User`s guide

Chapter 14: Playing/Selecting Track Material 163
To select an entire track:
■ Click in the track with the Selector and
then choose Edit > Select All.
– or –
Triple-click in the track with the Selector.
To select all regions in all tracks:
1 Select the “All” Edit Group in the Groups
List.
2 Click in any track with the Selector and
choose Edit > Select All.
– or –
Triple-click with the Selector in any track.
Selecting All from Timebase Rulers
You can select all regions in all tracks dis-
played in the Edit window by double-click-
ing in any Timebase Ruler.
To select all material in all displayed audio
and MIDI tracks:
1 Make sure the Edit and Timeline selec-
tions are linked.
2 Double-click in any Timebase Ruler. All
regions in all displayed audio and MIDI
tracks are selected. Tracks that are hidden
are not selected.
To select all material in all tracks, along with
Conductor events:
1 Make sure the Edit and Timeline selec-
tions are linked.
2 While pressing Option (Macintosh) or
Control (Windows), double-click in any
Timebase Ruler. All regions in all displayed
audio and MIDI tracks are selected, along
with all events in each of the Conductor
tracks.
Making Selections While Playing
Pro Tools lets you make on-the-fly selec-
tions with the Arrow keys.
To make a selection while playing:
1 Make sure to select Operations > Link
Edit and Timeline selection.
2 With the Selector, click somewhere near
the beginning of the track in which you
want to make the selection.
3 Click Play in the Transport window to be-
gin playback.
4 When playback reaches the point where
you want the selection to begin, press the
Down Arrow key.
5 Press the Up Arrow key at the point
where you want the selection to end. The
selected range becomes highlighted.
6 To stop playback, click Stop in the Trans-
port window.
To automatically scroll to the beginning of
the selection (or to the location of the on-
screen cursor), press the Left Arrow key. To
scroll to the end of the selection, press the
Right Arrow key.
Object Selections
(TDM Systems Only)
You can use the Object Grabber to select
discontiguous regions on one or more
tracks. Discontiguous selections must en-
compass entire regions. If you want a dis-
contiguous selection to include a portion
of a region, first use the Separation Grabber
to turn the region portion into a region (see
“Separation Grabber” on page 176).