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Pro Tools Reference Guide 484
Right-Click Commands and Selection
Preservation
You can use Right-click commands with key
combinations to perform operations on objects
while maintaining selections in the Edit and
Mix windows. For example, you can maintain
selections in the following areas while carrying
out certain commands:
• Region selections in the Timeline
• Region name selections in the Region List
• Track selections
To apply a command to an object while keeping
the current selection:
„
Control-Right-click (Windows) or Command-
Right-click (Mac) the object and choose a com-
mand from the pop-up menu.
Tabbing to Transients
With the Tab to Transients button enabled, you
can automatically navigate to transients in au-
dio waveforms in Waveform view, placing the
cursor just before the detected transient peak.
This lets you define selections and play ranges,
as well as start and end points for new regions,
without having to zoom in on the waveform.
In Warp view, Tab to Transients tabs to all Event
and Warp markers in a region. Normal Tab tabs
to region boundaries and all Warp markers. In
Analysis view, pressing Tab always tabs to Event
markers, regardless of whether or not Tab to
Transients is enabled.
For MIDI and Instrument tracks in Notes view,
pressing Tab always tabs to the next note, re-
gardless of whether or not Tab to Transients is
enabled. In Regions view, Tab to Transients tabs
to notes and Normal Tab tabs to region bound-
aries.
For MIDI notes, when tabbing to chords, each
note in the chord is recognized as a single event.
This lets you tab to each note in the chord.
When Tab to Transients is enabled, the Tabbing
function also locates the cursor to region start
and end points, but not to sync points.
To set the start and end points of a selection with
Tab to Transients:
1
In the upper left of the Edit window, click the
Tab to Transients button so it becomes selected.
2
If you will be setting the play range with this
selection, enable
Options > Link Timeline and Edit
Selection
.
3
Click in the audio track just before the begin-
ning of the material you want to select.
4
Press Tab repeatedly until the cursor locates to
the transient where you want to start the selec-
tion.
If necessary, you can move to the previous tran-
sient by pressing Tab (Windows) or
Tab (Mac).
5
Press Shift+Tab until the cursor locates to the
end of the material you want to select.
To move the selection end point to the previous
transient, press Shift+Tab (Windows)
or Shift+Tab (Mac).
Tab to Transients button enabled
Tab to Transients
To toggle Tab to Transients on and off,
press Alt+Tab (Windows) or Com-
mand+Tab (Mac).