DigiDesign Digidesign Pro Tools 8.0, Reference Manual

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MIDI Tracks
Can be set to
Blocks
,
Regions
,
Notes
,
Velocity
,
Volume
,
Mute
,
Pan
,
Pitch Bend
,
Mono Af-
ter Touch
,
Program Change
,
Sysex
, and any con-
tinuous controller type. MIDI tracks are com-
monly set to
Notes
or
Regions
, each of which
displays notes in a “piano roll” format. Use Re-
gions view to edit and arrange MIDI regions. Use
Notes view for inserting and editing MIDI notes.
Other MIDI track views are useful for editing ve-
locity, controller data, program changes, and Sy-
sex events.
Instrument Tracks
Can be set to
Blocks
,
Regions
,
Notes
,
Velocity
,
Volume
,
Mute
,
Pan
,
Pitch Bend
,
Mono After Touch
,
Program Change
,
Sysex
, and
any continuous controller type for MIDI; as well
as
Volume
,
Volume Trim
,
Mute
,
Pan
, Send controls,
or any plug-in controls that enabled for automa-
tion. Instrument tracks are commonly set to
Notes
or
Regions
, each of which displays notes
in a “piano roll” format. Use Notes view for in-
serting, editing, and copying and pasting MIDI
notes. Use Regions view to arrange, capture, or
consolidate regions. Other Instrument track
views are useful for editing automation, control-
ler data, program changes, and Sysex events.
Video Tracks
For information on video track
views, see “Video Track View” on page 1040.
Blocks Tracks View
With the Track View set to
Blocks
, audio and
MIDI regions are displayed as empty blocks
bearing the region’s name. This Track View is
most useful once you have finished capturing
and editing regions at the waveform or MIDI
event level and are moving and rearranging
them. Screen redraws are fastest with this for-
mat.
Playlists Tracks View
(Audio Tracks Only)
With the Track View set to Playlists , alternate
playlists for audio tracks are revealed in Playlist
lanes under the Main Playlist on the track. This
view is useful for track compositing, letting you
select the best parts from a track’s alternate play-
lists and copy them to the main playlist.
Analysis and Warp Tracks View
(Audio Tracks Only)
With the Track View set to Analysis or Warp , you
can edit Elastic Audio analysis and warp markers
on Elastic Audio-enabled tracks.
Waveform View
(Audio Only)
With the Track View set to
Waveform
, you can
edit and arrange audio regions on audio tracks.
Waveforms are time-domain representations of
the audio data and can be shown as normal or
rectified waveforms, and calculated using Peak
or Power mode.
Track View set to Waveform for audio track