® Pro Tools Menus Guide Version 10.
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Contents Chapter 1. Introduction to Pro Tools Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter 2. Pro Tools Menu (Mac Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 About Pro Tools or About Pro Tools HD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Chapter 4. Edit Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Undo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Redo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Restore Last Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Waveforms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Automation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Sends A–E . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Sends F–J . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Capture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Rename . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Identify Sync Point and Remove Sync Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Clip Gain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Loop Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Dynamic Transport. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Edit Window Scrolling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Link Timeline and Edit Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Chapter 12. Window Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Arrange . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Hiding All Floating Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Chapter 14. Help Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Pro Tools Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Pro Tools Knowledge Base . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Avid Audio Forums. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Pro Tools Menus Pro Tools ® menus provide commands and options for configuring and working with Pro Tools, sessions, and session material. For complete information about Pro Tools software, see the Pro Tools Reference Guide.
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Chapter 2: Pro Tools Menu (Mac Only) The Pro Tools Menu commands include links to Pro Tools Preferences, access to Mac OS X application management, and the Quit command. Mac Application Management Commands (Services, Hide Pro Tools, Hide Others, Show All) About Pro Tools or About Pro Tools HD The About Pro Tools or About Pro Tools HD command launches the Pro Tools banner, which includes the version number of your Pro Tools software.
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Chapter 3: File Menu File menu commands are used to create and maintain Pro Tools sessions. Open Session New Session The Open command opens a session previously created with Pro Tools. Only one session can be open at a time. The New Session command creates a new Pro Tools session. You can choose to either create a session from a template ( Create Session From Template) or create a blank session ( Create Blank Session).
Save Copy In The Save Copy In command lets you save a copy of the currently selected session under a different name or in a different location. Session media can be included in the copy that you save, with options to save the media at a different bit depth, sample rate, fader gain level, or file format type. Sessions can be saved in a variety of session formats for compatibility with older systems. This command is useful for archiving sessions.
Main Playlist Only Movie/Video Files When this option is selected, only the main playlists are included with the session copy. Any alternate playlists are not included with the session copy. When this option is selected, session video files (Avid or QuickTime) are copied to the new location, and session references are updated to point to the copied video files. When this option is not selected, all playlists are included with the session copy.
Install Template in System When selected, this option saves the session as a template in the folder referenced by the Pro Tools Quick Start dialog (the Session Templates folder). From the Category pop-up menu, you can select a category (or create a new one), or you can open the Session Templates folder using the Reveal Session Templates Folder command. You can also name the template.
Sample Rate Selects the sample rate (from 8 kHz to 192 kHz). Whenever a Bounce to Disk is configured to a different file type, file format, resolution, or sample rate, additional options become available to convert during or after the bounce. See “Additional Bounce Options” on page 10 for more information. Enforce Avid Compatibility Creates frame-accu- rate edits, wraps the files as OMFI (unless File Type is MXF), and limits the sample rate options to 44.1 kHz or 48 kHz.
Share With SoundCloud Lets you share your mix with SoundCloud, a social audio sharing site that lets you feature your tracks or playlists on social networks (such as Twitter, Facebook, and Google+). When this option is selected, the bounced file is automatically uploaded to your SoundCloud account. If you do not have an account, you can create one for free. The following Bounce options are only available when bouncing to a different file type, format, resolution, or sample rate.
Pro Tools lets you select specific session data (such as automation and routing) to import. You can also import main playlist options—either replacing existing options or overlaying elements onto existing tracks. Import MIDI The Import MIDI command imports all tracks from a Standard MIDI file into Pro Tools. MIDI files can be imported into a new track (and the Clip List) or the Clip List only.
Import VENUE Channel Names as Track Names This command lets you import VENUE channel names as track names into the current session. VENUE system channel names, channel ordering, and all I/O routing is transferred to the Pro Tools session. This information corresponds to channel names and bussing configurations found in the VENUE system Patchbay.
You can export to any of several different text file formats (including Microsoft Word and Excel). (Mac only) – or – You can export to text (.txt) file format. (Windows only) Score Setup Selecting Score Setup opens the Score Setup window. This window lets you set up the page layout and staff spacing of your score, viewable in the Score Editor window. You can also enter the Title and Composer for the score and select what elements of the score to display.
Information Title Enter the Title for the score. This appears at the top of the first page. Composer Enter the Composer for the score. This appears in the upper right-hand corner of the first page. Display Below Chord Symbols and Diagrams Enter the desired amount of spacing (in Inches or Millimeters) between Chord Symbols and Diagrams, and the top stave of each system. Layout Page Size Select the page size ( Letter, Legal, Tabloid, or A4).
Chapter 4: Edit Menu Edit menu commands are used to edit and manipulate the current selection and affect data in the timeline or the clipboard. Undo The Undo command lets you sequentially undo up to 32 of your previous actions. Certain commands and actions (such as saving) are not undoable. The last command in the undo queue will appear in the menu (for example, “Undo Paste”). If no actions are available to undo, the menu displays a grayed out C an’t Undo.
Cut Special Paste Special The Cut Special commands let you cut just automation data from the current selection (without associated audio, video, or MIDI notes) and place it in memory to paste elsewhere. Choices include: The Paste Special commands offers several options for pasting audio, MIDI, and automation data into another clip, in the following ways: Cut Clip Gain Cuts clip gain settings, so that you can apply the clip gain settings from one clip to any other.
All Automation Clears all automation or MIDI controller data whether it is shown or not. Duplicate Pan Automation Clears only pan automation or This command copies a selection and places it immediately after the end of that selection in a track. MIDI pan data whether it is shown or not. Plug-In Automation Clears only plug-in automa- tion that is shown. Repeat Select All This command selects all audio and MIDI data in one or more tracks.
Trim Clip Separate Clip This command provides several options for editing clip boundaries (including looped clips). These commands separate a clip from adjacent data in the track where it was created. By separating a clip, you will also create by-product clips from data on either side of the separation. The Separate Clip commands automatically unloops and flattens looped clips before separating.
Mute/Unmute Clip Strip Silence This command mutes playback of a selected clip. Choosing the Unmute command unmutes the clip. This command does not create automation data. This command opens the Strip Silence window. Use this window to remove areas of silence from a selection. Strip Silence automatically divides a selection into clips, which can be useful for quantizing audio to musical values or SMPTE locations. The clip appears greyed out when muted.
Automation (Pro Tools HD and Pro Tools with Complete Production Toolkit Only) Copy to Send This command lets you copy either the current values or automation of a selected track’s volume, pan, mute, or LFE automation to the corresponding playlist for the send. This is useful when you want a track’s send automation to mirror automation on the track itself. Thin All This command lets you thin all automation in a track.
Coalesce Clip Gain to Volume Automation that it writes delta values instead of absolute values to automation data. You can use trim values in writing snapshot automation to any automatable parameter. This command coalesces clip gain settings to track-based volume automation. Clip gain settings are cut from the clip and coalesced with track-based volume automation at the same timeline locations as the clip.
Fades These commands let you create (or delete) a crossfade between two adjacent audio clips, or a fade-in or fade-out of a single clip. Crossfade duration, position, and shape are all selectable. A selection that crosses multiple clips will create crossfades for each of the clip transitions. If a selection includes clips that already contain crossfades, the existing crossfades will be modified.
Chapter 5: View Menu View menu options and commands control the display of Pro Tools windows, tracks, and track data. Some View menu options toggle the display of various Pro Tools windows or data: selecting the option displays the data, and deselecting the option hides the data.
Rulers These options selectively display various Timebase and Conductor rulers in the Edit window. In addition to providing a timing reference for track material, Timebase rulers are used to define Edit and Timeline selections. Besides selecting individual rulers, you can select All of the rulers, or the Minimal number of rulers (which is the main timebase ruler only). The Tempo, Meter, Key Signature and Chord Symbols rulers indicate changes in tempo, meter, key signature, and chords within the session.
Clip Clip Gain Info This option lets you show or hide These options selectively display various data in clips. Overlap This option lets you display or hide the clip overlap “dog-ear” corner that indicates overlapping clip boundaries. Sync Point This option lets you display or hide sync points in clips. Clips will align to a sync point regardless of its display status. Processing State This option lets you display or hide the Processing State Indicator on Elastic Audio clips.
Waveforms Outlines When selected, audio waveforms are outlined. These options define how waveforms are displayed and calculated. Waveforms can be displayed normally (as positive and negative shapes around the zero crossing) or rectified. They can also be calculated as Peak or Power, whether displayed normally or rectified. Any waveform can have an Outline. Overlapped Crossfades When selected, audio Peak When selected, the waveform display is calculated based on the sample-by-sample peak level.
Sends A–E Main Counter These options display either send assignments for all sends, or the controls for individual sends (Sends A–E). Select Assignment to display all five of these send assignments. These view options set how the Time Scale is displayed in the Main Counter. Sends F–J These options display either send assignments for all sends, or the controls for individual sends (Sends F–J). Select Assignment to display all five of these send assignments.
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Chapter 6: Track Menu Track menu commands are used to create, manage, and edit tracks. Group New This command opens the Group dialog, which lets you create, modify, duplicate, delete, and assign attributes to groups. The New command lets you add one or more new audio tracks, Auxiliary Inputs, Master Faders, VCA Masters, MIDI tracks, Instrument tracks, or Video tracks to a session.
Duplicate Delete This command lets you define how many copies of a track you want to create, and specifies whether to copy audio or MIDI data, playlists, automation, and other attributes. This command removes tracks from a session. While audio or MIDI clip data will remain in the Clip List, the track and its arrangement of the clips on the deleted track (the track’s playlist) will be lost.
Set Record Tracks to Input Only or Set Record Tracks to Auto Input (Pro Tools HD and Pro Tools with Complete Production Toolkit Only) Set Record Tracks to Input Only This command changes all record enabled tracks to monitor audio input only, regardless of any punch in or out selection. Set Record Tracks to Auto Input This command changes all record enabled tracks to automatically switch from monitoring input signals to monitoring recorded tracks.
Clear All Clip Indicators Clear Trim Automation This command clears all clip indication from all meters. (Pro Tools HD and Pro Tools with Complete Production Toolkit Only) Coalesce VCA Master Automation (Pro Tools HD and Pro Tools with Complete Production Toolkit Only) This command lets you commit, or coalesce, the contribution of a selected VCA Master track’s Volume and Mute automation to the automation playlists of its slave tracks (or VCA automation across an Edit selection).
Chapter 7: Clip Menu Clip menu commands are used to manage and edit clips. Edit Lock/Unlock This command lets you Edit-lock a clip or group of clips that you want to protect from being inadvertently edited. Clips that are Edit-locked cannot be edited (such as cutting, deleting, separating, or trimming) or moved to a different time location. Copied edit-locked clips can be pasted to any track or time location, but the copy will also be Edit-locked at the new time location.
Group Regroup The Group command creates a clip group from all elements in the current selection. Selections can include audio, MIDI, or Video clips on one or more tracks. Multiple clip groups can be selected and included in new clip groups. The Regroup command undoes the last Ungroup command and regroups the individual clips back to their former clip group state. This lets you ungroup a grouped clip, edit its underlying clips, and regroup it to continue working on higher-level composition and arranging.
Identify Sync Point and Remove Sync Point This command places a Sync Point at the current cursor location. When you identify a sync point, a small down arrow appears at the bottom of the clip, with a vertical, light grey line indicating the location of the sync point. This Sync Point can then be used as the reference point—nudge, spot, move, and so on—instead of the clip start or end. When you choose this command, the current SMPTE time is automatically entered as the SMPTE location for the Sync Point.
Conform to Tempo This command lets you conform clips on Elastic Audio–enabled tracks (both sample- and tickbased) to the session tempo. If necessary, the Conform to Tempo command analyzes the selected clip to determine its tempo and duration (in bars and beats), and then applies Elastic Audio processing to conform the clip to match the session tempo. Remove Warp This command removes warping applied to a clip, but leaves underlying Warp markers intact.
Chapter 8: Event Menu The Event menu contains commands for editing audio and MIDI events. Time Operations Pro Tools provides several commands for defining meter and time over a range of time (or measures). Time Operations Window This command opens the Time Operations window.
Change Meter Cut Time The Change Meter command lets you specify complex meter changes for Bar|Beat-based material. You can enter meter changes at a particular bar, make a meter change over a selected area of time, or add meter changes sequentially one bar at a time. The Cut Time command lets you cut a specified amount of time from conductor rulers, MIDI tracks, and audio tracks.
Tempo Operations Parabolic Pro Tools provides several commands for defining tempo events over a range of time (or measures). This command lets you create tempos that accelerate or decelerate following a tempo curve, which changes the tempo more rapidly or less rapidly over the selection time. Tempo Operations Window S-Curve This command opens the Tempo Operations window.
Event Operations Pro Tools provides several commands for changing event data over a range of time (or measures). Quantize This command lets you adjust the placement of selected MIDI or audio events in a track using Grid or Groove Quantize. Event Operations Window Event Operations window, Transpose page The Event Operations window provides commands to transform groups of MIDI notes to affect pitch, timing, and phrasing.
Change Velocity Change Duration This command lets you automatically adjust Note On (attack) and Note Off (release) velocities for selected MIDI notes. Use it to make notes louder or softer, or to create a crescendo or diminuendo. This command lets you adjust the duration for selected MIDI notes. It can be used to make melodies and phrases more staccato or more legato.
Select/Split Notes Input Quantize The Select/Split Notes command provides tools to do the following: This command lets you quantize MIDI notes as they are performed and recorded. While this will improve the strict rhythmic accuracy of a performance, it can also give it a stiff, mechanical feel. To preserve the original rhythmic nuances of a performance, experiment with lower Strength settings, or deselect the Enable input quantize option.
Step Input Restore Performance This command lets you use a MIDI controller to enter notes individually, one step at a time. This gives you precise control over note placement, duration, and velocity. With MIDI step input you can also create musical passages that might be difficult to play accurately, or at a fast tempo.
MIDI Track Offsets This command opens the MIDI Track Offsets window. This window lets you create timing offsets for MIDI tracks to compensate for MIDI-toaudio latencies in hardware-based or softwarebased MIDI synthesizers. MIDI Real-Time Properties window Remove Duplicate Notes MIDI Track Offsets window By configuring a MIDI offset, you can make MIDI tracks play back slightly earlier (by a specific number of samples), thereby compensating for any audio monitoring latencies.
Beat Detective Renumber Bars ™ This command opens the Beat Detective window. Beat Detective automatically detects the tempo of a session and conforms an audio track or selection to that tempo by separating it into clips and aligning it to the beats. Beat Detective is ideal for tailoring a performance to a groove. For detailed information about Beat Detective, refer to the Pro Tools Reference Guide.
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Chapter 9: AudioSuite Menu The AudioSuite ™ menu lets you access all AudioSuite plug-ins currently installed in your system’s Plug-Ins folder. These include free Avid Effects plug-ins installed with Pro Tools. AudioSuite plug-ins are non-real-time, filebased processing plug-ins for Pro Tools. Plug-ins are located in the AudioSuite menu by category.
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Chapter 10: Options Menu The Options menu commands let you select several editing, recording, monitoring, playback, and display options. Destructive Record Destructive Record mode lets you record over existing clips and replace the original audio permanently. This lets you conserve hard drive space. However, if you have sufficient drive space, it is usually best to disable Destructive Record mode, and use Pro Tools in Nondestructive Record mode to avoid losing any previously recorded material.
Prepare DPE (DestructivePunch-Enabled) Tracks (Pro Tools HD and Pro Tools with Complete Production Toolkit Only) This command prepares a track for Destructive Punch recording by consolidating all Destructive-Punch-enabled tracks from the beginning of the session to the value specified in the Destructive Punch File Length preference. Transport Online This command arms the Pro Tools Transport for online synchronization. Playback or recording can then be triggered by an external timecode source.
Loop Playback This option continuously loops playback of a selection until you stop playback. Looping playback is a useful way to check the rhythmic continuity of a selection when working with musical material. Selections must be at least 0.5 seconds in length to use Loop Playback. Dynamic Transport This mode lets you decouple the playback start location from the Timeline selection. This means that you can start playback from anywhere on the Timeline without losing your Timeline or Edit selections.
Link Timeline and Edit Selection This option lets you link or unlink any Timeline selection with any Edit selection. When Link Timeline and Edit Selection is enabled, making a selection in a track’s playlist (an Edit selection) also defines the play and record range (the Timeline selection). When Link Timeline and Edit Selection is disabled, you can make a selection within a track for editing purposes that is distinct from the selection in the Timeline (which determines the playback and recording range).
Auto-Spot Clips When enabled, this option simplifies the task of spotting clips. If you are using VITC with this option enabled, or MachineControl ™ software, you can pause your video at an appropriate SMPTE frame location, click on a clip with the Grabber, and the clip will be automatically spotted to the current timecode location. Pre-Fader Metering This option toggles track metering between preand post-fader operation.
Calibration Mode Activate HEAT (Pro Tools HD Only) (Pro Tools|HD Systems with the HEAT Software Option Only) Use Calibration Mode in Pro Tools to adjust the input and output levels for your audio interface (such as HD I/O or 192 I/O ™) so they match those of your mixing console and other audio devices in your studio.
Chapter 11: Setup Menu This menu provides commands to open dialogs and windows for configuring various Pro Tools hardware and software parameters. Hardware This command displays the Hardware Setup dialog, where you can specify settings for your hardware and sessions. Configure the settings for any audio interface connected to your Pro Tools system by selecting it from the Peripherals list.
Disk Allocation If you are using multiple hard drives for recording, use the Disk Allocation dialog to assign each track in a session to a specific drive. Audio for that track will then be recorded to the chosen drive. Peripherals dialog, Synchronization page Machine Control Disk Allocation dialog Peripherals This page configures MIDI Machine Control (MMC) and 9-pin machine control devices for use with Pro Tools. Slaving Pro Tools to MIDI Machine Control is supported on all Pro Tools systems.
MIDI Controllers Mic Preamps This page configures MIDI control surfaces such as Command|8. This page configures one or more PREs for use with Pro Tools. Peripherals dialog, MIDI Controllers page Peripherals dialog, Mic Preamps page Ethernet Controllers Satellite (Pro Tools HD Only) This page configures D-Control, D-Command, C|24, or EUCON ™ for use with Pro Tools.
VENUE This page configures Pro Tools for use with a VENUE system. In addition, the I/O Setup dialog, like the Main page of Hardware Setup, provides controls for routing the physical ports on your audio interface (such as HD I/O) to Pro Tools Input and Output channels. The Output page of the I/O Setup dialog also lets you change the default path settings for Meter, Audition, and multichannel track layout (as displayed on-screen).
QuickTime Video Offset Pro Tools does not automatically compensate for the delay when playing QuickTime video through any FireWire peripheral, including Avid video peripherals. The amount of delay introduced varies based on your system and the type of video peripheral you are using. When using an Avid peripheral with QuickTime, 18 quarter-frames is a good starting point, but you will need to verify the precise setting for your system. (Third-party devices are available to help you measure this delay.
External Timecode Offset MIDI This dialog lets you compensate for devices that are consistently offset by a fixed number of frames (such as some color–corrected video masters), or for material that starts at a different time than the session. This dialog lets you set up your MIDI environment. MIDI Studio The MIDI Studio dialog launches the Apple Audio MIDI Setup application (Mac) or opens the MIDI Studio Setup window (Windows). These let you identify the MIDI devices connected to your MIDI interface.
Input Filter This dialog provides settings for filtering out selected MIDI messages from your recording. The Input Filter can be set to record all messages, only the specified messages, or all except the specified messages. When using the Only option, only the MIDI messages that are selected will be recorded. Conversely, when using the All Except option, the selected messages will not be recorded.
Connect to SoundCloud Preferences This dialog lets you log into your SoundCloud account from Pro Tools. This dialog determines how Pro Tools features work. The Preferences dialog has several pages in which you can specify settings for various session parameters. When logged into SoundCloud, you can use the Share With SoundCloud option in the Bounce to Disk dialog to upload bounced files directly to your SoundCloud account.
Chapter 12: Window Menu The Window menu provides commands to toggle the display of various Pro Tools windows: selecting the command displays the window; selecting the command again hides the window. For Window menu items, keyboard shortcuts with number keys only work using the numeric keypad on your computer.
Close Window MIDI Event List This command closes the front-most Pro Tools window. This command displays the Mix window, used for recording and mixing tasks. This command opens the MIDI Event List window. This floating window shows the contents of a MIDI track in a single list, so you can quickly insert, edit, or locate any type of MIDI data using your computer keyboard. A check mark indicates that the MIDI Event List is the foremost window in the display.
Project Big Counter This command displays the Project Browser, used for Pro Tools file management with the current session. This command opens the Big Counter window. This window provides a large, easy to see reference for the current session time location. Time is displayed in the currently chosen Main Time Scale format. For more information on the Task window, Workspace, Project, and other browsers, see the DigiBase and DigiBase Pro Guide.
Memory Locations Video Universe This command opens the Memory Locations window. Here you can store up to 200 time location markers, selections, zoom settings, preand post-roll times, track show and hide states, track height states, and group enables. To recall a memory location, click the button for the location or, on your computer's numeric keypad, type a period (.), then the number of the memory location, then type a period (.) again.
Color Palette Disk Space This command opens the Color Palette window. Use this window to make color selections for tracks, clips, groups and markers. This command opens the Disk Space window. This window shows the recording capacity of each hard drive attached to your system, measured in track minutes. This calculation is based on the bit depth and sample rate of the current session. Color Palette window Undo History Disk Space window This command opens the Undo History window.
With Pro Tools|HD systems, there are three additional system usage meters: • TDM Voices Allocated • TDM Time Slots Used • DSP Chip Usage (Accel Core, HD Core ™, HD Accel, and HD Process ™ cards) DSP Cache pop-up menu System Usage window (Pro Tools HD 2 Accel shown) With Pro Tools|HD systems, there is also the DSP Cache pop-up menu, which lets you choose Use DSP Cache (facilitating quicker session loading times) or Purge Cache (giving you a more accurate display of current DSP usage).
Eleven Rack (Eleven Rack Only) This command displays the Eleven Rack window, where you can control Eleven Rack entirely from your computer. It can be accessed when using Eleven Rack as an interface with Pro Tools, as well as when connected to a Pro Tools HD system for control over USB. The Eleven Rack window is only available when an Eleven Rack is connected to your Pro Tools system.
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Chapter 13: Marketplace Menu The Marketplace menu provides commands to access your Avid account and the online Avid Store (to shop for plug-ins, Avid support, or upgrades). Your Account This command lets you access and log in to your online Avid account. Plug-Ins This command lets you access the Avid Store to find plug-ins. Avid Support This command lets you access the Avid Store for support and training options. Upgrades This command lets you access the Avid Store for software options and upgrades.
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Chapter 14: Help Menu The Help menu commands provide links to Pro Tools Help, important Pro Tools documentation, and online resources. Pro Tools Help Select this command to access web-based Pro Tools Help within the Pro Tools web browser. Pro Tools Help provides quick and easy access to workflows and reference information while Pro Tools is open. Built-in search capabilities and an index are included to better support your Help needs.
Check For Updates Select this command to check for Pro Tools application and plug-in updates, either automatically or manually. An internet connection is required to be able to check for updates. If updates are available for Pro Tools or any plug-ins, you are notified about what is available and how important the updates are for your system. You can then visit the Avid website to locate, download, and install the appropriate updates for your Pro Tools system.
Chapter 15: Clip List The Edit Window displays all audio clips, MIDI clips, video clips, and clip groups in a single, comprehensive Clip List. The pop-up menu at the top of the Clip List provides general menu commands and tools for managing the contents of the list. Find Use the Find command to display all clips in a list whose names contain a particular word or phrase.
Show Options Full Path Shows the full directory path name of the clip’s location. These options in the Clip List can show different types of clips and clip information. Select the Show options for the items you want to show. You can also deselect Show options to hide a type of clip or clip information to streamline the list of clip names. Channel Name Shows channel names of each multichannel clip. Clip Types Select Options Audio Shows Audio clips in the Clip List.
Sort By Options Clear The Sort By options provide methods for organizing large numbers of clips. This command lets you remove unwanted clips from the session. Whole-file clips can also be removed permanently from your hard drive. Audio clips can be sorted by: • Clip Type • Name • Length Clearing whole-file clips is destructive and cannot be undone. It permanently removes the file from your hard drive. There is no way to recover files deleted with this command.
Time Stamp Compact This command lets you select a clip (or clips) and redefine its SMPTE time stamp. The Original Time Stamp and the User-Time Stamp are then stored with your session. The Compact command deletes unused portions of audio files to conserve disk space, and to prepare for cleaner hard drive back-ups. The Compact command also deletes audio if there are no clips referencing the data.
Export Clips as Files This command lets you export clips as audio files. Use this command if you intend to use a clip in other sessions (or other audio applications) without using its parent source file. This command also provides a way to convert clips to a different audio format, sample rate, or bit depth. Export Clip Groups This command lets you export clip groups as files. Use this command if you intend to use a clip group in other sessions.
80 Pro Tools Menus Guide
Index A AAF 12 About Pro Tools command 3, 74 Add Key Change command 44 Advanced Authoring Format 12 AFL (After Fader Listen) mode 53 After Fader Listen mode 53 All MIDI Notes Off command 45 Assignment View option 27 Audio MIDI Setup 60 AudioSuite menu 47 Auto Rename Clip List command 77 Automation Composite Playlist 26 Trim Playlist 26 Automation commands 20 Copy To Send 20 Glide to All Enabled 21 Glide to Current 21 Trim to All Enabled 21 Trim to Current 21 Write to All Enabled 21 Write to Current 21 Auto
Export Clip Definitions command 78 Export Clip Groups command 79 Export Clips as Files command 79 Find command 75 Recalculate Waveform Overviews command 79 Rename command 77 Replace Clip command 78 Select options 76 Select Parent in Project Browser command 75 Show options 76 Sort By options 77 Time Stamp command 78 Timeline Drop Order command 79 Clip menu 33 Bring to Front command 33 Capture command 34 Clip view options 25 Conform to Tempo command 36 Elastic Properties command 35 Group command 34 Identify S
Display menu Narrow Mix window option 23 DSP usage 68 Duplicate command 17 Duplicate Track command 30 Dynamic Transport Mode 51 E Edit menu 15 Automation commands 20 Clear command 15 Clear Special commands 16 Consolidate command 18 Copy command 15 Copy Selection To commands 19 Copy Special commands 16 Cut command 15 Cut Special commands 16 Duplicate command 17 Fades commands 22 Heal Separation command 18 Insert Silence command 17 Paste command 15 Paste Special commands 16 Redo command 15 Repeat command 17
Get Info command 13 Import Audio command 11 Import Clip Groups command 11 Import MIDI command 11 Import Sequence from Avid Interplay command 11 Import Session Data command 10 Import VENUE Channel Names as Track Names command 12 Import Video command 11 New Session command 5 Open Recent command 5 Open Session command 5 Revert to Saved command 8 Save As command 5 Save As Template command 7 Save command 5 Save Copy In command 6 Score Setup command 13, 14 Send to Sibelius command 8 Send via DigiDelivery command
MIDI Studio 60 MIDI Studio command 60 MIDI Thru command 52 MIDI Track Offsets command 44 Minutes:Seconds Time Scale 27 Mirror MIDI Editing option 52 Mix Window command 64 Mix Window view options 23 Momentary Latch option 53 Move Song Start command 38 Mute Frees Assigned Voice option 52 Mute/Unmute Clip command 19 N Narrow Mix window option 23 New Session command 5 New Track command 29 No scrolling option 51 Nondestructive Record mode 49 O OMFI 12 Open Media Framework Interchange (OMFI) 12 Open Recent comm
Q Quantize command 40 Quantize to Grid command 35 QuickPunch mode 49 Quit Pro Tools command 3 R Rating clips 33 Recalculate Waveform Overviews command 79 Redo command 15 Regroup Clip command 34 Remove Duplicate Notes command 44 Remove Pitch Shift command 36 Remove Sync Point command 35 Remove Warp command 36 Rename Clip command 34 Rename Clip List command 77 Renumber Bars command 45 Repeat command 17 Replace Clip command 78 Restore Last Selection command 15 Restore Performance command 43 Revert to Saved co
Solo modes and options 53 Sort By options 77 Split into Mono Track command 30 Step Input command 43 Stretch Tempo command 39 Strip Silence command 19 Synchronization page 56 System Usage Window command 67 T Task Manager Window command 64 TCE Edit to Timeline Selection command 19 TDM Time Slot usage 68 TDM Voices Allocated 68 Tempo Operation commands Constant command 39 Tempo Operations commands 39 Linear 39 Parabolic 39 Scale 39 S-Curve 39 Stretch 39 Tempo Operations Window 39 Tempo Operations Window comma
Track Number command 27 Transport view options 27 Waveform view options 26 W Waveform view options Outline views 26 Peak view 26 Power view 26 Rectified view 26 Window Configuration List 63 Window menu 63 Automation command 65 Big Counter command 65 Browsers commands 65 Color Palette command 67 Disk Space command 67 Edit command 64 Machine Track Arm command 66 Memory Locations command 66 Mix command 64 Project command 65 System Usage command 67 Task Manager command 64 Transport command 65 Undo History comm
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