Specifications
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Introduction
- Installation and Authorization
- Session and Track Features
- Advanced Editing Features
- Advanced Automation Features
- AutoJoin with Latch Mode
- Touch/Latch Mode
- Trim Mode
- Composite Automation Playlist
- Copy Track Automation to Sends
- AutoMatch
- Prime Controls for Writing Automation in Latch Mode
- Glide Automation
- Trim Automation
- Write Automation to the Start, End, or All of a Track or Selection
- Write Automation to the Next Breakpoint or to the Punch Point
- Overwrite or Extend Mute Automation
- Snapshot Automation
- Preview Automation
- Capture Automation
- VCA Master Track Automation
- Surround Features
- Pro Tools Audio Connections for 5.1 Mixing
- Configuring Pro Tools for Multichannel Sessions
- Default I/O Selectors in I/O Setup
- 5.1 Track Layouts, Routing, and Metering
- Routing Audio for Surround Mixing
- Multichannel Audio Tracks
- Multichannel Signal Routing
- Paths in Surround Mixes
- Example Paths and Signal Routing for a Surround Mix
- Introduction to Pro Tools Surround Panning
- Output Windows
- Surround Panner Controls
- Panning Modes
- Divergence and Center Percentage
- LFE Faders in Multichannel Panners
- Pan Playlists
- Surround Scope Plug-In
- Video Features
- Included Plug-Ins
- Index
Chapter 3: Session and Track Features 17
Setting Playback Location
with Back and Forward
Commands
Pro Tools provides four Back/Forward com-
mands (sometimes called “rollback”) for mov-
ing the playback location in the Edit window.
You can also move the playback location in
multiple increments by repeating the command
(See “Repeating Back/Forward Commands” on
page 18).
Back Moves the playback location backward by
the Back/Forward Amount.
Back and Play Moves the current playback loca-
tion backward by the Back/Forward Amount and
automatically begins playback.
Forward Moves the playback location forward by
the Back/Forward Amount.
Forward and Play Moves the current playback lo-
cation forward by the Back/Forward Amount
and automatically begins playback.
Setting the Back/Forward Amount
The length of the Back/Forward move is deter-
mined by the Back/Forward Amount preference
in the Operation page (Setup > Preferences).
To configure the Back/Forward Amount:
1 Choose Setup > Preferences and click the Oper-
ation tab.
The timebase of the Back/Forward Amount set-
tings follows the Main Time Scale by default, or
you can deselect Follow Main Time and select
any of the following timebase formats:
• Bars|Beats
•Min:Sec
• Time Code
• Feet+Frames
•Samples
2 Do one of the following:
• Select a preset amount in the Back/Forward
Amount pop-up menu.
– or –
•In the Back/Forward Amount field, enter a
custom amount.
Using Back or Forward Commands
To move the playback location backward by the
Back/Forward Amount:
Press Command (Mac) or Control (Windows),
and click Rewind in the Transport window.
To move the playback location forward by the
Back/Forward Amount:
Press Command (Mac) or Control (Windows),
and click Fast Forward in the Transport window.
To move the playback location backward by the
Back/Forward Amount and then begin playback:
Press Command+Option (Mac) or Con-
trol+Alt (Windows), and click Rewind in the
Transport window.
To move the playback location forward by the
Back/Forward Amount and then begin playback:
Press Command+Option (Mac) or Con-
trol+Alt (Windows), and click Fast Forward in
the Transport window.