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Pro Tools Reference Guide552
 For the Velocity Trimmer tool, position the
cursor over the note and press Control (Win-
dows) or Command (Mac).
The Smart Tool in Automation and
Controller Views
The following capabilities are available with the
Smart Tool when working in both automation
and controller views:
 For the Selector tool, position the cursor any-
where in the bottom 75% of the playlist for the
Selector tool. Drag with the Selector tool to se-
lect breakpoints.
 For Trimmer tools, position the cursor in the
top 25% of the playlist for the Trimmer tool.
Drag with the Trimmer tool to trim breakpoints.
Press Control (Windows) or Command (Mac)
while trimming for fine control.
 For Grabber tools, Control (Windows) or
Command (Mac) for the Grabber tool, then click
in on the automation line to create breakpoints.
To edit existing breakpoints, move the cursor
near a breakpoint for the Grabber tool.
For fine control with the Grabber tool, press
Control (Windows) or Command (Mac)—or
continue to hold the key if you are creating a
new breakpoint.
To vertically constrain Grabber tool movement,
press Shift.
To vertically constrain Grabber tool movement
with fine control, press Control+Shift (Win-
dows) or Command+Shift (Mac).
The Smart Tool with Stereo and
Multichannel Tracks
When using the Smart Tool on stereo and mul-
tichannel tracks, individual channels cannot be
independently edited. All edits affect all chan-
nels as a whole.
Tool switching for the Smart Tool in stereo and
multichannel tracks is determined by the posi-
tion within the entire track, and not within in-
dividual channels.
Using the Scrubber Tool
The Scrubber tool lets you “scrub” up to two
tracks of audio in the Edit Window. Scrubbing is
a technique that originated in tape editing,
where the tape was rocked back and forth past
the playhead at slower than normal speeds to
find a particular location (usually for cutting
and splicing).
Trimming the velocity of a note
To temporarily switch the Smart Tool to
the Pencil tool, press Start (Windows) or
Control (Mac).
To temporarily switch the Smart Tool to
the Eraser, press Alt+Start (Windows) or
Option+Control (Mac).