Specifications

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Manually Trim moves are stored separately in
the Trim automation playlist until they are co-
alesced. With this setting, the only way to co-
alesce Trim moves is with the Coalesce Trim Au-
tomation command. You can repeat an
automation pass, edit Trim automation manu-
ally on any of the Trim playlists, or clear Trim
automation before coalescing with this method.
To set the method by which Trim Automation is
coalesced:
1 Choose Setup > Preferences and click Mixing.
2 Under Coalesce Trim Automation, select one
of the following:
• After Every Pass
• On Exiting Trim Mode
• Manually
To coalesce Trim automation on a track when
exiting Trim mode:
1 Choose Setup > Preferences and click Mixing.
2 Under Coalesce Trim Automation, select On
Exiting Trim Mode.
3 Click OK to close the Preferences window.
4 Make sure the Pro Tools transport is stopped.
5 On the track where you want to coalesce Trim
automation, click the Automation Mode selec-
tor and deselect Trim.
The Trim automation is applied to the main au-
tomation playlist, Trim automation playlists are
cleared, and Trim faders are returned to zero.
To manually coalesce Trim automation on a track:
1 Select the track where you want to coalesce
the Trim automation.
2 Do one of the following:
• Choose Track > Coalesce Trim Automation.
– or –
• Right-click the track name and choose Co-
alesce Trim Automation.
The Trim automation is applied to the main au-
tomation playlist, Trim automation playlists are
cleared, and Trim faders are returned to zero.
Trim Automation with the Main
Playlist
The appearance of Trim automation depends on
how it is set to be coalesced. See “Coalescing
Trim Automation” on page 42.
If automation is not set to coalesce after every
automation pass, you can display Trim automa-
tion data along with the main Volume or Send
level automation data in the same automation
view. This Trim automation display cannot be
directly edited.
To display the Trim automation playlist along with
main automation playlist on tracks:
 Select View > Automation > Trim Playlist.
If transport is playing and you are writing
automation, you cannot directly enter or
exit Trim mode. You must AutoMatch be-
fore exiting Trim mode. This prevents any
abrupt jumps in automation values.
Display of Trim automation in a main Volume playlist
Volume
data
Volume
Trim
data