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Pro Tools Reference Guide144
Sorting and Searching the
Regions Lists
Most sessions will contain many regions,
which may make it difficult to locate a par-
ticular region in the Regions Lists. The abil-
ity to sort regions and search for them will
help greatly in keeping track of large num-
bers of regions.
To sort regions in a Regions List:
1 From the Regions List pop-up menu,
choose Sorting and select the basis for sort-
ing from the submenu.
MIDI regions can be sorted by name,
length, or timestamp. In addition to these,
audio regions can be sorted by region start
and end times, and by various attributes for
the source audio file.
2 From the Regions List pop-up menu, se-
lect Ascending or Descending to switch the
order of the displayed regions.
Keyboard Selection of Regions
If the Audio Regions List Key focus or MIDI
Regions List Key focus is enabled, you can
type the first few letters of a region’s name
and Pro Tools will automatically locate and
select the region in the Regions List.
To enable and use the Audio Regions List Key
focus or MIDI Regions List Key focus:
1 Click the a-z button in upper right of the
Audio Regions List or MIDI Regions List.
2 Type the first few letters of the region to
automatically locate and select it. Once a
region is located and selected, it can be
dragged to a track.
Keyboard selection of audio regions locates
regions based on their region name, not on
the names for their parent audio files or the
volumes on which they reside.
Sort attributes for audio regions
Audio Regions List Key focus enabled