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Pro Tools Reference Guide 504
Nudging Regions on Multiple Tracks and
in Multichannel Tracks
When nudging a selection of multiple regions
within a single track or across multiple tracks,
that also contains silence, any automation data
residing within the silence is also nudged.
Nudging by Next Nudge Value
In addition to nudging by the current Nudge
value, you can also nudge by the next larger
value in the Nudge pop-up menu.
For example, if the Nudge value is set to 1 frame
and you want to nudge by a larger value, you
can nudge by the Nudge value of 10 frames.
To nudge forward or back by the next larger Nudge
value:
1
Enable Commands Keyboard Focus (see “Key-
board Focus” on page 24).
2
Select the regions or notes you want to nudge.
3
Do one of the following:
• Press Forward Slash (/) to nudge the se-
lected material forward by the next Nudge
value.
– or –
• Press M to nudge the selection back by the
next Nudge value.
Nudging a Region’s Contents
Often a region’s start point will reside at the cor-
rect location, perhaps at a SMPTE frame or bar-
line, but the material within the region starts
too late or early. You can, in effect, nudge a re-
gion’s audio waveform or MIDI notes without
displacing the region’s start and end points.
This “sliding” of region contents is only possible
if there is material residing outside the region’s
start and end points—from the region having
been trimmed, or perhaps captured from a larger
region.
To nudge the contents of a region without
changing the region start and end points:
1
Configure the Nudge value (see “Defining the
Nudge Value” on page 503).
2
With the Time Grabber tool, select the region
whose contents you want to nudge.
3
While pressing the Start key (Windows) or
Control (Mac), press Plus (+) or Minus (–) on the
numeric keypad to move the material by the
Nudge value.
When Commands Keyboard Focus is not
enabled, press Start+Forward Slash (/)
(Windows) or Forward Slash (/)
(Mac) to nudge the selected material
forward by the next Nudge value, and press
Start+M (Windows) or M (Mac) to
nudge the selected material back by the next
Nudge value.
Nudging region contents
Region contents are slid, moving waveform material
into and out of the current region boundaries
before
after