DigiDesign Digidesign Pro Tools 8.0, Reference Manual

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Chapter 27: Playlists 545
Expanding Alternate Channels
to New Playlists or Tracks
(Pro Tools HD and Pro Tools LE with Complete
Production Toolkit or DV Toolkit 2 Only)
When working with a mono region that is part
of a multichannel recording imported from a
field recorder, you can expand that region (or a
selected portion of it) to new playlists that re-
flect its matching alternate channels while pre-
serving any edits or fades.
Conditions for Alternate Channel
Availability
An alternate channel is available to replace the
original channel (represented by the region or
portion of a region selected on the Timeline) if
all of the following are true:
• Both channels are part of a multichannel
part of a recording made simultaneously
on one or more field recorders.
• Certain metadata matches between the
original channel and the alternate channel.
• The metadata embedded during shooting
and recording has been preserved prior to
import into Pro Tools.
With multichannel recordings from one or
more field recorders, both channels must over-
lap at least once between their start time code
and end time code positions, and must also
meet one of the following conditions:
• Matching Scene and Take
• Matching Shoot Date (applies only if Scene
and Take contain any information for both
channels)
• Matching Tape name
• Matching Sound Roll name
• Alternate channel Sound Roll name
matches current channel Tape name
• Alternate channel Tape name matches cur-
rent channel Sound Roll name
Expanding Channels to New
Playlists
To expand alternate channels to new playlists:
1
In the Timeline, do one of the following:
• To expand only a portion of the regions on
the track, make a selection that includes or
overlaps any number of regions on a track,
and Right-click (Windows or Mac) or Con-
trol-click (Mac) the selection.
– or –
• To expand all of the regions on the track,
Right-click (Windows or Mac) or Control-
click (Mac) the track name.
2
Choose the Expand to New Playlists pop-up
menu, and select one of the following methods
by which to expand alternate channels for the
selection to new tracks:
• By Channel Name
• By Channel Number
• By Channel Name and Number
• By Time Code Only
If alternate channels are available, Pro Tools ex-
pands them to new playlists (including the
channel represented in the original track) ac-
cording to the selected option.
For detailed information on working with
multichannel recordings made with field
recorders, see the Field Recorder Workflow
Guide.