User`s guide

Pro Tools Reference Guide156
✽ With the Edit and Timeline selections
linked, you can click on a region or MIDI note
with the Grabber to automatically update the
Timeline with the selection’s start time, allow-
ing you to easily play from that point.
Page Scroll During Playback
You can set Pro Tools to scroll the track dis-
play while playing, and have the edit cur-
sor appear wherever playback stops.
To make the track display and the edit cursor
follow playback:
1 Select Operations > Scrolling Options >
Page Scroll During Playback.
2 Choose Setups > Preferences. In the Op-
eration page of the Preferences dialog, se-
lect the option for “Timeline Insertion
Follows Playback,” then click Done.
3 Make sure to select Operations > Link
Edit and Timeline Selection.
4 With the Selector, click in the track
where you want playback to begin.
5 Click Play in the Transport window to be-
gin playback. The playback cursor scrolls
across the Edit window, indicating the cur-
rent playback position.
6 Click Stop in the Transport window to
stop playback. The edit cursor appears at
the location where playback stops.
Locating and Auditioning with Fast
Forward/Rewind
You can use the Fast Forward and Rewind
buttons in the Transport window to locate
material in your tracks. If the Operation
Preference for “Audio During Fast For-
ward/Rewind” is selected, you’ll actually
hear the scanned audio (similar to a CD
player) when clicking the Fast Forward and
Rewind buttons.
You can also fast forward or rewind incre-
mentally by repeatedly clicking the appro-
priate button. The size of these increments
is determined by the Main Time Scale:
• Bars:Beats: moves to the beginning of the
previous or next bar
• Min:Sec: moves back or forward in one-
second steps
• Time Code: moves back or forward in
one-second steps (while adjusting for
current SMPTE format)
• Feet.Frames: moves back or forward in
one-foot steps
• Samples: moves back or forward in one-
second steps
Location Indicators
The Location Indicators, in the upper right
of the Edit window, display the current
playback location, and also provide a con-
venient way to navigate to a specific time
location.
The Main Location Indicator displays the
playback location in the time format for
the Main Time Scale. The Sub Location In-
Location Indicators (Main and Sub)