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Chapter 2: Pro Tools Concepts 17
from audio files or MIDI data, and can be ar-
ranged in audio and MIDI track playlists. Re-
gions can also be grouped (a region of regions)
and looped (repeated).
Playlist
A playlist is a sequence of regions arranged on an
audio, MIDI, or video track. Tracks have edit
playlists and automation playlists.
On audio tracks, an edit playlist tells the hard
disk which audio regions to play in what order.
For example, you can have separate audio re-
gions for a song introduction, the first verse, the
first chorus, and so on. You can also use the
same audio region to access the same piece of
audio multiple times at different locations and
not use additional disk space. Different versions
of the same original audio can be used in differ-
ent places and have different effects applied. On
MIDI and Instrument tracks, edit playlists can
store multiple MIDI sequences (or perfor-
mances) on a track.
A playlist can be made up of a single region or
many separate regions. It can be made up of sim-
ilar elements, such as regions from several differ-
ent takes of a solo, or dissimilar elements, such
as several sound effects.
You can create any number of alternate edit
playlists for a track. This lets you assemble differ-
ent versions of performances or edits on a single
track and choose between them from the Play-
lists menu on the track.
Audio region
MIDI region
Video region (Frames view)
Region group (Mixed audio and MIDI multitrack region
group)
Playlist selector pop-up menu