pro Tools defaults to displaying just the re-
gion portion of a region’s name. To display
file info for audio regions, choose Show File
Names, Show Disk Names, or Show Full
Pathnames from the pop-up menu at the
top of the Audio Regions List.
Figure 8. Audio and MIDI Regions Lists
Click to hide
Regions Lists
Drag to resize width
of Regions Lists
Drag to resize
height of Regions
Lists
Click for pop-up menus
Audio Regions with file info