User Manual

Pro Tools Reference Guide460
To destructively record over a previous take:
1 Do one of the following:
• Select Options > Destructive Record. When
in Destructive Record mode.
– or –
• Right-click the Record button in the Trans-
port and select Destructive.
A “D” appears in the Record button.
2 Record enable the track.
3 Do one of the following:
• To record from the beginning of the track,
click Return to Zero in the Transport.
– or –
•If Options > Link Timeline and Edit Selection is
enabled, click anywhere in the track’s play-
list to begin recording from that point.
4 Click Record in the Transport to arm Pro Tools
for recording.
5 Click Play to start recording.
6 When finished, click Stop to stop recording.
The audio for the new take is written to disk,
permanently overwriting the original. The new
material replaces the original material within
the existing region and the region is not re-
named.
Appending New Material to the
End of a Track
You can also append new material to the end of
a track.
To append new material to the end of a track:
1 Do one of the following:
• Click the Go to End button in the Trans-
port to locate to the end of the track (this
locates the end of the session).
– or –
• Tab to the end point of the last region on
the track.
2 From there, begin recording.
Pro Tools adds the new material to the end of
the track. If using Destructive Record mode, the
new audio is appended to the audio file and re-
gion from the first take. In Nondestructive Re-
cord mode, a new file and region are created.
Recording to a New Playlist
Instead of recording over existing audio regions,
there is another way to nondestructively record
new takes to the same track. Do this by creating
a new playlist for the track, then record just as
before.
Tracks can have multiple edit playlists, each of
which stores a list of regions strung together in a
particular order. Also, since playlists follow
groups, duplicating or selecting alternate play-
lists for a track in an enabled group will affect all
tracks in the group.
Destructive Record mode enabled
To record a specific track range, with precise
start and end points, see “Audio Punch Re-
cording Over a Specified Range” on
page 458.