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Pro Tools Reference Guide 718
Aligning Region Start Points
The start, end, and sync point of one region can
be aligned to the start of a different region on
another track.
To align the start points of regions on different
tracks:
1
With the Time Grabber tool, select the region
you want to align to by clicking it.
2
If the Scrolling option is set to Center Play-
head (Pro Tools HD only), move the playhead to
the start of the selected region. For details, see
“Moving the Playhead” on page 337.
3
Do one of the following:
• Start-drag (Windows) or Control-drag
(Mac) a region from the Region List to an-
other track.
– or –
• If the region is already in the track, Start-
click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac) the
region you want to move with the Time
Grabber tool.
The start point of the second region is aligned to
the start of the first region.
To align the end point of a region to the start of
another region (on a different track):
1
With the Time Grabber tool, select the region
you want to align to by clicking it.
2
If the Scrolling option is set to Center Play-
head (Pro Tools HD only), move the playhead to
the start of the selected region (see “Moving the
Playhead” on page 337).
3
Do one of the following:
• Control-Start-drag (Windows) or Com-
mand-Control-drag (Mac) a region from
the Region List to another track.
– or –
• If the region is already in the track, Con-
trol-Start-click (Windows) or Command-
Control-click (Mac) the region you want to
move with the Time Grabber tool.
The end point of the second region is aligned to
the start of the first region.
To align the sync point of a region to the start of
another region (on a different track):
1
With the Time Grabber tool, select the region
you want to align.
2
If the Scrolling option is set to Center Play-
head (Pro Tools HD only), move the playhead to
the start of the selected region (see “Moving the
Playhead” on page 337).
3
Do one of the following:
• Start-Shift-drag (Windows) or Control-
Shift-drag (Mac) a region from the Region
List to another track.
– or –
• If the region is already in the track, Start-
Shift-click (Windows) or Control-Shift-
click (Mac) the region you want to move
with the Time Grabber tool.
The sync point of the second region is aligned to
the start of the first region.
With Pro Tools HD, when the Scrolling op-
tion is set to Center Playhead, region start,
end, and sync points align to the playhead.