User`s guide

Pro Tools Reference Guide362
To time stamp a region (or regions) with a
new SMPTE frame number:
1 In a track, select the region that you wish
to time stamp.
2 From the Regions List pop-up menu,
choose the Time Stamp Selected command.
3 Enter a new SMPTE time. You can do this
in three ways: enter the numbers manually
(with the help of the arrow keys); click the
Current Time Code button (or press the =
key), if you wish to capture the incoming
time code address; or click the Current Se-
lection button if you wish to enter the start
time of the current on-screen selection.
4 Click OK to close this dialog.
This command can be used in “batch
mode” to set new time stamps for several
regions at a time. To do this, simply select
several regions and choose the Time Stamp
Selected command. One after another, a di-
alog will open for each region, allowing
you to quickly enter new values.
Once entered, the user time stamps can be
displayed in all regions currently placed in
tracks.
To display the user time stamps in regions:
1 Choose Display > Display Time in Re-
gions > User Time Stamp.
2 To hide User Time Stamps, choose Dis-
play > Display Time in Regions > None.
Using a Region with its Time Stamp in
Another Session
Pro Tools saves time stamp information for
each region as part of a session—not as part
of the audio file itself. If you wish to use a
time-stamped audio file in another session,
keeping its time stamps intact, do the fol-
lowing:
1 Open the session that contains the origi-
nal time-stamped region.
2 Select the desired region in the Audio Re-
gions List.
3 Choose Export Selected from the Regions
List pop-up menu. The region can now be
used in other sessions with its original time
stamp references intact.
Identifying a Sync Point
The Pro Tools Identify Sync Point com-
mand allows you to identify a specific
point within a region for audio spotting
purposes.
Imagine the following sound effects spot-
ting scenario: You have a single sound ef-
fect that consists of a creaky door slam-
ming shut, followed by a few seconds of
ambient reverberation. The slam portion of
the effect—which you must precisely
match to picture—occurs neither at the
Time Stamp Selected command