User Manual

Chapter 12: Pro Tools Main Windows 181
Stop Stops playback or recording.
Play Starts playback or (if the Record button was
clicked first) recording from the Timeline inser-
tion point or the Play Start Marker location if
Dynamic Transport mode is enabled.
Right-clicking the Play button lets you select the
playback mode from a pop-up menu:
• Half-Speed
• Prime for Playback
• Loop
• Dynamic Transport
With the Transport stopped, Start-click Play
(Windows) or Control-click Play (Mac) to toggle
Loop Playback mode. When enabled, a loop
symbol appears in the Play button and Pro Tools
plays continuously from the beginning of the
selection to the end.
Record Arms Pro Tools for recording (the button
flashes). Clicking Play then starts recording on
record-enabled tracks only.
Right-clicking the Record button lets you select
the record mode from a pop-up menu:
•Normal
• Loop
•Destructive
•QuickPunch
• TrackPunch (Pro Tools HD only)
• Destructive Punch (Pro Tools HD only)
You can also cycle through the Pro Tools record
modes with the Transport stopped, by Start-
clicking (Windows) or Control-clicking (Mac)
the Record button.
The Record button changes to indicate the cur-
rently selected mode: blank for Nondestructive,
“D” for Destructive, a loop symbol for Loop Re-
cord, “P” for QuickPunch, “T” for TrackPunch,
and “DP” for DestructivePunch.
Track Record Enable Indicator When lit (red), in-
dicates that at least one audio track is currently
record-enabled. When off (gray), no tracks are
currently record-enabled.
TrackInput Monitor Indicator When lit (green),
indicates that at least one audio track is cur-
rently set to Input Only monitoring (regardless
of record enable status). When off (gray), all
tracks are in Auto Input monitoring.
You can also stop the transport by pressing
the Spacebar, or with the Numeric Keypad
mode set to Transport, pressing 0.
You can also begin playback by pressing the
Spacebar, or with the Numeric Keypad
mode set to Transport, pressing 0.
To initiate playback at half-speed, you can
also press Shift+Spacebar (Windows or
Mac) or Shift-click (Mac) the Play button.
For more information on loop playback and
Dynamic Transport mode, see “Loop Play-
back Mode” on page 416.
You can also begin recording immediately
by pressing F12, pressing Control+Spacebar
(Windows) or Command+Spacebar (Mac),
or with the Numeric Keypad mode set to
Transport, pressing 3.
To initiate recording at half-speed, you can
press Control+Shift+Spacebar (Windows)
or Command+Shift+Spacebar (Mac).