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Pro Tools Reference Guide182
To trim from a start point to insertion:
1 With the Selector, click inside the region
or note where you want the new start point
to be.
2 Choose Edit > Trim > Start To Insertion.
The region’s start point is automatically
trimmed to the insertion point.
To trim from an end point to insertion:
1 With the Selector, click inside the region
or note where you want the new end point
to be.
2 Choose Edit > Trim > End To Insertion.
The region’s end point is automatically
trimmed to the insertion point.
Trimming with Nudge
You can trim the start and end points of a
region by nudging them.
To trim a region’s start or end point by the
Nudge value:
1 Configure the Nudge value as desired. For
details, see “Defining the Nudge Value” on
page 187.
2 With the Grabber, select the region you
want to trim.
3 While pressing Option (Macintosh) or
Alt (Windows), press Plus or Minus on the
numeric keypad to trim the region’s start
point by the Nudge value.
– or –
While pressing Command (Macintosh) or
Control (Windows), press Plus or Minus on
the numeric keypad to trim the region’s
end point by the Nudge value.
Moving Regions
A region or group of selected regions (on
the same track or on multiple tracks) can be
moved with the Grabber tool. This feature
is useful in music and post production ap-
plications where the timing of audio events
such as sound effects and dialog need to be
spotted to music, film, or video.
Moving and placing regions is affected by
whether the current Edit mode is set to
Shuffle, Slip, Spot, or Grid. See “Edit
Modes” on page 145 for details.
✽ You can drag a copy of a region to another
location or track by pressing Option (Mac-
intosh) or Alt (Windows) while dragging.
Region Sync Points
The placement of regions in Grid and Spot
mode can be based on the definition of a
region sync point. Sync points are used
when a point within a region must be
aligned to the Grid or to a particular SMPTE
or bar/beat location. This capability is im-
portant in placing music and sound effects
for film and video work.
For example, suppose you had an audio re-
gion for a door slam that included the
creak of the door closing, the actual slam,
and the reverb of the slam. You may want
want to align the “slam” to other locations
within the session.