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Pro Tools Reference Guide216
Track Views
The Track View determines which data is dis-
played and edited in the track’s playlist area.
Track View data can be set to Playlists, Blocks,
Analysis, Warp, Waveform, Volume, Volume
Trim, Mute, Pan, Send, or an automated control
or continuous controller, based on the track
type and your Pro Tools system.
Audio Tracks Can be set to Blocks, Playlists, Anal-
ysis, Warp, Waveform, Volume, Volume Trim, Mute,
Pan, Send controls, or any plug-in controls that
are enabled for automation. By default, audio
tracks are set to Waveform view where track ma-
terial is graphically drawn with amplitude wave-
forms (a time-domain representation of sound).
This Track View provides the necessary detail for
important region edits.
Auxiliary Input Tracks Can be set to Volume, Vol-
ume Trim, Mute, Pan, Send controls, or any plug-
in controls that are enabled for automation.
Master Fader Tracks Can be set to Volume, Vol-
ume Trim, or any plug-in controls that are en-
abled for automation.
VCA Master Tracks (Pro Tools HD and Pro Tools
with Complete Production Toolkit 2 Only) Can be
set to Volume, Volume Trim, or Mute.
MIDI Tracks Can be set to Blocks, Regions, Notes,
Velocity, Volume, Mute, Pan, Pitch Bend, Mono Af-
ter Touch, Program Change, Sysex, and any con-
tinuous controller type. MIDI tracks are com-
monly set to Notes or Regions, each of which
displays notes in a “piano roll” format. Use Re-
gions view to edit and arrange MIDI regions. Use
Notes view for inserting and editing MIDI notes.
Other MIDI track views are useful for editing ve-
locity, controller data, program changes, and Sy-
sex events.
Instrument Tracks Can be set to Blocks, Regions,
Notes, Velocity
, Volume, Mute, Pan, Pitch Bend,
Mono After Touch, Program Change, Sysex, and
any continuous controller type for MIDI; as well
as Volume, Volume Trim, Mute, Pan, Send controls,
or any plug-in controls that enabled for automa-
tion. Instrument tracks are commonly set to
Notes or Regions, each of which displays notes
in a “piano roll” format. Use Notes view for in-
serting, editing, and copying and pasting MIDI
notes. Use Regions view to arrange, capture, or
consolidate regions. Other Instrument track
views are useful for editing automation, control-
ler data, program changes, and Sysex events.
Video Tracks For information on video track
views, see “Video Track View” on page 1148.
Blocks Tracks View
With the Track View set to Blocks, audio and
MIDI regions are displayed as empty blocks
bearing the region’s name. This Track View is
most useful once you have finished capturing
and editing regions at the waveform or MIDI
event level and are moving and rearranging
them. Screen redraws are fastest with this for-
mat.
Playlists Tracks View
(Audio Tracks Only)
With the Track View set to Playlists, alternate
playlists for audio tracks are revealed in Playlist
lanes under the Main Playlist on the track. This
view is useful for track compositing, letting you
select the best parts from a track’s alternate play-
lists and copy them to the main playlist.