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Pro Tools Reference Guide358
MIDI Beat Clock
Some MIDI devices such as drum ma-
chines, hardware sequencers, and arpeggia-
tors can only sync to MIDI Beat Clock. To
sync these devices to Pro Tools, you can
transmit MIDI Beat Clock to them.
To transmit MIDI Beat Clock:
1 Choose MIDI > MIDI Beat Clock.
2 In the MIDI Beat Clock dialog, select the
Enable MIDI Beat Clock option.
3 Select the devices you want to receive
MIDI Beat Clock. If your MIDI interface
does not support transmitting MIDI Beat
Clock to separate ports, only the interface
appears as a destination.
4 Click OK.
Spotting Regions to SMPTE
Frame Locations
▲ Spotting to SMPTE time code is available on
TDM systems only.
Spotting is the process of assigning music
and sound cues to specific SMPTE frame lo-
cations in a film or video. This function
can be used to spot:
◆ Entire regions, selected with the Grabber.
Multiple regions can also be selected, and
Pro Tools will reference the first region in
your selection.
◆ A specific location within a region, by
clicking with the Selector at that location,
and choosing Edit > Identify Sync Point.
Spot Mode
In Spot mode, a region in a track can be
quickly spotted by simply clicking it with
the Grabber.
You can also drag a region from the Re-
gions List into a track while in Spot mode.
The Spot Dialog
The Spot Regions Dialog appears when you
drag a region to a track or click a region
with the Grabber in Spot Mode. The nu-
meric fields function as both data displays
and editing controls for the currently se-
lected regions.
Beat Clock dialog