DigiDesign Digidesign Pro Tools 8.0, Reference Manual

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Chapter 25: Editing Regions and Selections 497
To separate regions (or MIDI notes) according to
the current grid resolution:
1
Make an Edit selection.
2
Choose
Edit > Separate > On Grid
.
3
In the Pre-Separate Amount dialog, type a
pre-separate amount in milliseconds. This can
be useful to pad the beginnings of the new re-
gions.
4
Click OK .
To separate audio regions at transients:
1
Make an Edit selection.
2
Choose Edit > Separate > At Transients .
3
In the Pre-Separate Amount dialog, type a
pre-separate amount in milliseconds. This can
be useful to pad the beginnings of the new re-
gions.
4
Click
OK
.
Auto-Name Separated Regions Option
With the
Auto-Name Separated Regions
option in
the Editing Preferences page selected, Pro Tools
automatically names separated regions for you.
The name is a numbered variation of the origi-
nal region’s name.
By separating a region, additional regions are
auto-created from data on either side of the sep-
aration, which have new numbers assigned to
their names. The original region remains intact
and unchanged on the Region List.
“Separate Region” Operates On All
Related Takes
When the
“Separate Region” Operates on All Re-
lated Takes
option is enabled in the Editing Pref-
erences, editing a region with the Separate Re-
gion
command also affects all other related takes
with the same User Time Stamp.
This option helps you compare different sec-
tions from a group of related takes. For example,
you can quickly separate an entire group of re-
lated vocal takes into sections, then audition
and select the best material from each section
independently.
If this option is selected, make sure the Track
Name
and
Region Start and End
options are also
selected in the Matching Criteria window (see
“Matching Criteria” on page 541). If they are
not,
all regions in the session that have the same
User Time Stamp will be affected.
In most instances, you will want to disable the
Separate Region Operates On All Related Takes op-
tion, to prevent a large number of regions from
being created when you use the
Separate Region
command.
Pre-Separate Amount dialog
The Region List can quickly fill up with
auto-created regions. For easier region man-
agement, click the Region List menu, dese-
lect Show > Auto-Created to hide all auto-
created regions in the Region List.