DigiDesign Digidesign Pro Tools 8.0, Reference Manual

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Pro Tools Reference Guide 440
Basic Editing Commands
Pro Tools provides many standard edit com-
mands (such as
Cut
,
Copy
, and
Paste
). Pro Tools
also provides many specialized edit commands
that are optimized for audio and MIDI produc-
tion (such as
Repeat Paste to Fill
).
Cut, Copy, Paste, and Clear
Use the
Cut
,
Copy
,
Paste
, and
Clear
commands to
rearrange and edit track material. Edits can oper-
ate on entire regions selected with the Time
Grabber tool, or on track ranges selected with
the Selector tool. Edits can also work across mul-
tiple tracks (see “Editing Across Multiple Tracks”
on page 443).
Track View and Edit Content
When cutting or copying track material, the
Track View determines the type of data placed
on the Clipboard. When editing in a track’s
Master View (Waveform view for audio tracks
and Regions view for MIDI or Instrument
tracks), selections can include all underlying au-
tomation and controller data (“Automation Fol-
lows Edit Option” on page 909). Thus, cutting
an audio region can also cut any volume, pan,
mute, send, continuous controller, or plug-in
automation that is also on the track. This saves
you from having to individually cut from each
automation playlist on the track.
When selecting groups of MIDI notes in Notes
view with any of the Grabber tools (by drawing
a rectangle around them), only the note data is
placed on the Clipboard. When selecting a time
range of MIDI notes (in Notes view) with the Se-
lector tool, all controller data in the track is se-
lected (similar to selecting with the Selector tool
for audio tracks in Waveform view).
When a track is displaying automation data or
controller data, only that data is placed on the
Clipboard. Also, whenever you cut or copy auto-
mation data, bounding breakpoints are created
at each end of the selected area, in order to pre-
serve the slope of the automation both inside
and outside the selection.
If tracks are grouped, copying and pasting on
any of the tracks affects each of the other tracks
in the group. Tracks that are hidden—even if
they are part of a group being edited—are not af-
fected by edits.
You can Cut, Copy, and Paste noncontiguous
regions by selecting them with the Object
Grabber tool.
Audio waveform data
Automation data with Cut and Pasted audio region
Use Start+V (Windows) or Com-
mand+V (Mac) to special paste
automation data into another automation
type. For example, you can copy Pan auto-
mation into a Volume automation playlist.