DigiDesign Digidesign Pro Tools 8.0, Reference Manual

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Chapter 36: Region Loops and Groups 749
Tabbing to Transients and Region Boundaries
With Tab to Transients enabled, the Tab key
moves the Location Cursor to transients and re-
gion boundaries within a region group.
With Tab to Transients disabled, the Tab key
moves the Location Cursor to region group
boundaries only (and the sync point, if present).
Trimming Region Groups
Trimming region groups with the Standard
Trimmer tool works the same way as trimming
regular regions, regardless of whether you are
trimming a single-track region group or a multi-
track region group.
Trimming a region group does not trim the un-
derlying regions, but rather trims the region
group boundaries. All underlying regions retain
their original length and location. This is true
for all underlying audio and MIDI regions, and
nested region groups. If you trim the region
group shorter, underlying regions may not be
heard on playback because they are outside the
region boundaries of the trimmed region group.
When trimming region groups with the TC/E
Trimmer tool, it applies only to audio
or MIDI
regions, depending on which region type in the
group you trim, and creates a new region over
the region group.
If you ungroup regions after trimming a region
group in (shorter), audio regions falling outside
of the bounds of the current region group are
trimmed to fit the region group boundary or re-
moved.
Recording
When recording audio or MIDI, new regions are
created over (in front) of region groups instead
of being included in the region group. To record
into a region group, first ungroup the region
group, then record, and then regroup the region
group. The region group will be recreated intact
with the newly recorded material.
Fades and Crossfades on Region
Groups
Region groups can have fades and crossfades just
like regular regions. Fades only apply to audio
regions. In addition to crossfading between re-
gion groups, you can also crossfade between re-
gion groups and regular audio regions.
For more information, see “Tabbing to
Transients” on page 484.
Two adjacent multitrack region groups with crossfades
on the audio tracks, but not on the MIDI track
Ungrouping a region group removes any
region group level fades or crossfades. Fades
and crossfades are restored by the Regroup
command.
Region groups that contain regions with
fades are not allowed on Elastic Audio-
enabled tracks.