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Pro Tools Reference Guide176
Auto-Name Separated Regions
With the Auto-Name Separated Regions
option in the Editing Preferences selected,
Pro Tools automatically names separated
regions for you. The name is a numbered
variation of the original region’s name.
To separate a new region:
1 With the Selector, drag within an exist-
ing region to select the material for the new
region.
– or –
Click with the Selector at the point where
you want to split the region in two.
2 Choose Edit > Separate Region.
3 If the Editing Preference for Auto-Name
Separated Regions is disabled, enter a name
for the new region when prompted, then
click OK.
The new region appears in the track in
which it was created, separate from the
data surrounding it. It also appears in the
Regions List. From there it can be dragged
to other tracks.
By separating a region, additional regions
are auto-created from data on either side of
the separation, which have new numbers
assigned to their names.
☞ If the Editing Preference for “Separate Re-
gion Operates On All Related Takes” is se-
lected and you are editing a region that is one
of a number of related takes with the same
User Time Stamp (created with loop recording,
for example), the Separate Region command
affects each take. For details see, “Editing
Preferences and Take Regions” on page 95.
Separation Grabber
(TDM Systems Only)
You can use the Separation Grabber to au-
tomatically separate an edit selection and
move it to another location or another
track.
To separate a selection from a region with the
Separation Grabber:
1 With the Selector, drag within an exist-
ing region to select the material for the new
region.
2 From the Grabber pop-up, choose the
Separation Grabber.
3 Drag the selection to the new location, or
to another track.
A new region containing the previous se-
lection is created, separate from the origi-
nal region. New regions are also created
from the material outside the original se-
lection.
Separation Grabber
Dragging later in track with Separation Grabber
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