Specifications

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Time Stamp
This command lets you select a clip (or clips)
and redefine its SMPTE time stamp. The Origi-
nal Time Stamp and the User-Time Stamp are
then stored with your session.
When audio is first recorded, the User Time
Stamp will match the Original Time Stamp, but
you can change the User Time Stamp at any time
using the Time Stamp command. This feature is
particularly useful in post production situations
where the SMPTE timecode on video “work
prints” often changes from one edit revision to
another.
Replace Clip
This command opens a dialog that lets you re-
place multiple instances of an audio clip in a
playlist with another clip that you Command-
drag (Mac) or Control-drag (Windows) from the
Clip List.
The Replace Clip function only works on a selec-
tion that includes a single clip on one track. The
function is not available when the playlist selec-
tion includes the start points for two or more
clips. Also, if the selection is across several
tracks, only the selection in the first (top) track
is used.
Compact
The Compact command deletes unused portions
of audio files to conserve disk space, and to pre-
pare for cleaner hard drive back-ups. The Com-
pact command also deletes audio if there are no
clips referencing the data.
Because it permanently deletes audio data, the
Compact command should be used only after
you have completely finished your editing and
are sure that you have no further use for the un-
used audio data.
The Compact Selected command can pad the
clips of the compacted file by a user-selectable
amount. You may want to do this because
Pro Tools requires extra audio data before and
after audio clips to create crossfades. So, if your
clips have crossfades, or if you want to pad the
clips for the sake of any future trimming, you
should enter an appropriate amount of padding
(in milliseconds) to allow for this.
Export Clip Definitions
This command lets you export clip definitions
for audio files within each session, so that you
can use an audio file’s clips in another session,
or with another application that supports them.
The Export Clip Definitions command does not
export clips as audio files (unlike the Export
Clips as Files command). Instead, it stores
pointers to the clips within the parent source
file.
The Compact command is destructive and
cannot be undone. It permanently alters the
original audio files. There is no way to re-
cover data deleted with this command.