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Pro Tools Reference Guide686
Auditioning Programs
When the Patch Select dialog is open, Pro Tools
can automatically scroll through the different
patches for a track’s assigned MIDI device.
To audition patches:
1 If you want to audition patches for a MIDI
track or Instrument during playback, click Play
in the Transport.
2 Open the Patch Select dialog by clicking the
Patch Select button, or by inserting or editing a
program change event in a MIDI or Instrument
track.
3 Click a program number (or patch name)—the
starting point from which you will scroll
through the patches.
4 Type a value for the number of seconds that
will elapse between each program change.
5 Select the Increment Patch option.
After the specified number of seconds, Pro Tools
selects the next patch and transmits the pro-
gram change to the track’s assigned MIDI out-
put.
6 When you are finished auditioning settings,
deselect the Increment Patch option and select
the program number (or patch name) you want
and click Done.
System Exclusive Events
System Exclusive (Sysex) events can be recorded
to MIDI or Instrument tracks in Pro Tools (see
“MIDI Step Input” on page 482). Once the
events are recorded, they appear in the track’s
playlist as blocks when the Track View is set to
Sysex or a Controller lane set to Sysex is shown.
While the contents of recorded System Exclu-
sive events cannot be directly edited in
Pro Tools, the events can be moved or nudged,
copied and pasted, or deleted.
To record a Sysex event:
1 Create a new MIDI track.
2 Set the MIDI track Input to the MIDI port to
which your MIDI device is connected.
3 Configure your MIDI device to send Sysex
(such as a bulk dump).
4 Start recording in the Transport.
5 Start the Sysex transfer from your MIDI de-
vice.
6 When the Sysex transfer from your MIDI de-
vice is complete, click Stop in the Transport.
Sysex event block, Sysex view shown
To begin recording the Sysex transfer from
your MIDI device at the Timeline insertion
point, enable Wait For Note.